An Evening at Jonker Street

Welcome to Jonker Street

Have you been to Malacca recently? If you haven't & you're making plans for your family for the upcoming school mid-term break, please consider Malacca as your holiday destination! We have much to offer! The historical sites (recently acknowledged by UNESCO as World Heritage), the good food (cheap & the variety is endless), the shopping malls (not as good as KL, but better than many other states in Malaysia), the river cruise, the observation tower... plenty of things to see & do! 

One of the special places that you must visit when you are in Malacca is Jonker Street. Last night the residents of Danau Kaseh played tourist in our home state & spent the evening in the delightful Jonker Street. It was quite a fascinating experience!

Jonker Street is a small street within the heritage zone which is lined by old shop houses built more than 100 years ago. Every weekend, from 6pm onwards, the street is closed to traffic & transforms into a whimsical night market with hundreds of stalls and little shops selling interesting wares from all over the world. 

Interesting bottled fruit juices

We were so pleasantly surprised last night to find so many little treasures. Adlan got an original deck of Pokeman cards (apparently difficult to find now & less than half the normal price), Hakim chose a wooden gun that shoots rubber bands (it's a real classic!), Adlina found herself  some lovely Hello Kitty stuffs & Anas was so happy to get a pair of binoculars (just RM7 & works perfectly!). 

So many toys, Anas rambang mata (Mama pening)

Zaharim & I found that we were fleeced in Singapore - the special multi-coloured LED clock that Zaharim got at the Singapore Discovery Centre for SGD8.00 last weekend is just selling for RM8 at Jonker Street! It's exactly the same! So, he got himself another one last night. And me: I bought a wooden puzzle at the Singapore Science Centre which I thought was a steal at SGD3.00. It's only RM3 at Jonker Street! So, I bought 2 last night. Unbelievable that we could find those things here!  

There were thousands of things to see: wooden carvings from exotic Bali, fabrics and cotton from India, Korean brooches and clothes, Chinese toys & bric-bracs, Vietnamese handmade bags, and not forgetting local products: from beaded shoes to pineapple tarts. 

It's like walking into history, as Malacca was in the 15th Century when it was host to traders from all over the world! 

Walking along Jonker Street last night, I could just imagine how vibrant Malacca port must have been 600 years ago. What a great evening!