Machap Baru Melaka

Welcome to Kampung Machap Baru, Melaka!

First of all, there are 2 Machaps. The other is located in Johor. I was hunting for Lei Cha @ Thunder Tea Rice and so Machap Melaka came up on my screen.

We were starving upon arrival. I read that Thye Lai serves a unique dish; bittergourd noodles in soup! Gotta try them.

This restaurant is very small. There are only 5-6 tables inside and by the side. When we went inside, the locals were sitting comfortably, chatting with each other while munching homemade kuehs.

View from inside the restaurant.

Freshly cut bittergourd and fresh cuts of pork for every bowl.

We ordered some buns to take away after brunch.

We decided to walk around the town after eating. It was scorching hot and the locals were just zipping by on their motorcycles. I noticed that almost every other house has a business signboard on top of their front door. They all must be in some form of business, mostly operating in other places and the home is for preparation, while others actually have a stall out on their garage with 1-2 tables set up for customers to dine in.

A typical Hakka house

Restaurant famous for exotic animal dishes!

Red noodles

Found the Lei Cha house. Their stall is right outside their front door and there were 2 tables set up on their garage for customers. We ordered 2 sets of Lei Cha and sat on one of the tables.

Most locals walked in and ordered to take away.

This is my first time having Lei Cha @ Thunder Tea Rice with Rice Crispies. Yummy!

The soup was wonderfully prepared. Authentic taste. We loved it!

Kulixin - an important ingredient in the making of the Lei Cha soup. Bitter but nice!

This bread factory has been running for 4 generations. They specialized in making Roti Kok @ Crunchy Bread Pieces. They dunk very well in hot coffee. I always thought Roti Kok was only made from leftover bread. Never realized they are freshly made. We walked into the shop and was greeted by a lady. She brought us to the back where the "workshop" was and there were some people making the Roti Kok. They welcomed us in to watch them and happily explained how they make this bread on a daily basis.

Waiting for these rolls to rise

Their oven! Huge enough to bake humans in them!!

Ready-to-be-eaten Roti Kok

The container of Roti Kok samples are there for anyone who wants to try them, yupp, for free!

Machap Baru is a quiet town but people here are hardworking. I have read about the Machap Walk on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings but wondered who would want to drive into Machap just for the walk. I guess I have to give it a try one of these weekends and see what they have to offer.