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assam fish head

Walk into Sri Melaka Restaurant, immediately one will enjoy the cool air which is very much a blessing from the hot tropical weather outside. Once settled down one can look over the many delicious dishes (about 100 types) listed in the menu. Sri Melaka specialises in the fusion of Chinese, Malay and Nyonya cuisines. Traditional recipes and ingredients like assam, belacan, curry, chillies, gingers, onion, pepper, sambal and spices are used in the cooking of beef, chicken, mutton, to-fu (bean curd) and seafood. Assam fish head is by far the most popular dish. Other signature dishes include sambal prawn, curry fish head, fried cuttlefish, claypot seafood, beef rendang, to-fu salted fish and nasi lemak. Various types of soup and vegetable dishes are also available. Note: this restaurant does not serve pork. (more…)

butter prawns

Baba Nyonya is a special group of people who has their origin traced back from the time when the great Admiral Cheng Ho of China sailed through the Malay penisular some six centuries ago. The inter-marriage of the Chinese sailors and the local Malay, whom we referred as Baba and Nyonya, started a new culture and heritage, and they also created the delicious Baba Nyonya cuisine. Baba Nyonya cuisine is a sort of fusion between the Chinese cuisine and the local Malay delicacy. Today the Baba Nyonya way of life can still be found in major cities like Malacca, Penang, and Singapore, which all lie on the busy Straits of Malacca. But the tasty Baba Nyonya cuisine has spread through out the region.
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coffee and toast bread with butter and kaya

Original coffee from the colonial time, and the ever popular toast bread with butter and kaya, these two items are the most memorial food and drink from the Olde Station Kopitiam. These two are also the must have products here.

the olde station kopitiam

Walk into any Olde Station Kopitiams and immediately one is overwhelm with the strong smell of burn charcoal. The burn charcoals are still used to toast the white bread here.
The Olde Station Kopitiam has already opened 2 outlets in Kota Kinabalu, one in City Mall and another one in Warisan Square. The third Olde Station Kopitiam is scheduled to open in 1Borneo on March 2008.

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