Whenever we talk about Taman Connaught, we would think about the night market that happens every Wednesday night which draws huge crowd to pay a visit. Of course besides the night market, there are still a lot of hidden places in Taman Connaught that serve good food.

Today, I would like to recommend a place that me and my bf visit frequently, both of us get hooked by their noodles and we would drop by the shop to have our lunch almost every week.

One Meter Sunshine restaurant, located nearby UCSI university at Taman Connaught(same row as Starbucks), serve you authentic Chinese style noodles. It’s more like a stall instead of a restaurant as the space is quite limited, most of the customers have to sit outdoor. The stall does not have any fancy decorations either. However, you should not overlook their noodles.Scallion oil noodles, handmade noodles tossed together with scallion oil topped off with scallions and minced pork. The origin of this noodle is actually from Jiang Nan, China. It might look simple but the taste totally blew us away. The texture of the handmade noodles is super springy and chewy, the scallion oil makes the noodles silkier, and it enhances the taste of the noodles even more.

I would recommend you to add their home-recipe chili pastes and a small spoonful of vinegar to your noodles, it gives you a hint of spiciness and sourness while eating, provides you multi-level taste to satisfy your taste bud.

On a side note, to some the noodles might be a bit oily, but for me, once in awhile should be okay, because it tastes real good! One Meter Sunshine serves you different kind of noodles as well as Chinese style snacks such as fried dumpling (gyoza), do try out yourself!

Whenever I’m watching Korean variety shows such as Running Man or Roommate, their Korean cuisines always make me drooling, including tofu stew, bulgogi, bimbibap, kimchi and etc. Talking about Korean Cuisine, the flourishing of Korean restaurants no doubt makes us spoil for choice.

San Nan Duel restaurant, hidden among the shop lots in Publika, serve you authentic Korean cuisine where you can get your craving fixed. Besides serving you an array of Korean cuisines, they have free flow side dishes, which is also a plus point.We went for this squid and beef bulgogi set. This set is meant for sharing and we really didn’t expect the portion to be so big. Both squid and bulgogi are well-marinated and grilled to perfection, not too dry and not too raw, while you are chewing them you can still feel that the juices keep oozing out. It has strong flavor and mild spiciness, super piquant.

You can choose to wrap them with raw lettuce, where the fresh and crunchy lettuce gives you a different sensation, it helps you to balance out the oily level of squid and bulgogi at the same time. Or you can choose to eat with a bowl of steamed white rice, I’m sure that you will clear your rice real quick.Their Tofu seafood jjigae stole everyone’s heart at the dining table. The stew soup comes with tofu, seafood such as clams, sea crab, mussel, prawns and squids, top with enoki mushroom, spring onion and an onsen egg. It’s served with a bowl of white steamed rice.
The soup has rich texture and it gives you an umami taste.

The fiery red color might scare you but fret not; the jjigae is not as spicy as you thought, even a person like me who don’t like spicy food, I can easily sipping down a few spoonful of the soup, it goes super well with white steamed rice too! We almost finished “drinking” the whole bowl in the end.Their spring onion pan cake tastes average. I expected it to be crispy outside and moist inside, but it turned out too moist and too much starch. You might want to skip this as they serve pan cake as one of their side dishes as well, which you can refill unlimitedly.
We had squid and bulgogi set, spring onion pan cake, tofu seafood jjigae and kimchi fried rice, it costs us Rm30 per pax, we find it pretty reasonable as the taste is decent and the portion is big enough to make you stuffed.

Root Patisseries Café, one of the most popular hangout spot in Melaka that draws a lot of attention from people because of their cakes and pastries. This café is being featured in many blog posts as well as magazines, it receives good reviews from people who ever paid a visit here.

This café is owned by a local family who has big passion in desserts and coffee making. People claims that they serve the best desserts in town!A huge selection ranging from cupcakes, crumble tarts, lava cakes, pies and many more! Just take a glance of the display counter and I’m already spoilt for choices.Cakes and Macaroons. They serve both sweet and savory dessert, you name it, and they have it.They are good in coffee making as well! A cuppa of hot cappuccino with beautiful coffee art, alongside with a small piece of biscuit to go with your coffee. Super aromatic and it’s indeed something perfect for a chilling afternoon.Blue berries crumble tart. Crunchy crust with blue berries pastes stuffed in between, surprisingly it’s served warm! The blue berries are sweet and it matches well with the tart, it will get you hooked on your first bite.All plates cleared quickly! Besides, it’s also a photogenic café for you to take a few shots. Drag along your bff and enjoy a serene afternoon here!

Having sushi everyday without leaving a hole in your wallet is no longer a dream! I’ve found a great deal where you can enjoy quite decent sushi with almost half price lower than the usual sushi restaurant! Sounds attractive aren’t it?Sushi World, located at Dataran Pahlawan right in front of Watsons, provide you wide selection of sushi with cheapest price. You will be able to see different sticker on different sushi and different color comes with different pricing, ranging from Rm1.30, Rm1.90, Rm2.40 to Rm2.90. They have a variety of flavors for you to choose from, such as tamago, salmon, inari, ebiko and many more!Besides normal bite-size sushi, they have sushi roll which is larger in size as well, such as California roll and grilled eel sushi. You will definitely be able to find something you like over here.Everything above cost less than Rm10! I picked their salmon sushi, ebiko sushi, California roll, crab stick sushi and maki with crab meat stuffed in between. I had high expectation on their salmon sushi because I love everything with salmon. However, their salmon sushi failed on me. It was not fresh and the salmon was a bit tasteless. Perhaps I will skip this for my next visit.

Besides salmon, other sushi tastes quite decent. But if you are looking for really fresh sushi, this might disappoint you as the sushi are being displayed for quite some time, it can’t give you the freshness as what you can get from a sushi restaurant.

Considering the affordable price, I will definitely visit here again to fix my sushi cravings!

If you want to save some penny while having your meal at Publika, you should visit their eat food village because you can find the most affordable meals there. Besides their fish village yong tau fu, I’ve tried their pork organ soup with yam rice as well, which is not bad!With RM11.60, you will be able to enjoy the set meal as shown as picture above. Yam rice comes with pork organ soup, braised tofu and braised egg. For the pork organ soup, you can decide what to add into the soup. If pig inner organ is not your thing, then just go for pork meat slices and pork meat ball.
I’ve added pork blood, pork intestine, pork liver, meat ball and pork belly into this bowl of clear soup. Though it’s added with so many ingredients, but the soup is super light and it tastes a bit sour. Hence, it’s perfect to go with a bowl of hot steamed yam rice.

They clean the pork organs thoroughly so it’s actually really fresh and doesn’t taste weird at all.The braised tofu and egg taste average, it’s simmered and soaked inside the sauce to enhance the taste, it would be better if the flavor is stronger.You can see the real yam in the yam rice. The yam is cooked until super moist and basically you don’t have to chew much, it just melts in your mouth. It tasted a bit dry to my liking so I added some pork organ soup to make it more moistur-er. Overall, it tastes good and can be considered as a satisfying meal.

It’s slightly expensive than the pork organ soup from normal hawker center, but given its generous portion and the comfy environment of food village, I find it reasonable!