Bibik House Cendol

Cendol in Melaka?

There are many stalls or shops selling this sweet dessert which are very much concentrated around Jonker Walk area with the more popular ones being Bibik House Cendol and Jonker 88. I would not walk along Jonker Walk solely for cendol as there are many other places of this great tasting and popular dessert espeially on a hot sunny afternoon.

My safe bet for great cendol in Melaka since school days would always be the Mamak at the old market (now store selling clothes), clock tower (not too sure if the mamak is still around) and the mamak at the foot of Bukit Cina (ask the locals).

What more can I do when my guests are lined up to get into Jonker 88 on a drizzling Sunday afternoon just to taste the cendol but I dread the long queue when brother suggested Bibik House as an alternative which I accept gleefully.

"Uncle, cendol dua!"

 "Dua eh? Laksa mau?" (Only two? Would you like to try our laksa?)

And here comes the Bibik serving us each a short noodle strand on four little sauce plates to taste the nyonya recipe paste they are selling in the shop which I declined. Mother's recipe had always been the best I would think.

When the cendol is served, the sweet smell of gula melaka was fantastic as well as the fresh looking cendol. However, the shaved ice is a little too much on a cool afternoon while the coconut milk was fresh and pure i.e. no mixing of water which typical of nyonya food.

As the first scooped gets into my mouth, i sincerely found the gula melaka was a little to thick and sweet for my liking and doesn't really blend well with the gula melaka but the cendol is real fresh.

For RM3 a medium bowl and rather touristy priced, there was nothing special which provides me great satisfaction to return to Bibik House for more cendol.

By the time we finish the cendol, kiddo was already tired from all the walking since morning.

This shop do sell pineapple tarts but I still find that the tarts I normally buy are way above the ones I find aorund Jonker Walk which are baked for commercial whilst the ones I had are home made.