On my most recent trip to Melaka I finally tried the unique Melaccan style wantan mee that I’ve heard about for so long. For those who are not familiar, the wantan mee in anywhere but Melaka usually come with dark sauce, but over here at the second smallest state in the nation, it is white.. and also often serve with some sort of chili sauce.
bunga raya wantan mee, Melaka
Since we stayed nearby town area, Bunga Raya wantan mee was the natural choice. The restaurant opens at 7pm and serves dinner till about 10pm. We arrived at 2 minutes past 7pm and already there’s a healthy crowd within, and a few people waiting to tapao.
The main chef at the stall is an old man who looks to be doing this his entire life, each movement looked purposeful and precise. With that sort of setting, I was very optimistic and eager.
Our wantan mee actually ended up taking close to 40 minutes to be served, and I was told this was the normal waiting time. Well, gotta wait for good food I guess?
The dish looked pale, wantan served in a small bowl with soup, and there’s some boiled vege, few slices of chasiu with its exterior dyed red, and some minced pork too. Looks .. ok.
white wantan mee, most fans are Melaccans…
Then I had my first spoon, and then the next, and next..
The wantan mee was just as it looked, bland in both texture and taste, with zero excitement. It was necessarily really bad, but it was not anywhere near good either. Most people later commented that it is a taste you need to grow up with, and I guess I’ll have to agree.
If you’re in Melaka and want to experience how a Melaccan grows up, go ahead and have this wantan mee.
Address:
Bunga Raya Wantan Mee
56, Jln. Bunga Raya,
Kampung Jawa, 75100 Melaka
GPS: 2.1984944, 102.251335
Tel: 018-958 4468
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kekeke: win. haha
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kekeke: yes please claim from ministry of tourism melaka.
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kekeke: that sounds dangerous!
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kekeke: my pleasure. lol.
now I know why I haven’t heard of Malaccan wantan meen… hehe
Since it looks sort of looks like kampua mee, perhaps not enough larddddddd?
kekeke: zero land T_T
wattttt??
ekeke: woot
also just from looking at sad noodles, doesn’t look like it’s springy, so texture must be off
kekeke: I didn’t really enjoy the texture either, you’re right.
Tried many years ago and my verdict is I still prefer KL style black black Wonton Mee that I used to eat, haha!
Choi Yen: I’m completely 100% agree with you, also the Melaka style isn’t good enough to be “exported” out of Melaka it seems…
KL dark sauce wantan mee with deep roasted char siew is GOAT
kekek: FAT deep roasted char siu!
FUIYOOOOOOOOH
kekeke: mic drop!
Bro, go try the one at Bukit Cina: ?????HONG SHENG WTM https://g.co/kgs/S3HVR3G
And you got to eat it with the chilli sauce.. Melaka style! Been eating this for ages..
Baba: i shall try that next time then!
This melaka style wantan mee really looks like kampua. I don’t mind trying it but you are right that it’s something that the melaka ppl grew up eating, just like sarawak or penang laksa.