Lao Di Fang, Taman Kota Laksamana
I always wanted to try this place after being told by someone that the restaurant was featured by “Taste With Jason“. The shop is called “Lao Di Fan 老地方”, loosely translated as old place and is conveniently located at Taman Kota Laksamana.
The business hour is as stated in the photo. If you can’t read it, lunch hour is from 12 noon to 3pm and dinner time starts from 7pm to 10pm. However, it is advisable that you make a reservation few hours before your meal time. Contact number is 06-2830681 and 012-2760932.
They only serve can drinks though. Green tea, anyone?
We (Allison, Debbie and I) ordered their curry fish fillet, which tasted pretty well. It was cooked with coconut milk, giving it a very fragrant smell and thick sauce. Along came with pieces of lady fingers and brinjals. However, I reckon that the fish fillet should be pan fried a little to give it a better texture, especially on the outer side.
Deep fried chicken chunks with mayonnaise. Nothing special about it but the chicken was nicely deep fried and crunchy
This tasted absolutely just like the normal sweet and sour pork, except that its tau fu this time. There were bits of pineapple chunks, vegetables and corns in it. I find the the portion of the dish is a little on the smaller side. Nope, not recommended.
I wonder why the choi dam wasn’t crunchy as it supposed to be. Nicely stir fried with small shrimps.
The bill came up to roughly RM14 per head, just about the average price that I have expected before the dinner. While I don’t really know their signature dishes that made them being featured on “Taste With Jason”, I reckon that this place is still worth visiting, since there aren’t many decent Chinese restaurants in the town.
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March 10th, 2008 05:04
I think we have several branches in singapore.. and everything was spicy.. if i remember correctly.
March 10th, 2008 11:53
delicious… yammm
March 10th, 2008 12:44
I see tofu yay!
Not recommended because of the portion or the taste ya?
March 10th, 2008 12:54
waa… all the mayonnaise on top!!! looks sedap!
March 10th, 2008 14:41
The portion doesn’t look big eh… Even the food also looks quite average. But of course we won’t judge the taste from its looks. Got quite a few good restaurants in Malacca what…
March 10th, 2008 19:04
the food quite nice wad.. i think makansutra would recommend this.. haha
March 10th, 2008 20:00
I could not find the one in downtown Malacca. Do you have the full address?
I was in Malacca last Wednesday with my colleague from Poland. We went for Chicken Rice Ball first corner over the bridge from the dutch square. Satay Celup @ Capitol before we heading back to KL… :->
March 10th, 2008 22:56
Gosh. Your pictures really got my salivary glands working hard. T_T
March 11th, 2008 02:19
Uhh…the deep fried chicken chunks topped with mayonnaise has a very nice display.
I hope I can try this b4 graduate from MMU..
March 11th, 2008 13:07
Mama Bok : This isn’t a franchise, more like a family business. :)
Surfnux : Kind of.
Chingy : The cooking style. Haha.
Esther : Yes, quite tasty.
Two Super Heroes : That was the portion for three, just nice although I wouldn’t mind if its bigger.
Sarah : Who is Makansutra?
TZ : It’s in Taman Kota Laksamana, next to the Hakka Restaurant. :) This isn’t a franchise though.
SilverIsle : Haha. Go grab something to eat.
Jijitankyy : Haha. Yes, that was quite nice too.
March 13th, 2008 14:10
the mayo looks like candle wax- but drool-worthy. haha. love the pictures. :)
March 15th, 2008 10:13
i think their signature dish is “qing zhen yu wei” (steamed fish tail). :-)
March 19th, 2008 23:46
Felicia : LOL. Candle wax. WTF.
Yan Er : Oh, will try next time.
April 14th, 2008 15:47
OMG u have to be patience if u wanna dine in this restaurant.. their salad prawn was awesome ;D before this they operate at the road near Cheng Hoon Teng temple and recent years they shifted to Kota Laksamana.. they have only one cook so thats why we got to wait so long… @@
April 14th, 2008 15:49
Nuffsaid : We went pretty late, so we didn’t have to wait that long. ;)
June 16th, 2008 17:43
Hi,
I’m from Singapore. Am going to organise an Amazing Race on Malacca’s food & cuisine for 80 people. Would like to engage you to help us plan for this 3 hour activity. Pls email me. Thanks.
June 16th, 2008 18:00
Benedict : Shall email you then.