Authentic Hainanese Dishes at Hainan Association, Malacca (Melaka)
The session was arranged in the air-conditional hall on the first floor of the building. The dishes were nicely arranged on the table when we stepped in...
Let's start from the Hainanese snacks...
Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls with peanut (煎堆)
I like the sesame rice ball very much during my childhood, but didn't expect it was one of the Hainanese snacks...
Bua Ta Art 蒸压粑
This snacks caught my attention once I stepped close to the table, it had a unique taste and special! Nice! My first time tasting it.
Traditional Hainanese snack : Yi Bua
"This snack food is steamed glutinous rice cake with sesame, peanuts and grated/ shredded coconut meat as lts stuffing." The Hainanese present to their friend or relatives on certain occasion like : Switf to new house, wedding and new born baby full moon...
I like the coconut fragrance....
ou bua kia 鸡屎藤粑籽汤
A Hainanese medical dessert, strong ginger taste. Not bad with the weird Chinese name...:)
Hainanese Steamed chicken (文昌鸡)
This type of chicken is very common nowadays whenever you order chicken rice at everywhere between Malaysia and Singapore. For Hainanese, chicken will be the main course for every event or occassion. My another childhood favorite, even now...
The dish I forgot the name of it...stir freid vege with prawns...
Chicken rice ball
Of course you will see the Malacca chicken rice ball which is Very Famous in whole Malaysia. The history I read was originated from the 'Tan Hoe Kee' family - Muar, many decades ago...yet to find out the true...some said, all the shops selling Hainanese Chicken rice ball in Malacca now are the grandson or relatives from the Tan family...
When the Hainanese cuisine presented on the table, the bloggers were busy snapping photos...
A Date With The Bloggers
Beside the Hainanese dishes, in conjunction with the Nyonya Cuisine from Ms Lucy Wee (Lady boss of Anak Nyonya Restaurant) also presented on the next table...
Nyonya Assam prawns
Sambal petai sotong (squids)
Curry Ayam Buah Keluak (my favorite)
Nyonya Ayam Ponteh (my favorite)
Bendi Stim Belacan (Steamed ladyfinger with sambal belacan)
The common scene during the day...photos taking
60's Fruit Tea
The drinks of that day were sponsored by Jonker Gallery. They had few variety with different concoction with apple and others. The Refreshing Fruit Tea did the nice effect to cool us down during the hot and humid day...too bad it's Only available around Jonker Street area. Hopefully I can see the colorful bottle at Johor Bahru one day...
Once we finished photography the dishes on table, the making of chicken rice ball session had started...these were the ladies who made the Delicious Hainanese foods on that day! Kudos!
The Hainanese women at the Association.
They were patiently show us the step-by-step on getting the rice ball and shaped it...
The making of chicken rice ball by Hainanese grannies...
After the rice ball been shaped nicely...
Follow by the hands-on session for everyone to try on it! Many shaped came out that day, not all are round! Haha! We had a lot of fun within the session!
All of us trying to shaped the rice ball...even the General Manager of Perfect Food also join the crowd...:)
Right : before shape. Left : after shaped.
We took a short rest after the chicken rice ball session and continued by the making of Suncake from Mei Zhong Yuen Confactionary. The Suncake is a famous snack from Taiwan, and I had taste it on my trip to Taiwan 2007.
Cookies from Mei Zhong Yuen
Pineapple tart from Mei Zhong Yuen
The owner of Mei Zhong Yuen - Mr Low was a friendly and humble guy. Before he show us the making of Suncake, we had a good interaction with him...
Mr Low - owner of Mei Zhong Yuen Confectionary
The Bloggers...
Mr Low and his assistant started the demostration slowly and provide with a detail explaination from A to Z during the session...
The making of Sun biscuits
Mr Low marking the Sun biscuits with a Red dot which represent durian filling...
The Sun biscuit does not bake on the spot, Mr Low need to carried all of them back to his confectionary shop which we going to visit after the lunch...
It was our honor to enjoy the Delicious Hainanese and Nyonya dishes with the Chief Minister of Melaka - Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam. In his short speech, he shared some information about Melaka. He was A friendly guy.
The Chief Minister of Melaka - Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam
Everyone in the room enjoyed their lunch very much! Great experience for me to taste so many dishes at once! And also an eye opener for me especially on the Hainanese snacks that I never see before...
The left over on the table after an hour...
I wonder why we left one chicken rice ball on the plate?! And who should responsible to finish it? Haha!
Related post :-
* A Date with Bloggers - Melaka (Malacca) Gourmet Trip
Location map of Hainan Association at Malacca
