bits and pieces malacca

we hopped on a very typical malaysian proton wira taxi which was probably 20 years old. it even needed help from the rest of the uncles to push-start it :) damn cool. you probably will not be able to get random strangers on the street to help push start your car in singapore...ok maybe more accurately.. we dont drive shift-stick manual cars anymore so you cannot push start the car. hahaha...we checked into our first hotel (www.hotelpuri.com), parts of The Little Nyonya (a local singaporean drama) was shot here...the decor was awesome, and the rates were reasonable too! we paid 310 ringgit per night for a family room (sleeps 4)hmm.. seriously. singapore's hainanese chicken rice ROCKS BALLS.. so please dont bother to try hainanese chicken rice in any other country... absolutely DO NOTmalacca is pretty nice to look at even at night.. maybe it's because lunar new year is around the corner so they put up extra lightings and decorations.we were at this pizza place.. food was so-so but the ambience is good!jonker street is pretty cool to just sit in a bar and chillout for the night!next hotel which we stayed in (www.thebabahouse.com.my) .. to be honest, hotel puri was better albeit slightly more expensive. i'll probably just stick with puri the next time i come, but for first timers, you may just want to try both hotels!a wonderful start to the morning .. coffee, toast, buddies, magazine and a 1960s backdrop...we suspect that this was also one of the location in which the drama was shot!this is one of the supposedly "die die must try" peranakan restaurant in malacca.. but we were all not too impressed with the food there!