Christmas Dinner at Dezato

It is always nice to find a small start up that serves good food.
To put it simply, the food is as good as it looks, so good that I am reluctant to say anything more to improve their business to the point that it might compromise its quality.

Appetizer: Avocado & Shrimp + Grilled Baby Sardines

Sashimi: Salmon + Sweet Shrimp

Soup: Donbinmushi or Teapot clear soup with shrimp, mushroom and chicken

Grilled Dish: Grilled scallops with special cod’s roe sauce + Yaki Tori + Grilled asparagus bacon roll + Grilled salmon with cheese

Main Course: Grilled Seafood with Special Miso Paste on Hoba Leaf

Main Course: Grilled Beef with Special Miso Paste on Hoba Leaf

Main Course: Seafood California Maki

Dessert: Cheese Mousse with Passion Fruit Jelly

You Char Kway

I like to think that pushcart hawkers give a place its character and charm. Especially so when the intended customers are the locals. I really enjoyed observing this hawker stall selling you char kway preparing its products. So I sought permission to take a few photos and then supported the little business in my own little way. The food was brilliant by the way.

Chendol Melaka

Once you’ve tried the chendol in Melaka, you wouldn’t want to touch other versions. Chendol Melaka sets itself apart with the generous use of gula melaka which is that fragrant brown coconut sugar as well as the thick, undiluted coconut milk. Both ingredients are almost always diluted to the point of mediocrity elsewhere.

Especially for this stall in Jonker Walk, the gula melaka has the consistency of honey. It slowly runs down the little mountain of coconut milk drenched ice as its viscosity resists being absorbed. Best of all, it sticks to the spoon so that its fragrance can be savoured as it is licked off. The result is a little bowl of awesomeness that will leave you knowing you never want to go for chendol knockoffs.