All of us from the office travelled to Malacca for a short 2D1N vacation from 28-29 November 2008. We left Singapore early Friday morning to take bus 707 to our hospital's 14th anniversary dinner before returning home on Saturday evening. It was a fantastic and wonderful weekend.
We arrived at noon at Jonker Street for the famous famous famous, needless to say... CHENDOL! And Nonya assam laksa and Nonya Laksa at Jonker Dessert 88. The seamless heavenly matching of gula melaka sweetness with coconut milk and the companion of the pandan green jellies and red beans is simply... SEDAP!
Of course, being an extremely hungry bunch of people who has travelled far and beyond to Malacca, lunch did not end there. We headed for Lunch Part II, to the well-known and established Hoe Kee Chicken Ball Rice. The fishball sized rice ball is out-of-this-world. Its must-try dish for anyone who visit Malacca.
By the evening, we headed to the main highlight of the company-sponsored trip, Mahkota Medical Centre 14th anniversary dinner. I have to admit, our nurses are truly hot and talented. They have done such wonderful job in putting up dances and singing to entertain all colleagues and guests. Well done girls!
The next day is R&R for everyone. We started the day with the city tour to San Bao Shan at Bukit Cina, heritage tour, lunch and company sponsored shopping excursion. Sadly, our tour guide is really bad. We didn't even want to tip him at the end of the trip.
I feel that the best part of the city tour is the visit to Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum (also located near Jonker Street). The privately owned museum offers excellent and impressive cultural tour of the lives of the rich Peranakans. I love the Peranankan house architecture and culture. It has been such an eye opener! And its only 8 ringgit for the ticket to the museum. I would love to go there again.
Malacca trip isn't completed without a nice hot Peranankan meal. Thanks to the generousity of our boss, we had a sumptuous lunch at Aunty Lee. Yum yum... I'm still drooling thinking about the delicious fish and sambal chili and otah.
Overall it has been an extremely enjoyable trip with all my colleagues. Thanks for all the fun and booze and Pure Bar. I would love to make another leisure trip to Malacca to enjoy the culture and explore the little shops and pubs at Jonker Street again. And also thank you everyone for their sweet compliments. This if-you-don't-have-10-carat-diamond-to-show-your-sincerity-,-don't-come-near-me woman felt really flattered.
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