Calanthe Art Cafe & Jonker 88, Melaka

I wasa one day tourist at Jonker Street, Melaka with the help of our trusty tourguide :) . I have never been to Jonker Street in broad daylight before, but have always been there when the moon is watching. sounds vampire-ish. The mini tour consisted of Calanthe Art Cafe, Jonker 88, Souvinear stalls and Dataran Pahlawan. Despite the unforgiving brutal sun, we braved through it, as Jonker street market has been rumoured to be closing, hopefully not. :)

Our targeted destination was the Baboon Cafe, but since it was closed for the Chinese New Year Celebration, we quickly changed to another cafe called the Calanthe Art Cafe. This cafe is famous for their coffees that are named after the states of Malaysia, and may also be the best coffee from each states. I almost never drink coffee (i'm starting to like it though, i got to try a sip of the Selangor coffee, it was pretty good) I ordered a brownie dish and a mango smoothie instead. Both dishes were critic-less. Definitely, try their coffee if visiting.  

The cafe is decorated with quirky art works, that really can attract the eyes when boredom strikes. 

the welcoming giraffe

the food :P ( forgot to take a pic when the mango smoothie was still pretty)

We also gave the Jonker 88 stall a try. Lucky us, the queue wasn't that long when we reached. The place is a little cramped up. Has those old chinese coffee shop apek feel. Waiting for seats can be a frustrating ordeal but after seated, it is all worth it.:) Since the stall is located near tourist attractions price of the food ranges from Rm 6.50-Rm7.50 a bowl, we ordered asam laksa and also curry laksa. I was really happy with the taste of both broth, authentic yummy goodness. Asam laksa was a tad bit spicy than usual, good thing i love spicy. 

The shop also has various deserts, we ate the famous cendol which not only looked good, it tasted good as well! 

self service. order. take food. find seat.

cendol yummy goodness.

p/s: introducing mr prickles :D