Teo Soon Leong Chan Teo Chew Seafood Restaurant-Melaka

I was told that Goh Chok Tong (S'pore PM) ate at this little Teochew Restaurant in Melaka and I added this restaurant in my 'must eat list' in my recent Melaka trip. The restaurant is located at No.55, Jalan Hang Kasturi, 75200 Melaka and the contact number is 012-6066503. They even have a website at http://www.tslcmalaysia.com/ .



From this well designed name card, you may be impressed and think this is a fine dining place but..........

This is it.....the interior of the restaurant, very small 70s looking restaurant in one of the horizontal alley in Jonker Street. The kitchen is at the front portion of the restaurant. The restaurant reminds me of some of the small back alley Chinese restaurants in Macau.



The boss will bring you to a seafood and vegetables display counter and take down orders of what you choose from the counter. You may choose from cheap to expensive stuff depending on your budget.



The first dish we had was Fried Noodles with Oyster. The Boss told us that the noodles taste better if we mix vinegar and chopped garlic into it and he was right, the noodles tasted really good. The noodles texture was springy and full of aroma.



Next was Steamed Pomfret (Tau Dai) in Teochew style. I prefer it to be a bit sourish but overall it tasted good. The fish was fresh and the meat was firm.



We ordered this Roasted Suckling Pig (RSP) upon recommendation of the Boss and we did not regret it. The RSP was very crispy and there was only a very fine and thin layer of fat between the meat and the roasted skin. Really yummy!







The Stir Fried Baby Kailan was full of 'wok hei' and fresh.





We had Braised Teochew Duck too but I did not take any picture of it because everyone was too quick with the dish. The Braised Teochew Duck was not very fat, the meat was lean and the 'weird duck smell' was well covered with herb and spices.



As for dessert, we have Mangoes and this all time favourite of my family, Or Nee (Sweet Yam Paste) come with pumpkin and ginkgo nuts.





In our individual bowl ; the yam paste was very smooth and not too sweet but I find it lacked of yam taste. But overall it still tasted good to go with the mashed pumpkin and sweetened ginkgo nuts. The total bill costs about RM400 for 9 persons plus inclusive of 4 soft drinks, Chinese tea and a bottle of red wine. Please be reminded that they don't accept any credit card. For parking, you can park your car at Kota Laksamana behind Heeren House and walk about 5minutes to the restaurant. Book table earlier to avoid disappointment.

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!