21 Jalan Hang Jebat
75200 Melaka
Coordinates: 2.195458, 102.247764
After coming here in March for my birthday, we decided to
make another trip to Melaka nine short months later. However instead of staying
at Tengkera Hotel we opted for Hallmark Leisure Hotel situated along Jalan
Portugis (Portuguese Street) to take advantage of an offer of a cheap room on
an online booking site (gave the name of the site away, didn't we?).
We would live to regret the decision to not stay at Tengkera
Hotel. For starters, as soon as we walked in we were greeted by a pair of surly
front desk personnel who made it painfully clear that we were the bane of their
existence. Having endured a miserable ten minutes checking in, we then found
our room left much to be desired. The carpet was damp, there were traces of
hair on the pillows and the toilet was decidedly ‘musky’.
Oh well, when life serves you lemons?
The hotel was thankfully a stone’s throw away from Jonker Walk,
and it being a Monday afternoon there were no large crowds to maneuver. Ten minutes
later and we reached Famosa Chicken Rice Ball, which during the weekends and
public holidays would be near impossible to obtain seating.
So we were thankful for the near empty state, and proceeded
to order (which was a no-brainer because they sell only one style of dish). Apart from the usual roasted chicken and chicken rice balls
1barbecued pork
The verdict? To be perfectly honest the chicken rice ball
was rather dry and devoid of flavour, which is actually what we would describe
the roasted as well. But for the Char Siew it was a very disappointing meal and an experience that we won’t be
repeating any time soon.
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