We attempted to go to the Night Market on Jonker Street but was choc-a-bloc with people, so we gave up on that, but not on the idea of finding a good market away from the heavy tourist wave. So we talked with a few locals and cycled to the suburbs to find a great market thrumming with locals and fresh vegan treats, and we also found a good small night market with the best popiahs in the world 🙂
Malaysia is one of the easiest places in South East Asia to find vegan and vegetarian food, and Melaka wasn’t an exception. You have great street food, eateries and restaurants, among the places I tried, I do recommend the Soon Wong Vegetarian Restaurant, the Mori Vegetarian Tea House, the indian restaurant Selvam Restrain, and the Veggie Planet
Once in Melaka if you want to try something different and delicious don’t miss:
- Lei Cha, a traditional hakka rice dish,
- Roti canai,
- mock meat,
- fresh spring rolls (popiahs),
- Barley drink,
- one of this great sweets, kuih, ondeh-ondeh, putu piring (steamed rice flour cake with gula melaka filling), Putu Bambu (rice flour and shredded coconut with a filling of gula melaka), Apam Balik (pancakes filled with sweetcorn and peanuts),
To come to the point, we did a lot of really good eating, which always makes us happy. Malaysia and Melaka is full of foodie surprises…
photography – all rights reserved – Ana Rocha