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Melaka Tengah's Specialty

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Asam Pedas

Asam Pedas is a type of Malay cuisine that is famous in Malacca and Johor. Usually, the must-have ingredients consist of fish (usually swordfish, mackerel, red fish and porcupine fish), dried chilies, shallots, garlic, belacan, ginger, galangal, live turmeric (if you want to add more flavor to the food) , lemongrass, kesum leaves, kantan flowers, tamarind, gelugur tamarind or kaffir lime leaves. Spicy tamarind variations also differ depending on the place. Fish pickles are more popular in settlements near the sea where seafood is readily available in abundance, cheap and fresh. However, asam pedas with meat and chicken are also popular in some places and usually rely on readily available raw materials.

Ikan Bakar

Grilled fish is a type of fish dish that is grilled using charcoal. It is categorized in the cuisine of Indonesia, Malaysia and various other Southeast Asian countries. Usually, the fish is marinated or rubbed (with spices and sometimes sambal) and then grilled; and sometimes, banana leaves become a lining on the grill. In addition, grilled fish does not contain additional calories and fat because it is cooked without oil.

Baba Nyonya Delights

The Baba Nyonya community is also known as the Peranakan people and they are a minority believed to be from Melaka. Baba and Nyonya in Malacca are Peranakan Chinese where their ancestors had come and married local women. This tribe mostly comes from the Hokkien region, China who migrated to Malacca 600 years ago when Malacca was famous as a trading center.

This community is very famous for a variety of traditional dishes that are so delicious and interesting that have similarities with the cuisine of the Malay community.
They eat with their hands and goulash is a favorite of this community. Dishes such as masak lemak, asam pedas, and sambal belacan become daily favorites.

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Dessert & Deli~Kuih

Traditional cakes are really versatile, can be eaten for breakfast, or for afternoon tea. Traditional Melaka desserts are mostly small in size from delicious pastry or bakery to steamed and grilled dishes where each one has a dynamic taste either sweet or savory.

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