Fatpapa goes Malacca (II)

Chiak Ba Boh?

How to visit Malacca without having their famous Chicken rice balls? Eh...Fatpapa must have gotten it all wrong, that looked like a normal plate of Chicken rice..where got balls!? You see this place "He Ji" is so famous that the whole restaurant was packed when we visited. This one is a nicely renovated place a few shops away from the old shop at Jonker street opposite the OCBC bank next to the river. You wouldn't miss it. So we ordered a plate of chicken rice balls and sat down to wait. 5 mins went by.....10 mins went by....15 mins went by....eh...where got need so long to have a plate of chicken rice one? So we asked the waiters and found that they had problems churning out the rice balls so have to wait some more. If we want, we can just have the rice but not the balls....anyways since the balls are made from the rice...should taste sama sama lah...mebbe just imagine a bit can oredi...

So we had that miserable plate of chicken rice. I must say this - u wanna eat chicken rice no need to go Malacca....Singapore much much better....really nothing to crow about. Mebbe the rice is a lot more pungent than what you get in Singapore but the chicken is really only so so...Mebbe the balls make then really special but i guess the novelty wears off after a while. However, the shop is packed to the brim so mebbe Fatpapa is just bias.

Fatpapa rating: 2.5 stars out of 5

Next up...Nonya kuehs and Mee Siam. This one comes strongly recommended by my parents. The Mee Siam I heard is legendary...and the nonya kuehs are not to be missed. However u have got to reach their house (yes...i really meant house!) by 4pm otherwise their stuffs will be transported to nearby pasar malam for sale. We only managed to try the nonya kuehs...cos the mee siam was oredi packed smacked under trays of nonya kueh in the van when we arrived. So I had "Onde Onde" instead.....wah lau eh....steams sia....coated with thick fluffy coconut shavins (see pic above)...one bite would send the "gula melaka" smashing into every orifice in your mouth, complete with a sugar like core that breaks up upon impact...."lau chup" ah....

You can find this place if you travel on Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock from Jonker street. Drive all the way until u see a Walls (or Kings) ice cream factory on your left and turn into this small lane. Drive all the way in till you hit the sea and turn left. There should be a small courtyard immediately on your left, just park your car there and walk into the house. You should enter their kitchen. I have attached a map for reference.

Fatpapa rating: 4 stars out of 5