Weekend at Melaka - Part 3: Jonker Street at Day

Jonker Street is a well known attraction of Melaka. The area that includes adjacent streets is Melaka's Chinatown and contains an assortment of shops and restaurants. We were informed by the hotel staff that there will be a night market along Jonker Street that Saturday from 6:00 PM and the street will be closed to traffic. And so we decided to first check out the street while shopkeepers and others were setting up for the night market and took some photos while there was still daylight. The following photos were taken along Jonker before we decided to explore central Melaka last Saturday.

Colorful pedicab we first spotted along Jonker - the street was not yet closed to traffic when we took a stroll

People mixed with vehicles along Jonker at the time

The Clairvoyant and I clicked away at ever building we laid our eyes on - this building was a temple along Jonker and had many colorful features

The very popular Geographer Cafe - yup that's the Clairvoyant at the corner

Another colorful building along Jonker - this was a residential building with a small shop at the ground floor

Another residential building with a small business on the ground floor - the architecture is reminiscent of Melaka being a colonial city

Arch on the outer end of Jonker Street

Clairvoyant posing for a souvenir shot

My turn to pose at the arch

Close-up of the arch with a sponsor to boot

As expected, there were various street food at Jonker - these popsicles caught our interest as we were already feeling the heat and humidity that afternoon

For 1 RM (2.49 Malaysian Ringgit = 1 SGD) one could sample a popsicle

The Clairvoyant had a grape popsicle while I settled for orange - both refreshing treats

Facade of the popular LW Nyonya Pineapple Tarts House specializing in tarts

Looking at old photo cutouts (probably from old newspapers) showing the Melaka (or Malacca) in the old days when it was still a colony within British Malaya

Another shot of the Hokkien temple front

There were many antique and curio shops selling various items along Jonker

Facade of a small library along Jonker

Colorful balcony with Chinese lanterns along the ground floor

The very popular Jonker 88 restaurant where the queues seem to be always long - we ate here in later that Saturday

The stage was set for some event that night with sponsorship from snack giant Mister Potato and England's Manchester United

Street food at Chinatown will not be complete without dumplings

We were intrigued with the spiral potato fries and watched at a stall while they employed a simple gadget to slice and "stretch" the potato on a stick

Fellow visitors exploring what shops at Jonker had to offer

Immense water dragon at the corner of Jonker Street spewing water for lucky visitors

The dragon was also had its own sponsor and photo ops here was quite popular that it was difficult to get a good shot without other people posing at the fountain.

Next: Jonker at night!
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