Longkang Siham @ Melaka

Whenever I travel, I always want to do 2 things, number 1, stay an in awesome located hotel and number 2 and this is the priority EAT!!

Malacca is a state which is just 2 hours’ drive away from Kuala Lumpur. Steep in tradition and local history, this city is the founding state on Malaysia. The history of Malaya is started with the Parameswara who was resting under a tree and saw of the mouse deer (kancil) kicking one of his hunting dog. Because of this , he ask his servant, what is the tree he was resting under and then volar, Melaka came into existence well, that is one of them whereby the other was by foreign traders who visited there and using name like malakat malakat and hence Melaka.

Well whatever stories and history you want to know and hear about, they is no denying is that Malacca is one those city in the world that is protected by UNESCO as heritage city and steep into riches of tradition and culture, is a city that first thing first is FOOD!!!!

So I stay in a very nice 3 star hotel located in the city area and one the place that you would want to go for food is this place called Longkang Siham. The English meaning of this place is cockles drain. Located at the back roads in between Jalan Bendahara and Jalan Bunga Raya, Longkang Siham is a place where everyone weather rich or poor and as well coming from all parts of the world will go and eat.

Squatting down with small stools and as well normal high tables, this place serve simple shellfish and as well other seafood which you need to eat a lot anti histamine after this. We had so much of food and I think while I am writing this, the amount of itchiness on my body is skyrocketing. The best thing is that the food here is actually cook with a simple salted water blanch and bath whichever you call, and the best of all is that is serve with the chili that is serve alongside. It has peanuts, chili, and sweet sauce and lime juice.  So once have the shellfish, which you dig out you just dunk it into it, and you eat it and oh la la.

With 2 shops operating here this is the place that’s there is no doubt you must come whenever you’re in Malacca. Good food and as well simple and cheap this is the place! With snails, lala, cockles to sotong kangkung and fishball salad, choice here might be low but the price and the simple fast face service will be enough for you to be filled to full of your stomach. Price ranges from RM2 for a plate of cockles to RM15 for a big plate of Sotong Kangkung you can eat until your heart drop.

So do drop by and try it out for yourself, if you ask me which to go for, I would recommend the inside one known as Capitol if you’re trying for the first time, but if you’re scare, you can also go for the Tong Bee stall if you’re looking for like claypot style as well as your normal ones.

Address: Back alley next to Madam King’s Shopping Complex, Jalan Bunga Raya, 75100 Melaka.

Opening Hours: 7.30pm to 11.00pm daily. Closed on Tuesdays.