Hi I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate today we're in Malacca
Malaysia and we're so excited to be exploring a new state we are here for
one week and we are going to be eating up a storm
so we're starting with Nyonya laksa and cendol, we're starving, let's eat!
We've come to Jonker 88 a halal eatery which is famous for its various types of laksa as
well as cendol, I am so excited to be trying this we haven't even had
much laksa in the seven weeks that we've been in Malaysia so it's time
to end that drought
We've ordered a Nyonya assam laksa and a Baba
laksa they both look so good so I keep saying Nyonya. Nyona is the type
of food that is a mix of Malay and Chinese so the Baba Nyonya are the
descendants of the Chinese immigrants who then intermarried with local Malay so
this Baba assam laksa or Nyonya assam laksa just looks filled with treasures, what can I see
there's prawns, there's shredded cucumber, red onion
rings, there's half a boiled egg, there's tofu skin so fu chuk,
there are fish balls and then there are these sort of stubby white rice noodles
and then of course that broth. So assam laksa is made up of mackerel, so the fish,
oily and quite strong fish and then assam or sourness comes from
tamarind so you can see the top of this broth has like a really thin film
of red chilli oil or chilli spice I'm gonna give that a go
Wow that has a real hit of chilli, it is super sour but it's really good and
you can really taste that fish in there. I'm going to get in and try
some of these noodles, this is such a refreshing breakfast
mmmm those noodles are quite chewy and they're really slippery in the mouth
I got a real hit of raw onion in that bite, that's so good, I'm gonna give
this fried bean curd skin a go, huge piece
it doesn't have much flavour but you can taste that tofu and it
just adds to the... I've got laksa soup all over my face... but it really adds to the whole texture of the dish
this is really good, if you are into
strong flavours then this might be the one to order because
the flavour of that mackerel, the fish really comes through in that soup so
it's a really powerful bowl of laksa that is tasty!
I'm gonna try the Baba laksa, what a way to start the day so it's got rice
noodles again but much thinner than the ones in Sheena's dish, it's got
the same tofu skin which has sort of been fried so it's crispy on the top
but on the bottom it's soaked up all this broth which looks epic. It's got the half egg,
it's got cucumbers, it's got fresh red onion in there, there's tofu cubes which
I don't think Sheena's had no that's different to Sheena's and so the broth in
this one is much more of a curry broth, it's thicker as well and will have a coconut
base you can really see like the colour that's just so rich and creamy looking
but let's try the broth by itself
Wow it's got a great spice it tastes like a Thai red curry if you want that as a
comparison, it's so thick in the mouth it coats your mouth but not in a fatty or
oily way it just coats you with this flavour burst I'm going to have a little bit more
broth as that is so good, oh man
there;s actually a little bit of sourness - not sure what that would be coming from
let's just try and get a combo, woah it's got a bit of spice, it's getting me at the back of the throat
it's really good throw. I'm just gonna try the noodles actually
oh I think Sheena said hers were like soft but had a little bit of bite, these are the
same that's really unusual in a dish like this because normally the noodles
are in the hot liquid for so long that they just kind of soften right up and
become very squishy these have got real texture which is great I'm gonna grab
one of these tofu puffs because they are just filled with the liquid they've really
sucked everything up and absorbed it. Oh wow, I've got this all over my face too. This is just
too good, the puff just explodes with this sauce this liquid, there's prawns
hiding in here, this egg looks so creamy this is one hell of a breakfast what a
way to kick off your day, it's got the spice it's got some little bit of
sweetness it's got a tang, it's full of ingredients, I love this, absolutely love it
whoa that's pretty fiery my nose is running it's sort of got hotter and
hotter and built on me, so good though. Which is your favourite? I like your one
better. Same this really packs a flavour punch, this curry laksa it a little bit
more easygoing but if you're after bold flavours this this is the one to order, for sure,
it's amazing!
time for a bowl of cendol to soothe that chilli burn, they
have a huge list of different types of cendol but I think we're just gonna
go for classic, so plain Baba cendol
oh my gosh my mind is blown I have never ever seen a cendol look like
this before it looks absolutely spectacular
so the uncle just shaved a mound of ice and it looks really finely shaved he
poured a bit of santan or coconut milk over it, there's green cendol noodles so
they're like pandan flavoured rice noodles so both the dish is called
cendol as well as the noodles being called cendol
and then there's this really thick, treacle -looking gula melaka which is coconut palm syrup on
the top, I have never seen anything like it it's so thick and
I'm just lost for words I just have to try it, oh it's also got kidney beans as
well normally when you get a cendol the shaved ice is
wallowing in coconut milk so there's more coconut milk versus ice
but this is just something else let's just give it a go
that gula melak is so thick it's almost to the point of burnt tasting, like
when you caramelise sugar and you just take it right to the edge, it's got that
beautiful burnt flavour, really caramel-y, it's so refreshing and I like that it's just a huge chunk of
shaved ice it hasn't just all melted really quickly that is so good, Thomas
get in. This is incredible I've already tried some and it is mind-blowing
and it's not actually that sweet it's just got that really burnt taste like
Sheena talked about this is so so good and we've just made an executive
decision because we've heard there's another cendol place in town which is even better than
this one and we thought we've got to compare these back-to-back so we're
gonna finish these and then we're gonna go for another cendol to see what we
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we'll go for more cendol
Melaka town is so beautiful it's reminding us a lot of Penang which we've
visited in the past all these amazing old heritage buildings it is a World
Heritage Town a UNESCO World Heritage Town and it really shows it's so pretty on
the walk here we saw the river and there have been like tree-lined streets we've seen
beautiful sculpture but we have now arrived at the next cendol spot so
let's go check out another cendol
next cendol has arrived this one is exactly the same style, so much less
coconut milk then we are used to and that really thick gula melaka was just
doused over-the-top quite a big spoon of it but it's so thick it just sort of
sits where it's placed and I'm just gonna dig in because I think I saw her
put something else in this one yeah look there's these little like pink jelly balls so
it's got the kidney beans, the cendol noodles and this little pink jelly ball
thing again. Lets just get a big spoon of it got a bit of everything
oh, so refreshing this one is sweeter than the last one we
had, but not nearly as burnt, it's sort of the same sweetness
but the other one had a real burnt taste whereas this one the the sugar flavour is there more let's
try some more I'm just gonna have this basically the soup now because the ice
is melting the coconut milk
oh and the way the gula melaka mixes through it and you can see as you mix it it gets
darker and darker in colour because the, everything combines and that gula melaka
really starts to take over the dish. This is so good, I'm in two minds still about
which one's best but I reckon we should dive in, eat these Sheena before they
completely melt and then we'll come back to you with a conclusion at the end
they're really good
Cendol war has finished they have strong cendol game here and I really don't
know it's like a big punch punch for me because they were both incredible and
pretty rare for me but I'm gonna call it equal I love them both one was sweeter
the second one was sweeter the first one was more burnt but they were both phenomenal so
if you're in Melaka try them both as well and try them back-to-back like
we did, they're not that filling because it's mainly ice so you can totally just
eat them side by side like that really good and the laksa, phenomenal
I reckon daily cendol eating is gonna become a thing because it is so
refreshing and it is so tasty but we're gonna be eating up a storm while we're in
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