VMY2014:Malacca - Calathe Art Cafe

I love coffee. i can take as much as 3 cups of coffee daily. and i am enjoying sipping to my coffee every time i had a chance to. So, for my trip to Malacca, i did a research on any possible cafe that i can try. as a result, i discovered the Calathe Art Cafe, located in between Jonker Street (Hang Jebat) and Hang Kasturi Street. Quite tricky to relocate this cafe since it is not at main road. 

Established as a Malaysia 13 states' coffee. Which they serve all types of coffee from all states in various style.

Outdoor sittings.

Outdoor deco

The menu book. 

It's quite thick. We took sometime to browse the menu and decide what we want to eat. i bet to many option also not good.. haha..

While waiting for our order, i snap some pics around the cafe. Apparently, the cafe has more spaces at the back and its more relax and feel the home like. 

View from the back. the front and back dining hall is separated by the kitchen and receptionist area and this aisle link both halls

the deco. feel so patriotic here

List of the coffee and its origin for all 13 states. 

I ordered Calanthe Laksa/Noodle. It tastes different from our usual intake, Penang Laksa. This laksa is more curry/coconut based. Feel like eating a curry noodle. I bet this is Baba Nyonya Laksa. I never had one before. so, i just guess and had a try on it. To my liking, it was good. The mee portion was generous, together with the fish balls, taufu, lemon grass and the prawn paste. 

We ordered fresh orange juice and an ice blended called "the Gentlemen Coffee". Cool eh.. its a mix of mocha and coffee. for chocolate and coffee lovers, this is an awesome choice. It's thick, the coffee and choco were well blended to the end. 

Claypot e-mee laksa/noodle. basically, its a laksa in a claypot and cook claypot style. taste about the same like calanthe laksa. not a bad choice also. we finished both meal. 

The post box showing the address of the cafe.

No. 11, Jalan Hang Kasturi

75200 Melaka

Their website: http://www.letseat.at/calanthe

FB: https://www.facebook.com/calanthe.melaka

For a better direction, please visit their website as below:
(credit to Calanthe official website)

http://www.letseat.at/calanthe/directions

Public Transport :

from Melaka Sentral Bus Terminal, Take "panorama-RM2", "town Bus no 17-RM1.2" drop off in Jalan Laksamana, Red Clock Building. Walk 5 minutes to Jonker walk, off the lane of Famosa Chicken Rice Restaurant. 

Driving:

GPS : Latitude : 2N 11' 43.4''

Longitude: 102E 14' 50.6'' 
Google Map: just type "Calanthe Art Cafe,Melaka" 
Parking Area, Kota Laksamana, Opposite Hotel Casa Del Rio

Hotel Review: Holiday Villa City Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

After several weeks of surveying and researching available hotels in Phnom Penh, we decided to stay here, Holiday Villa. It is located at the heart of the city. Close to Old Market, 5 minutes walk and close to halal KFC, need to cross the road and walk for less than 15 min. To airport, it would take around 15 min by car. We took taxi from airport to the hotel and was charged USD10. quite expensive for a short distance journey. 

 Facility are quite good except the wifi is not free in room hotel but free in the lobby area. So not inconvenience.

 Room: overall, it was very spacey. Minimum deco. Old room and furnitures but still clean. Old type of tv and many others.

bathroom is as spacey as the bedroom. Hot shower available. And the toilet was also clean.

Another reason why we chose this hotel was because the halal food available here. Since this hotel is one of the Malaysian franchise hotels, they served halal food. So, we can saved time from hunting the halal food around the city.

Choices were disappointed. We had porridge, breads, eggs, juices and coffee.

Hope they could variety their selection since, i believe this hotel is Muslim main preference due to halal food, location and pricewise.

Hote: Holiday Villa Phnom Penh

3-4 star

Price Range: RM150-RM200

Tips: U can ask for late check out, they might entertain you. 

Lunch @ KFC Phnom Penh

We had our lunch here at KFC, Phnom Penh. 

Location: Under a hotel called ... 

This KFC is reported own by KFC malaysia. Not really sure about this. But will do more research.

Same set of meal. 

Pricewise: Expensive than in Malaysia

Tastewise: About the same

Breakfast @ Cotton, Shanghai Mansion, Bangkok

Our stay in Shanghai Mansion come with a complimentary breakfast buffet. We had a chance to dine in here once before leaving to Cambodia the next morning.

The restaurant, of course never received the halal cert. So, we need to be careful in selecting our choices.

Some of our choices as pic below.

Fruits and yogurt

Juice, Coffee and cereal

The ambiance. Fantastic deco

Baked beans and potatos

Buns and butter

They also had fried rice, porridge, fried eggs, dim sum etc.

Bangkok: Mango Sticky Rice

What we had at the Chatucak market is not clothes, instead the mango sticky rice. The only one we had in Bangkok and the most nicest one. 

Very generous of mango and sticky rice. With additional coconut milk coated the rice and some corn. very sweet. too sweet ladies. 

Pricewise: Reasonable, around 60 Baht per pack.

We just had it at the bench along the market's street. Pack with people. But too hungry to think about others.

This is the shop. Bigger than the boutiques available here. They had, mango stick rice, thai dessert and also the honey ice lemon tea

I had the honey drink, only 35 Baht. Very cool, sweet and tempting especially in a hot and humid weather.

Coffee @ Whisk - Espresso Bar, Empire - 2nd visit

had a chance to visit this cafe for a second time. and introduce my friends to my fav coffee shop at empire

just had a piccolo latte which cost me RM9 a cup. now i know why it is being called piccolo. it is because piccolo means small. thats why it is small. but good enough for 3 of us. 

Plenty of cakes

Coffee Maker

Piccolo Latte

(taste sweeter than cappuccino, maybe because of the portion of the milk is more than the coffee)

Not a bad coffee. but next time, i will go for a big size and other coffee. this small not enough ma..