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 Chicken Rice ball   Nyonya (peranakan Cuisine)
 
Chung Wah Chicken Rice Ball
Start of Jonker Street, Melaka, Melaka State, Malaysia (Beside Melaka River) This is a malaccan speciality. Succulent steamed chicken flavoured with ginger, garlic, shallot and garnished with cucumber and spring onions. This delicacy is served with rice made into balls and signature chilli sauce
 
Famosa Chicken Rice Ball
No. 28-30, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Off Jonker Street, 75200 Melaka, Tel: +606-2860121
Famosa Chicken Rice Ball is that legacy presented in a fast, hygienic and convenient way. These rice balls, about the size of golf balls comes together with tender chicken meat, flavoured with sesame oil and sauce. They are best taken with their special chilli sauce.
 Icy Dessert
 
Clock Tower Cendol
Stall is located opposite Clock Tower.
Open daily 10am – 6pm.
This Indian style dessert looks green in colour but taste less creamy than the nyonya version. Dessert is served together with red beans.
 
Nyonya Cendol
No. 1 Kopitiam (Across from Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Shop). Jalan Hang Jebat This is a traditional nyonya dessert made of sweet jade-green jelly topped with coconut milk and Melaka’s famous palm sugar syrup. (Gula Melaka)
 
Jonker 88 (Musuem Café)
Dessert café is located Jonker Street. Jonker 88 boasts their durian flavored cendol and ice kacang. Best way to cool off a hot afternoon.
 
Tai Bak
Located on Jalan Tengkera (Opposite ACS / Wesley Church)A very special nyonya dessert facing extinction. It’s a sweet noodle made of rice, tapioca and served with ice and sweet syrup. Glass jelly, red beans and palm sugar syrup can also be added as topping.
  Satay
 
Satay Celup (Capitol)
Restoran Capitol Satay, 41, Lorong Bukit Cina Only found in Malacca, satay celup or “satay steamboat” is an assortment of raw and semi-cooked seafood, meat and vegetables on skewers that is dipped into a boiling pot of thick satay sauce. Capitol satay has aromatic sauce and some rated this restaurant as one of the best satay celup found in Malacca.
 
Satay Celup (Ban Lee Hiang)
Restoran Ban Lee Hiang is located along Jalan Ong Kim Wee.Another famous satay celup restaurant well-liked by many for their wide selection of skewed meat and spicy peanut sauce.
 
Jonker Street Satay (Hainanese)
Sun May Hiong Satay House, 135, Jalan Hang Jebat (Jonker Street) Jonker street satay boasts for their wide selection of pork, chicken, liver and intestine on BBQ. Side dishes include ketupat rice, onions and cucumber. The crispy meat on skewer is eaten together with thick peanut sauce with shredded pineapples.
  Malay Satay
Ngah Satay (opposite three-storey flats in Bukit Baru)
Serves halal malay style satay. Their satay is so well marinated that is taste fabulous even without satay sauce.
  Portuguese Cuisine
 
San Pedro Restaurant
4, D’Aranjo Road, Portuguese settlement, Ujong pasir.This is the first and the oldest Portuguese restaurants around in Malacca that offers savoring dishes in an alfresco style setting by the coast of Malacca. Home cooked dishes include devil curry, Portuguese style baked fish in spicy paste and squid fritters.
 
DMG Café
No. 346 Taman Melaka Raya 3 (Next to Malacca Club).Highly recommended by many include Portuguese laksa, chicken pie and beef semur.
 
Restoran Ole Sayang
199, A, Taman Melaka Raya. Tel: +606-283-1966
One of the popular nyonya restaurants in Malacca that is always packed. Recommended dishes include babi pongteh, otak-otak, and sambal kangkong.
 
Seri Nyonya Restaurant
Jalan Parameswara (Inside Equatorial Hotel level 3)
Tel: +606-2828333‎
Slightly more pricy dinning in return for great ambience and lesser queue. Try dishes like nyonya popiah, sop hee peow and cincaluk omelette.
 
Restoran Nyonya Makko
123, Taman Melaka Raya. Tel: +606-284-0737‎
Another popular restaurant well-liked by locals. Try dishes like rendang ayam, ikan goreng chilli, satay bean curd and itik tim.
 
Nancy’s Kitchen Restaurant
Jalan Hang Lekir, Off Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock. Tel: +606-2836099‎ Dishes to try: Belacan Vege, Pork Pong Teh, Jai Choy and Keluak Chicken.
 
Bibik Neo Restaurant
No. 6, Ground Floor, Jalan Merdeka, Taman Melaka Raya.
Delicious home cooked dishes include pongteh, ayam buah keluak, masak assam, geram asam and itik tim. Other popular dishes offered include, steamed ladies fingers with sambal belacan and otak-otak.
 
Noodles 
Wanton Noodles
Kedai Makanan & Minuman Wanton Mee. 40, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock (Heeren Street) Very famous malaccan styled dumpling noodles served with sliced pork and vegetables. Vinegarish chilli sauce makes this dish special.
 
Hee Kiaw Mee (Teo Heng)
Jalan Tun Sri Lanang. Wang Food Court (Next to Grand Continental Hotel)
Fresh Hee Kiaw (Fish Paste) and fish balls are served with noodles together with Char Siew (BBQ pork). Clear soup base with plenty of chinese parsley topping makes this dish heavenly.
 
Mee Kahwin
Ming Huat Restaurant Jalan Hujung Pasir (Opposite entrance to Portuguese Settlement). Mee Kahwin is the fusion of mee rebus and Indian rojak. This popular dish is also only found in Malacca with an explosion of sweet, sour and spicy. Toppings include green chilli, crushed peanuts and cubed bean curd.
 
Baba Laksa (Museum Café)
Museum Café is located along Jonker Street. Spicy curry noodles served with fresh sliced onions and shredded cucumber together with a spoon full of tuna.
 
Taiwanese Noodles
Hing Loong Taiwanese Noodle. No. 11-J, Jalan Bachang.
Handmade noodles served together with choice stewed beef, pork ribs, pig’s trotters or minced chicken.
 
Local Coffee 
Hainanese Coffee
Aik Cheong Coffee, No. 95 Jalan Tokong.
Aik Cheong and Nam Seng coffee are the 2 biggest coffee brands in Malacca. Most coffeeshops uses Aik Cheong’s coffee and they can be easily found in most supermarkets as well.
 
Juat Lye Kedai Kopi
371G, Taman Peringgit Jaya (near Tesco).
This coffeeshop serves traditional hainanese butter and kaya toast with one of the most aromatic coffee in Malacca.
 
Seafood  
Quayside Café and Seafood
Located beside Stadhuys near water mill.This restaurant offers you the choice of self-picked seafood after which the chef will whip up a mouth watering dish. Tuck in a spread of seafood by the water front along Melaka river. Famous dishes include assam pedas fish, crabs and prawns.
 
Lu Yeh Yen Restaurant
Located along Jalan Bunga Raya (Beside Maybank).The restaurant has an eye catching yellow temple façade. They serve typical Chinese cuisine and one popular dish they are proud of is their crabs.