THE RECOGNISED “OUR KITCHEN NYONYA” MIDDLE SOUTHERN PERANAKAN CUISINE IN THE HISTORICAL HERITAGE CITY
“Nyonya Cuisine” or commonly also known the local Peranakan Cuisine is kind of the Malaysian authentic traditional eateries carrying the combination of Chinese migrant’s and local Malay’s recipes being practised since decades, among the visitor’s most wanted selection when reached our nations in Malaysia. Here in the middle southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine Eating House “Our Nyonya Restaurant” running right in the historical heritage city Malacca having great positive response from the market.
The Malacca local originated Madam Gan Bee Kim (born 1965), was the initial founder, together with her younger son Mr. Koh Khoon Leong (born 1993) both are the recent immediate family owners of this best recognised Nyonya Cuisine Eating House “Our Nyonya Restaurant” at the Malacca old township serving all their home recipes on the local peranakan cuisine menus to the locals and visitors under a roof in manner on the heritage city ground along the city’s Jonker Street.
The founder cum owner Chef Madam Gan Bee Kim, who at her age of 56 years old currently, all the while having interest in eatery & culinary initially stepped into the f&b industry at her 43rd of age began as a kitchen trainee joined a peranakan cuisine restaurant locally at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Malacca where she experienced in the field then positioned as a Nyonya Cuisine Chef within a year, and stayed about 8 years exposed in the career.
With experiences and recipes on-hand, added with vision to have her very own eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry especially on Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine in the heritage city made Madam Gan decided then successfully established her very first owned Peranakan Cuisine Eating House with her younger son Khoon Leong running on the same floor officially named the “Our Nyonya Restaurant” (Our Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant) along the Jalan Hang Lekir, Malacca in the year 2017 introducing all their home-cooked local authentic traditional nyonya recipes to the public. Finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year 2021 in the middle southern nation.
In Our Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant, the owner’s very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Pork Ponteh” which among the visitor’s most wanted in the local peranakan/nyonya recipes option. Local fresh pork belly & leg’s lean meat prepared in pieces, stewed about 5 hours with their homemade nyonya bean sauce paste (made from mixtures of garlic, onions, bean sauce etc) into potato cubes, and finally served hot on table will brings authentic peranakan’s salty sweet taste and meat’s juicy bites into mouth that you must have a try when reached Malacca.
Secondly will be their famous “Chicken Buah Keluak”, which also among the local authentic nyonya cuisine selection favourite by the locals all the while. Local feeded meat chicken commonly selected then prepared in cutted pieces, braised in about 4 hours with Indonesia imported pangium (buah keluak), garlics, onions, gingers, lemongrass & laksa leaves and finally served with appertising sour fair spicy taste taken with white rice will be the best combinations of nyonya eatery that you never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their delicious “Lemak Nenas Prawn”, also among the local’s authentic peranakan recipe selection wanted by the customers from the beginning. Local fresh feeded prawns cooked with their homemade nenas lemak paste broth (made from mixtures of chilli, onions, garlics, gingers, lemon leaves & lemongrass) into fresh coconut milk (santan) and fresh milk will brings a plate/bowl of their wonderful lemak smooth broth swallowed with prawn’s bites texture itself into mouth that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Moreover, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Steam Lady Fingers Belacan” which among the most wanted vegetable selection in the local nyonya cuisine today. Local fresh lady fingers steam-cooked, then serve-sided with their homemade sour fair spicy tasty belacan paste taken tipping onto mixed of lemon into mouth will brings refreshing local peranakan style of lady fingers belacan eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Local Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine Eating House “Our Nyonya Restaurant” (Our Kitchen Nyonya Restaurant) in the world’s heritage city of Malacca, Malaysia.
OUR NYONYA RESTAURANT
(OUR KITCHEN NYONYA RESTAURANT)
Address: No. 15,
Jalan Hang Lekir,
75300 Melaka.
Business Hours: 11:00am to 8:30pm (Monday to Wednesday)
11:00am to 9:30pm (Friday to Sunday)
(Closed on Thursday)