The Jiong Guesthouse (76, Jalan Kampung Pantai, Melaka) is a very simple and yet sufficient guesthouse in Melaka for backpackers. For RM30 a night, you get your own queen-size bed room with a ceiling fan and a side table. The toilet is shared with a nice river side view.
The Jiong Guesthouse
Common Area
View from the 2nd floor toilet
In the morning, I went to hunt for a good Melaka breakfast. I shortlisted 2 places that was recommended by my girlfriend, Baba Charlie Nonya Kueh (72, Lorong Pantai Tengkera 2C, off Jalan Tengkera, Tengkera, Melaka) and Klebang Coconut Shakes (Jalan Klebang (next to Caltex), Taman Klebang Jaya, Melaka) as they were near each other. However, to my disappointment and due to my lack of research, they were both closed. I will have to save them for another day's adventure.
Baba Charlie Nonya Kueh not yet open.
Klebang Coconut Shake closed.
Yet another setback was the Digi sim card I bought from a Digi shop in Melaka couldn't work on my Blackberry Bold. Therefore, I left Melaka hungry and uncontactable heading for KL.
A KL couchsurfer, Alfred, answered my request for a last minute couch in KL. Thanks to my GPS, I managed to find my way to his place in Taman Connaught, Cheras. However, he wasn't in so I left my bike at his gate and went to explore the neighbourhood of Taman Connaught. I came back an hour later and he was home. He welcomed me into his place and we talked about traveling and couchsurfing before I had to leave to meet the ex-J7 KLers, Miranda and Shuling.
The meeting place was a seafood restaurant in Ampang named Mei Keng Fatt (1, Lorong Awan 6, Off Jalan Awan, Kuala Ampang, Selangor) recommended and accompanied by their friend, Foong Mei. We had a sumptuous meal of buttermilk crabs, steamed fish, homemade tofu and vegetable soup. The buttermilk crab was very good and the accompanying fried buns were different from the ones we had in Singapore. Theirs have spirals instead of the standard box shape. The homemade tofu was very tender and the accompanying sauce was very fragrant. The butter Miranda lend me her old iPhone 2G for the Digi sim card I bought in Melaka and rescued me from being uncontactable while away from wifi hotspots. We parted at 11:30pm and I headed back to Alfred's place.
Mei Keng Fatt
Butter milk crab and fried buns
Homemade tofu
Me, Miranda, Shuling and Foong Mei
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