Lei Cha ~ Kg Machap Baru

Kampung Machap Baru, Alor Gajah, Melaka

Favorite Hakka Lei Cha Rice stall

You may choose to have your Lei Cha with white rice or rice crispies

Look at the yummy soup!

We found this stall in 2018. That time, we got to enjoy Lei Cha right in front of their house.

Today, you get to sit in any nearby kopitiam and they will bring the Lei Cha to you!

Lei Cha with white rice

Lei Cha with rice crispies

Acanthopanax Trifoliatus ~ grown in abundance in their backyard!

For us personally, the soup has to have one very important ingredient to make it REAL lei cha. This ingredient is called Acanthopanax Trifoliatus or Ku Ye Xin / Kulixin / Ku Lek Sim 苦刺心 . It makes the soup taste uniquely bitterish which is unexplainably super yummy.

A little thorny green herb 

 

Durians

Black Gold RM65 per kg

Musang King RM58 per kg

 

Kenn Guan Hiong - Rotikok

Kampung Machap Baru, Melaka

This village is location in Alor Gajah, about 45 minutes from Melaka town. 

Kenn Guan Hiong Bread Factory, 1935

First generation Mr. Puah arrived in Machap from Hainan. He was well known in making dried bread pieces for his villagers. 

The bread factory started in 1935 in this very wooden factory, specializing in Rotikok, crispy bread strips.

3rd generation Mr. Puah handed over the Rotikok business to his son.

A very happy soul, senior Puah entertained us with his bread and family stories. He was most friendly and generous with information. Any questions asked, he would gladly answer.

We were very happy to see that this bread business will continue and hope that this family journey will prosper in generations to come.

From left portrait to right ~ 1st generation to 4th generation of the Puah family

3rd generation Senior Puah at work!

Bread dough has to sit overnight before landing in the oven!

Bread baking in the oven

Rotikok