MUST TASTE THE BEST RECOGNISED AUTHENTIC NYONYA CUISINE CARRIED BY “NYONYA ATLANTIC” IN THE HERITAGE CITY
“Peranakan Cuisine” also commonly known the Nyonya Cuisine is all the while among the Malaysia’s local (Malacca & Penang) peranakan recipes which being practised since decades believed that is the combination of chinese & local (Malay) cuisines favourite by the locals &visitors presented by carriers on respective home recipes. Here in the middle southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Malacca’s local authentic peranakan cuisine restaurant “Nyonya Atlantic” running in the heritage city nearly to 20 years on the ground.
The Malacca local originated Madam Ruby Liew Fong Peng (born 1965), was the initial founder, together with her families husband Jackson Tan Kok Ann (born 1964), younger sister Madam Iris Liew Fong Lan (born 1969), and sons Louis Tan Wei Hau (born 1993), Jayden Tan Wei Yeung (born 1996) & Lucas Tan Wei Jie (born 2000) all are the recent immediate families owners of this best recommended Peranakan Cuisine Eating House “Nyonya Atlantic Restaurant” along the Malacca township serving all their very authentic family’s 3-generations home recipes to the locals & visitors in manner.
The founder cum first owner Madam Ruby Liew or known Aunty Ruby, who at her age of 55 years old currently, is the 3rd generation from their peranakan families being passed onto home recipes from grandmother (a local nyonya), initially stepped into the f&b industry at her age of 37 years old in year 2002 running their sisters “Atlantic One Cafe” at Malim, Malacca for about few years. Later-on in circumstances from the affection of a Baba Nyonya Movie made Aunty Ruby decided to fully touched the Nyonya Cuisine locally.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added with vision to have her very own nyonya cuisine restaurant locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry allowed Aunty Ruby in year 2004 successfully established her very first owned Authentic Peranakan Eating House officially named it the “Nyonya Atlantic Restaurant” (Nyonya Atlantic One) along Jalan Portugis, Kampung Kubu introducing her family’s 3-generations authentic nyonya recipes to the public. Then another at Kampung Hulu after few years in 2016, followed by the 3rd outlet at Taman Malim Jaya in year 2019. Finally being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2020 in the middle southern nation.
In this Nyonya Atlantic Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their family’s 3-generations signature “Rendang Ayam” (Rendang Chicken) which most wanted by their regulars. Local feeded fresh meat chicken prepared in cutted pieces, cooked in about 45 minutes in-house with their homemade rendang paste sauce, into fresh coconut milk (santan) & fresh grated coconut (kerisik), and finally served hot on table will brings delicious salty in fair spicy taste of Nyonya Rendang Chicken eatery that you must have a try when reached Malacca.
Secondly will be their special “Chilli Garam Fish”, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller favourite by the visitors from the beginning. Local fresh sea red-snapper commonly selected, cleaned & followed by deep fried to crispy, then finally serve-sided (or poured onto) with their very homemade chilli paste (homemade from mixtures of onion, garlic, belacan, dried shrimp, buah keras, lemon balm etc) will brings the best fish freshness bites with fair spicy nyonya recipe that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town.
Another will be their famous “Lemak Nenas Udang”, the Pineapple Coconut Prawns which also like by their customers all the while. Local deep sea ming prawns (about 100grams) selected, cooked few minutes in-house with fresh pineapple, tomato, sambal belacan, salted fish, coconut milk (option of carnation milk) & slight coconut juice into, and finally served in boiling hot pot will brings excellent sour sweet & prawn’s freshness bites texture into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Ulam Bendi” which among the top veges selection wanted by most of their customers. Local fresh lady fingers cleaned followed by boil-cooked, then served toppings with their very homemade chilli paste looks simple but always bring the unbelievable appertising sweet, sour & spicy taste into mouth that you really cannot missed especially taken with their signature “Pandan Rice” or “Steamed Pineapple Rice” here when stepped into this best recognised Authentic Peranakan Cuisine eating house “Nyonya Atlantic Restaurant” in the heritage city Malacca.
NYONYA ATLANTIC RESTAURANT
Address: (Kg. Kubu)
No. 78,
Jalan Portugis,
75050 Melaka.
(Kg. Hulu)
No. 97 & 99,
Jalan Kampung Hulu,
75200 Melaka.
(Business Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30am to 7:00pm)
(Friday-Sunday 11:30am to 3:30pm, 6:00pm to 9:00pm)
(Malim Jaya)
No. 14,
Pangsapuri Dahlia 3,
Jalan Zahir 6,
Taman Malim Jaya,
75250 Melaka.
(Business Hours: 11:30am to 3:30pm, 6:00pm to 9:00pm)