Comments on: 6 Hours in Melaka or Melacca

By: TasteHongKong

TasteHongKong — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:32:21 +0000

@Louise W,
Glad if this humble piece of information could be of help.
Good luck to ‘old boy’! I wish I could witness him visiting his college, seeing him ride on an invisible time machine to return to his young ages and tell us his stories back in the older days … (or do I wrongly assume that he will join you?). Greedily, I would love to see your pictures there.
Enjoy your trip and foods in Melacca!

By: Louise W

Louise W — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:39:44 +0000

Great pics and great write up. Thanks! I am planning to visit Melacca (from UK) and this is really helpful. I do hope I will find the old site for Ying Wah College. My father is possible their current oldest old boy alive at 81! And of course, I love Straits Chinese food ) yum yum.

By: TasteHongKong

TasteHongKong — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:53:40 +0000

@Jacyln,
Thank you.

By: Jacyln

Jacyln — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:05:00 +0000

Glad to hear that you enjoyed Melaka!
On weekends, Jonker Street has its weekly night market,
view from St Paul’s Church is quite breathtaking and…
popiah (spring roll) in front of Madam’s King, Jalan Bunga Raya is quite famously delicious.

By: TasteHongKong

TasteHongKong — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:22:46 +0000

@baba,
I see, thank you for your advice.
I think I have come across the term Chinatown more than once in travel books mentioning Melecca. To me, it conveys no negative meaning and neither do I.
Anyway, thanks for addressing the point and welcome back again.

By: baba

baba — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:10:52 +0000

i am glad you enjoyed your short trip to melaka
i am from melaka, i would like to point out that there is no chinatown in melaka and never be…
the locals of chinese origins is almost 30% of the 23million almost the same as hk population
to label jonker street as chinatown is demeaning the locals chinese, you had visited cities in malaysia kl(even petaling street), penang… you see the local chinese are unlike chinese in uk or the us of a, as chinese culture is part of malaysian culture and mind you that chinese new year is a national holiday
btw thank you for your kind post