Capitol Seafood

Address: Jalan Bunga Raya Lane, Melaka

Opening Hours: 6.00p.m. to 11.00p.m. (Closed every Tuesday)

Capitol Seafood is located at the back alley of Jalan Bunga Raya Lane. There were 2 stalls at this lane which is Tong Bee and Capitol Seafood. Capitol Seafood serves cockles, cuttlefish, clams, sea snails, century eggs with ginger and many more. Most of the locals and tourists like to try the unique food here. The difference with this shop and other restaurants we visited is that we are able to sit on small stools and we eat our food beside the drain.

There is an option which we can choose to eat the cockles half cooked or well done. Moreover, the dishes will come with chili sauce which contains sweet sauce, coarse peanuts, lime juice and red birds eye chili. The process is we dig the shells to obtain the meat and then dip it with the sauce, this combination taste extremely good. There were small pails embedded in the middle of the table in which we can dispose the shells into. Their seafood was fresh with the smell of the ocean and seafood is cooked with salted water.

We also ordered a plate of rojak as well. Rojak is a kind of vegetable salad which served with fish sauce, cucumber slices, baked bean curd skin and crushed peanut. It tastes a little salty when dipping with the fish sauce. The price ranging from RM5 to RM20. Lastly, we think this prices is suitable for recommending this shop.

Gerai Makan Botak

Address: Jalan Paya 2, Kampung Paya, Kluang
Opening hours: 7.00a.m. to 5.00p.m.

Botak’s curry noodle has a tradition of more than 60 years. The shop is decorated with various antiques and different kind of small bottles of liqueur.

The main ingredient in the curry is coconut milk, lemongrass and ground spices. The taste of lemongrass in Botak’s curry is very strong when compared with another curry. They did not use a lot of coconut milk in their curry so we would not feel too thick or greasy when eating the curry. The curry noodle is loaded with ingredients such as fried tofu, fish stick, cockles, fried tofu, sliced roasted meat and bean sprouts.

The curry noodle also served with a small plate of sambal chili sauce. The sambal chili sauce is cooked with small shrimp and it has a little salty taste which enhances the flavor of the curry noodle.

The price is affordable for one small bowl of curry noodle is RM5 while a big bowl of curry noodle costs RM6.