THE RECOGNISED “SIEW TIN’s” (MUSLIM FRIENDLY) PERANAKAN NYONYA CUISINE ON THE MIDDLE SOUTHERN NATION @ MELAKA
“Nyonya Cuisine” is all the while among the local traditional authentic delicacy peranakan eateries/recipes being practised since a century ago which carrying the local Malay with Chinese recipes in combination on respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the middle southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Peranakan Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant “Siew Tin’s” running on the World Heritage City of Malacca having great positive response from the market recently.
The Malacca local originated Mr. Gan Sing Chung (born 1958), was the initial founder, and together with his wife Ms. Emilly Soo Lee Fong (Malacca, born 1968) both are the recent immediate couple-owners of this best recognised Peranakan Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant “Siew Tin’s” along the historical city of Malacca presenting all their very home-cooked peranakan recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors all under the roof in an manner environmental dining condition on the middle southern ground at Malacca.
The founder cum first owner Mr. Gan Sing Chung, who at his age of 66 years old currently, been more than 40 years all the while in the Construction Industry having interest in eatery especially culinary being touched the f&b field in the end of 1990s running his (with brother) roasted chicken & pastry eating house at Ayer Keroh, then stepped into the industry running his very first owned foodcourt at Malim Jaya in the millennium year 2000. Also been running his dessert & sweetie house right in the Bandar Hilir, subsequently another eating bistro (Eleven Bistro) carrying the local portuguese recipes with nyonya recipes where Mr. Gan experienced the field thoroughly with his patience in the industry.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added vision to have his very own peranakan nyonya cuisine eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry especially the local authentic delicacy peranakan eateries enabled Mr. Gan decided then successfully established his very first owned Peranakan Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant officially named the “Siew Tin’s Nyonya Kitchen” right along the Malacca Jonker Walk in the year of 2014 fully assisted by wife Emilly Soo, then further exposed into another outlet at Kota Laksamana Jaya in the year of 2022 continue serving all their signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the middle southern nation at Malacca.
In this Siew Tin’s Nyonya Kitchen, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Nyonya Assam Fish” which most wanted by their regulars over the decade. Local fresh ikan jenak, siakap or ikan senangin commonly selected (on customer’s preference), steam-cooked then served with their nice appetising sour spicy homemade tamarind sauce broth into lady fingers, finally toppings of onions, red chillies & chopped spring onions will brings the wonderful fish’s freshness itself with exotic sour spicy tasty swallowed kind of their Nyonya Assam Fish eatery that you must have a try here.
Secondly will be their famous “Prawns with Coconut Milk & Pineapple”, also among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by the visitors from the beginning. Local fresh sea ming prawns (or sea tiger prawns) on weight of about 50grams each commonly selected, in-house stir fried with their home seasonings mixture into fresh coconut milk (santan) & fresh pineapple cutlets, then finally served hot on table will always bring the excellent coconut milk’s smoothness tasty swallowed with sweetness kind of eatery especially the best prawn’s texturing bites into mouth that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be the local authentic peranakan recipe on “Bean Paste Chicken” or well-known as Ayam Pongteh which among the visitors’ favourite in selections. Local fresh meat chicken prepared in cutted pieces, about half an hour home-cooked with local sweet bean paste, garlic, shallot, gula melaka into potatoes & mushrooms will brings the authentic salted sweet kind of the Malacca’s local traditional tasty Ayam Pongteh (Bean Paste Chicken) eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Nyonya Mixed Vegetables” (Chap Chai) among the veges selection like by most of their customers. Mixture of cabbage, red carrot, black fungus, glass vermicelli & dried beancurd sheet/skin wok-fried with home seasonings into bean paste will brings the delicious wok-tasty veges freshness swallowed kind of eatery that you cannot aside here. Complete your peranakan nyonya eateries here with the founder Mr. Gan’s own-recipe on Gula Melaka Chicken Wings sided with a hot bowl of their Blue Pea Rice will always the best matching that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Peranakan Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant “Siew Tin’s Nyonya Kitchen” on the World Heritage City of Malacca.
SIEW TIN’s NYONYA KITCHEN
Address: (Jonker Walk)
No. 9,
Jalan Hang Lekir,
75200 Melaka.
(Business Hours: 11:00am to 10:00pm)
(Kota Laksamana)
No. 2,
Jalan KLJ 1-B,
Taman Kota Laksamana Jaya,
75200 Melaka.
(Business Hours: 9:00am to 10:00pm)