Malacca - mention it, and the first 3 ’things’ I can think of are, A Famosa, Nyonya and the Chicken Rice Ball. I’ll stop at 3 or you’ll be skimming through a 101 list instead. I love going to Melaka occasionally as some of you professed in your answers too.
There’s something about stepping into multiple sites of yesteryears /centuries, isn’t it? One of my personal favourite photographs is the one taken of me sitting next to a canon. I’m not a super-duper History student, just reading more of the bits I like, but I did mentioned to a colleague the other day, that as a 12 year old, I’d read a lot of (fictional) war stories in the local library, thus the fascination for museums and ruins, I supposed.
Nyonya comes to mind because, my roommate and coursemate in my uni days was one. I am mostly fascinated by the language or slang of her BM. Distinctively of the Peranakan community. The babas and the nyonyas also loved to ‘berpantun’ and I am fascinated by their traditional outfit, especially the baju kebaya.
And Chicken Rice Ball.. yup..little did we know that rice rolled into the shape of little balls on our plates would become a famous must-try dish in this little historical town.
Excuse my little ranting. I’m a little choco-deprived today.
We’ve 5 copies of the book, 2009’s Tourism Guide Book on Malacca to give away. It was kinda difficult to choose the winners coz we liked more than 5 entries, and so eenie meenie minie moe.. (mini draw) the winners are:
* Farah * Ahmad Shahrim Abd Rashid * Betty *
TH Lee * Cindy
Winners will be notified via e-mail by Monday.
Thank you for participating and May you all have a Merry May.
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Thanks Book Galaxo.
Looking forward to this book and family trip to Malacca.My children will appreciate the Malacca history more by reading this book first.
Thank you Book Galaxo, the email really cheer up my day
Congratulations to both of you !!