Foods

Asam Pedas

Asam Pedas is one of the famous Malaysian food especially in Melaka. This Malaysian stew fish is cooked with tamarind juice and chili paste. The cooking process involves soaking with tamarind fruit until it's soft and the squeeze out the juice for the Asam Pedas gravy. Various vegetables use such as brinjals, lady fingers and tomatoes. Fish or head fish also added in the gravy, chicken also can added other than fish.

There are various ways of cooking asam pedas based on districts and ethnic community in Melaka. The Malays like to add vegetables and shrimp paste. Baba Nyonya always add 'buah kluak' in their asam pedas while Portuguese like to add more chillies.

*Buah kluak - famous in Melaka, always use by Baba Nyonya in thier dishes.*

Buah Kluak

These are some of the restaurant in the Melaka that serve Asam Pedas:

# Hajjah Mona Asam Pedas
Jalan Laksamana 2
Taman Kota Laksamana, 75200 Melaka.

# Restoran Mahligai
Basement, Tourism Information Center
Jalan Kota, 75000 Melaka.

# Restoran Ole Rasa
264, Jakan Melaka Raya 3,
Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka.

# Restoran Alihar 19
Jalan Melaka Raya 13
Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka.

# Restoran Padang Serai
40&42, Jalan Melaka Raya 15,
Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka.

"Ikan Bakar" Portuguese Style

Ikan Bakar Portuguese are one of the famous ikan bakar in Melaka because the specialty is where the fish is marinated with the sices. After that wrapped with banana leaf and then grilled over charcoal fire.

Some of the ingredient use in Ikan Bakar.

These are some of the restaurant that serve Ikan Bakar Portuguese:

#  Ikan Bakar Rose & Ali

No7, Crystal Bay, Sungai unggur Alai

75460 Melaka

Tel: 019 6576068

# erkamungan Ikan Bakar Teraung

Umbai Baru, Kg. Umbai,

77300 Merlimau Melaka

Tel: 017 2305691

# Medan Ikan Bakar Umbai

Pengkalan Perdu, 

Umbai, 75600 Melaka

# Medan Ikan Bakar Pengkalan Balak

# Medan Ikan Bakar Anjung Batu

# Medan Ikan Bakar Serkam

# Medan Ikan Bakar Persatuan Nelayan