Mia's Travelogue: Malacca Eats - Capitol Satay Celup

Despite hearsay of how those satay celup places reuse their pots of gravy, we decided to go ahead and try out Capitol Satay due to the overwhelmingly good reviews we read online. And due to our kiasu-ness, we set off from our hotel at 340pm and reached there just in time for them to open at 4pm sharp. 

Avoided the queue, yay!

And as stated on their signboard, there's no other sister branches out there so make sure you visit their one and only branch at Lorong Bukit Cina, which is about 15 to 20 minutes walk from Jonker Walk. 

The pot of gravy first look just like this on the empty table, and after addition of grounded peanuts and other condiments...

Tadaa, satay sauce!

The choice of food isn't really fabulous, but it will do, for not all kind of food can come on stick easily, although there are some that come on plates, and definitely not all can go well with satay sauce. 

They charge at RM1.10 per stick, so do remember not to go crazy with filling up your food tray. 

One thing that kind of annoyed me was this metal piece that supposedly is to shield you from the direct heat from the burner. But, why use metal? It gets so hot I had to take extra care not to brush my knees against it while I ate. 

Well, if I'm not in Malacca and Capitol Satay Celup is not one of the highly raved eats, I probably will not give this a second look.

First up, I'm never a fan of satay sauce. And secondly, the only think I enjoyed eating from the choices available (after having them cooked in satay sauce) are the fishballs and fishcakes. I would absolutely love a crispy fried wonton, but those soggy and drenched in satay sauce? 

Nay, no thanks. 

Well, I know this doesn't look the most appetizing, but if you're a big fan of satay sauce, you have to try this out!

And what did I say about reaching promptly at 4pm sharp to avoid the queue? We only ate for about 25 minutes, and the queue stretched till almost 3 shops down the street! 

But 1 thing I noticed while we're there was that unlike the usual steamboat places, the tables actually clear pretty quickly as most patrons usually only spend 20 minutes to 30 minutes eating. So while the queue might look dauntingly long, chances are you wouldn't end up fainting on the streets due to hunger from the long wait. 

Till then,

Mia Foo

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Mia's Travelogue: Malacca Eats - Nadeje

Over the long weekend, I decided to drop by Malacca for a short getaway with T. Well, weather was really hot with nothing much for sightseeing and shopping, so we literally spent 3 days eating like a pig. 

And so, let's get started on my humble recommendations!

Was strongly recommended to drop by for their Mille Crepes by T's friend, and it's just so lucky that there's 2 branches near our hotel (one at Mahkota Parade and one at Mahkota Plaza, Jln PM 4) and so we visited both branches on 2 different mornings! 

Look at the different selection of  mille crepes! Well, I would really love to try their Royal Milk Tea, but too bad they're no available on both days (and both branches) I visited. 

Strawberry Chocolate

Rum & Raisins

Well, look at the different layers of crepes with generous layer of flavoured cream smeared in between. And yes, that's yours truly staring at the strawberry chocolate mille crepe like a psycho....

Mango Yoghurt

 Double Chocolate

Out of the 4 flavours, I'll say the Mango Yoghurt and Double Chocolate were the nicer one. Well, Rum & Raisins was good too, but I'm personally not a huge fan, so... yeah.

Strawberry Chocolate was pretty, but the overall taste was quite disappointing as you know, chocolate crepe doesn't really have much of a chocolate taste by itself, and without any chocolate cream, it tasted more like strawberries and cream instead of strawberry chocolate. 

Double Chocolate, on the other hand, was well done! Soft chocolate crepe with airy chocolate whipped cream in between and topped with a layer of chocolate ganache. Rich, chocolately, yummy!

Mango Yoghurt was like a palate refresher to the rich and heavy flavour from Double Chocolate. The mango puree layer on top was generous and tangy, the crepe soft and whipped cream light and airy. A must try for those who enjoy a tangy mango! 

Dark Chocolate Cafe Latte

Look at the amount of chocolate sauce at the bottom and the glob of thick cream at the top. 

T wasn't truly impressed, but I loved this so much! The coffee taste was strong, coupled with a rich chocolate taste.... 

A must try for all mocha (or chocolate coffee) lovers!

Malacca Cafe Latte

We drank it without any addition of sugar (I usually add 1 sachet of sugar to my cafe latte) and I believe it's because the latte is flavoured with Gula Melaka, although I cannot be sure. 

It was definitely yummy, but I'll get another chocolate coffee anytime. :)

For more locations of Nadeje, visit their website HERE

Till then,

Mia Foo

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