The day of the trip, our maid Jane was down with fever and sore throat. Oh dear... should we still go? Go without Jane? Abandon the trip? If Jane was down with Covid then we should leave her home to distance ourselves. Hubby decided to go out and get face masks while thinking. Took ages and past our planned departure time.
He finally returned. And final decision was a Go. For all.
So off we went. Arrived late afternoon due to all the indecisiveness. Went to Jonker street where I managed to take away my favourite nonya laksa from Jonker88 before they closed for the day.
Cendol! But mummy likes this more than WE do
Then we went walking.
Cute ice-creams for us
Sausages. Yummy.
It was a far cry from our last trip where we were stuck in traffic jams and human jams. Not many were out on the roads. We were anxious at first, thinking we'd quickly grab what we wanted and quickly leave. But the situation seemed so normal until even Hubby the Jittery One got comfortable enough to suggest sitting down for pork satay and other street food.
Very cute unicorn pao
It was too late for Baba Charlie the first day. No worries, we didn't have much to do and went there on the second. Many say it's overrated and overpriced but I do like the ondeh-ondeh, curry puffs and various kuih.
We are just grabbing some snacks
Lunch was at this hip place called Daily Fix. Reviews mentioned long queues, but this WAS low season and we managed to get a table outside (the air-conditioned area was full). Not cheap but food was overall good. We particularly enjoyed the signature pancakes.
Choc chip pancakes and big breakfast. For lunch
Closer look at the vintage enamel trays
Stayed again at the previous Airbnb place as the kids like the waterpark. I had to work and totally didn't make it to the pool. Photo below is from Jane. I'm glad hubby decided to take her along - actually my plan while booking had been for her to take the kids to the pool while I worked. If we had left her behind then I really wouldn't have known how to juggle work and kids. Left to hubby, he'd have stuck an iPad in their hands and not bothered to take them anywhere.
Water! Fun!
What else did we do... EAT of course. Tried out Hock Chin for cockles, balitong, fishcake rojak, sotong kangkung. It was very cheap - I liked it, hubby thought it was so-so and the kids don't like this kind of food. Guess we won't be back.
Half eaten meal hehe
One last mention of food is of this garlic fried pork which hubby likes. This was a random shop on the way.
Food not bad
On our last night in Melaka, the PM announced the MCO. Spent the time on Whatsapp excitedly exchanging messages with our friends. The next morning hubby and me hit Tesco to stock up while the kids went to the pool again. Now that it has been a month since our Melaka trip and it's pretty confirmed we didn't catch Covid there, I'm very glad we made the trip. Especially now looking back at the pictures and comparing them with our current confined daily life within MCO. Wonder when we will be back there.
For the brave ones, the time just before MCO was the best time because no crowd. One day I must make a trip to Malacca and visit Jonker Street. Must also try all the popular food there.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'd have to be categorised as 'brave' - took the kids on successive weekends to Genting, Kidzania and Melaka! And even went swimming the day before MCO. My parents issued dire warnings until I also got rather worried we'd caught something.
DeleteMelaka's good coz almost everything of interest is near Jonker street.
It was a risky decision but all went well and you all had fun. That's why some people say not to worry because it is all fated and one's life has been predetermined. Not sure to believe or not. because if it is all predetermined then no need to have mco, right?
ReplyDeleteInitially there were very few cases of Covid and no deaths. Guess we did have to take precautions once cases became rampant.
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