Malacca Meals Food Tour with 15+ Tastings

Malacca Meals Food Tour with 15+ Tastings

By A Chef's Tour

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Overview

To understand how a 15th-century trading port became a global powerhouse, you have to taste it plate-by-plate. We skip the gentrified cafes and take you straight to the decades-old eateries that define the city’s culinary heart. With 15+ diverse tastings—more than any other Malacca food tour - you'll join a seasoned foodie guide to uncover why Malacca remains a world kitchen.

Activity location

Malacca
- Malacca, Malacca, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

The Shore Shopping Gallery
- Jalan Persisiran Bunga Raya
- 75100, Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia

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Malacca Meals Food Tour with 15+ Tastings

4h
English

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 16:30

Price details

RM 174.22 x 1 AdultRM 174.22

Total

20% off

Until Wed, 4 Feb

What's included, what's not

15 plus food tastings included more than any other Malacca food tour
Movable feast with 6-7 stops around the streets of old Malacca
Bottled water included
Led by professional foodie guides
Alcoholic drinks excluded
Pick up and drop off from hotel excluded. Easy-to-find meeting point for all guests.
Vegetarians have 6-7 less tastings due to limited alternatives
Unsuitable for severe allergies halal and celiac disease due to risk of traces cross-contamination

Know before you book

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
See 'What to Expect' section and 'What's Included' for info on dietary restrictions
We recommend comfortable walking shoes. Bring rain gear or umbrella, if rain looks likely. There's lot of tastings to try, come hungry!

Activity itinerary

Malacca

Long before Malacca was on the UNESCO list, it was once the "Great Entrepôt"—a humid, high-stakes clearing house for the world’s most coveted ingredients. Here, the monsoon winds brought the bounty of the Moluccas Spice Islands and a collision of global influences that fused to create a flavour profile you won't find anywhere else on Earth. Our feasting tour of 15+ tastings invites guests on a culinary experience led by our team of professional foodie guides. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine and the limitations of street food vendors means we unfortunately cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour so no-one is disappointed: ✖️Unsuitable for vegetarians sorry, as there are 6-7 less tastings due to limited alternatives at some vendors. ✖️ Unsuitable for severe allergies, halal or celiac diets, due to risk of traces and cross-contamination. If you are feeling adventurous for a foodie journey, read on!

Malacca

Malacca was a place where fortunes were made and empires were toppled over a handful of cloves and nutmeg. Today, that history isn't just in the museums; it’s simmering in the pots of the city's backstreet kitchens. We begin opposite the stilted timber houses of Jalan Kampung Morten, starting the culinary engine with a roti john - a local omelette sandwich born of street-side genius. Alongside is the legendary asam pedas; this sour-spicy tamarind fish stew is Malacca in a bowl: sharp and stained deep red by the chilies that arrived when the Spice Route converged with the Silk Road.

Malacca

At the Mamak eateries of the Indian-Muslim community, expect the rhythmic clatter of teh tarik pulled tea being thrown through the air, served alongside mutton soup, and roti canai - the flakiest, most addictive flatbread known to man. We then track the scent of charcoal to an institution for claypot chicken rice, where the rice at the bottom is scorched to a perfect salty crunch, paired with the funky, fruit-salad chaos of rojak buah. We’ll slip into a Chinese kitchen to watch ham chim peng bean buns bobbing in a giant, bubbling wok of oil, before landing at a decades-old seafood eatery. This is where the heavy lifting takes place: lala clams in a gingery broth, salt and pepper prawns, smoky otak-otak (fish cake steamed in coconut leaves), and skewers of chicken satay kissed by the flames.

Malacca River Walk

We’ll pass the towering Church of St. Francis Xavier and the weathered stones of Bastion Victoria, remnants of the colonial era. We’ll pause for a cold beverage before walking along the beautiful UNESCO Riverside.

Malacca

We’ll stop at the Tipsy Bridge to find out why the sailors of old couldn't walk a straight line home, before tackling Portuguese-style grilled fish, mopped up with crusty pão benggali, a direct link to the Eurasian families who have called this coast home for 500 years. The finale is a refreshing spoon-dive into a bowl of cendol—a mountain of shaved ice and green jelly drenched in smoky gula melaka palm sugar. This is Malacca. It’s a global food destination rooted in its history as the world’s most vital trading port. We finish where it all began: the Dutch Red Square, under the terracotta glow of the Stadthuys. Between bites, this is the ultimate way to see the city through the lens of food. We don't do small portions; we do deep flavors. Come hungry!

Location

Activity location

Malacca
- Malacca, Malacca, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

The Shore Shopping Gallery
- Jalan Persisiran Bunga Raya
- 75100, Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia

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