BBQ Pork Rice In Malacca
A lot of people may have heard about the midnight char siew rice in Malacca. The only shop that starts their business from 12 midnight until 2 o’clock in the morning, selling nothing but char siew rice. It is the shop opposite Capitol Satay Celup. Well, if any Malaccans bring you there to try their char siew rice, scold them for bringing you there.
1) Overrated.
2) Everything except their char siew rice taste like craps.
3) At least two times more expensive than other char siew rice shops in Malacca.
4) There are a handful of stalls that sell equally or even better char siew than them.
Ignore the typo.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Maybe I should launch a boycott midnight char siew rice shop campaign!
That aside, you should try this char siew rice in Batu Berendam, Malacca instead. It’s not in the town center but rather outside the town. Find your way to Siemens or National Semiconductor and you are on the right route to the shop. After passing by Siemens or National Semiconductor, drive straight until you see a big T-junction and a Perodua center (corner lot) at one corner. Turn towards the Perodua center and go straight until you see Chuen How Restaurant on your left.
Depending on the time you go, there will definitely be a queue outside the shop. Hence, the first thing you come down from your car is to queue, not find a table or seat. Regardless of you dining in or taking away, you need to queue up just like every other people who patronizes the shop. There are definitely more than enough seats for you, so don’t worry. Queue up first!
As you queue up and get closer to the char siew, prepare yourself for an eye feasting session. As soon as you see the boss opposite you / on the opposite side of the mirror, get yourself ready to drown in your own drool.
When you are standing in front of the boss, tell him what you want for your side dishes. There are many variates for you to coose from, such as sweet and sour pork, asam pedas fish, assorted vegetables like bean sprouts, long beans, cabbages, fried eggs, hard boiled eggs, potatoes, bean curds, luncheon meats, sausages and of course, char siew. So, choose your side dishes while you are queuing up in front of the stall, not when you are in front of the boss. Swiftly, he will prepare your plate of rice and you proceed to choose your own sauce, the curry sauce or sweet sauce.
My plate of rice cost me RM5, inclusive of added rice, added char siew, potatoes and long beans.
Now, our focus is on the pork. BBQ-ed to perfection and a little burnt at the corner to give you the crunchy taste and texture. Marinated overnight with various herbs and spices before being charcoal grilled and spread with honey to give the sweetness. The right ratio of lean meat and fat to give you that satisfaction that will make you come back for more, and more, and more.
I am more of a siu yok rather than char siew fan, but give me their char siew anytime and I will still whack it all down in a blink of an eye.
Malaccans love their char siew very much, so much that there’s no food court in Malacca would dare to operate without a stall selling char siew rice. On top of that, you can basically get char siew at almost every area in Malacca town and outside Malacca town. I have yet to introduce the Bunga Raya Lane’s char siew too!
So, why patronize the overrated midnight char siew rice shop?
May 15th, 2007 00:34
Don’t worry, i alrdy boycott the midnite Char Siew Fan long time ago… Muahahhaha
May 15th, 2007 01:37
Last time this stall was selling in their porch in front of their house near the Big Long Kang along Batu Berendam road. Char Siew no doubt very nice but I think it’s a bit too sweet. You can notice the layer of “candle wax” on top of your char siew. Don’t like going there because too many people though…
Yeah Bunga Raya Char Siew also nice! Introduce!
May 15th, 2007 07:41
OMG!!! gimme gimme…… fedex it down to uk pullleeeezzzzzz
sigh…….. have to plan a roadtrip down to malacca di, btw when you’re in kl, also go try the char siew, black 1 hahah nice :D
May 15th, 2007 10:38
Ha, you make me feel more hungry in this early morning… I never been to that shop before, but I been to another Char Siew shop, called ‘ba bai’(800?), beside Stygix there. Taste nice!
May 15th, 2007 11:37
Goodness, the char siew really looks very good indeed. I can imagine standing right in front of the stall, staring at the char siews like a perverted man! :-P Kekeke…sigh, I went to Malacca 2 weeks ago, you should’ve blog about this earlier.
May 15th, 2007 11:39
妈的！
下次你来KL我不要千层蛋糕了，要这个叉烧饭，打包十人份的，我慢慢吃。
真的，*严肃ing*
May 15th, 2007 12:55
Wah so mouth watering…
May 15th, 2007 13:55
I’m more of a siew yok fan also , but wahhhhh that char siew looks damn delicious ! so shiny !
May 15th, 2007 13:58
wahhhhhhhhhh…banyak sedap lei…u whn back tampin, me take from u ;p
May 15th, 2007 14:55
I nvr heard of midnight char siew rice shop, may be i seldom hang around in midnite.
The one from Batu Berendom looks nice huh, should go and have a try next i go back to Melaka :wink:
Actually we called char siew fan as 咖哩饭 :grin:
May 15th, 2007 15:01
they go to the midnight one simply because there’s no other shop selling char sieq around that hours lar..hoiyo
hard to find food around midnight
May 15th, 2007 16:03
The midnight char siew fan does not only taste like crap, the pricing is freaking expensive too. And yes, I am a Malaccan.
May 15th, 2007 16:25
VHanded, sorry to say, i also boycott that shop. To me, the char siew there oso yucks. Getting worse compare to the time when I was in Alpha year, that was like erm… 3 yrs ago. Hehehehehehehehe
May 15th, 2007 20:16
I want to eat… next time MUST go!
May 15th, 2007 22:36
Hao : Oh yeah! :D
Shinky : Yes, this is the same one. They have earned enough to buy a shop for themselves now. ;) Sweet? Haha! I think its just taste fine to me but maybe its a little too sweet for you. No time to go Bunga Raya’s, damn difficult to find parking there during lunch hour.
Boss Lepton : Ha! I know you heard about the midnight char siew but you can forget about that because I, dfeinitely, will not bring you there. :P Black? The sweet type that comes in thick black sauce? My mum cooks that very often too!
VHanded : I find 800’s char siew not nice one, doesn’t taste really that good also.
Tan Kiasu : Haha! Now you have another reason to come to Malacca again! ;)
双喜妈妈 : 十人分？你要每一餐都吃叉烧啊？小心双喜爸爸拿锅铲丢你哦！:P
Che-Cheh : Want to try some?
Jason Phoon : Haha! This char siew, you must try! They also got sell siew yok, but their char siew is the best!
Candy Gan : You come Malacca, call me, I bring you go. :P
湘绣蜻蜓 : Haha! No need to visit them at all, trust me! :D Yes, go and try and let me know what you think. Is it? I didn’t know that leh!
Simmy : Malacca not that bad until midnight got no food ler. Heh! You can find food almost 24/7.
Anthraxxxx : Oh yeah! Let’s boycott that shop! Farking blood suckers, they are.
Hao : VHanded, see. Told you 800’s char shao siew yok also tasted like craps. :P
Jamie : Ask papa bring you go! :D
May 16th, 2007 00:42
warghh!! babi.. i like.. huhu
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May 16th, 2007 00:51
wow…u dare to snap the photo of that char siew lo so near…didn’t he stop u from disturbing him?? ha.ha..but those char siew and siu yuk look yummy orr…feel like gobbling them down now!!
May 16th, 2007 08:44
I old ady no go out after midnite wan so. But it looks like I must definitely go to Malacca on my next trip home, who knows if I am lucky I get to bump into you.
May 16th, 2007 10:54
I surprised the boss allow you to take his photos, he quite fierce one oh.
My center is just a stone throw away from this shop and I tapau there at least once a week. :-)
May 16th, 2007 13:20
i remember this shop. my mum always buy the curry vege dish. i went for tuition nearby there. upstairs corner shop…
May 16th, 2007 13:23
jason: ignore my previous comment.
May 18th, 2007 16:15
OH MY GAWD! CHAR SIEW!
Have you tried the one at Tengkat Tungshin?
It’s really good. And there’s a the black colour type of Char Siew in Sec17 PJ that’s to die for.
May 18th, 2007 17:25
Very mouth watery….
May 19th, 2007 01:25
酱往后我煮什么垃圾他都会说好吃嘛。
May 19th, 2007 02:09
Mypipit Blog : Ha! You want to try?
Jacelyn : Haha! Those char siews were behind the glass and I snapped it while I was queuing up. Haha! Come Malacca and try then.
Fire Horse : Aiseh, come to Malacca, just give me a call and I will come out to meet you and bring you to all the nice places to eat. ;)
Ms Chong : Fierce? He didn’t say a word when I was snapping his picture. Heh!
Wendy : LOL. Wrong shop leh! :P
Wandernut : I think my mum also knows how to cook that, provided its the same type of black char siew we are talking about. Hehe! Will check it out if I am at that area. ;)
Jase Lee : Want to have some? :P
双喜妈妈 : 有道理。LOL.
May 21st, 2007 04:12
I always get my weekly siu yuk fix and claypot asam fish at a humble place in Batu Berendam pasar borong opposite Taman Independence. Well, at least i don’t have to queue up for it.
May 21st, 2007 04:17
Anthraxxxx : I know which stall you talking about, but from Bukit Beruang to Pasar Borong is quite a distance. :D
May 22nd, 2007 00:23
hahaha i know. I myself find it quite a distance traveling even from Ong Kim Wee. Which is why it’s a weekly affair :D
May 22nd, 2007 00:26
Anthraxxxx : We should meet up some day! Haha!
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July 17th, 2007 10:58
Oh man, I should have read your blog before I went to Melaka! *regret*
July 17th, 2007 11:01
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