Our menu offers Southeast Asian & Chinese cuisine that started out as the favourite dishes of the founder of the café. It was served to him by an old Nonya cook when he supervised the renovation and refurbishment of a 100-year-old building in Malacca, every weekend for two years.

Thus, we now serve food that originates from the Baba Nonya communities of Malacca and Penang which features Malay spices as well as Chinese ingredients and cooking techniques.

Malaccan Nonya food has evolved since the 15th century to become a highly distinct cuisine that has absorbed influences from the Chinese, Malay, Portuguese, Dutch and even the English. Likewise, if Malaccan Nonya food also had Indonesian influences then Penang Nyonya cuisine has certainly benefited from Siamese influences.

Southeast Asian cuisine from old cultures utilises a lot of spices such as chili, turmeric, galangal, candlenut, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves to flavour their food. Spices that are only now being introduced to Westerners by TV celebrity cooks.

We also serve non-spicy dishes that use preserved soya bean (Ayam Pong Teh) or tamarind (Asam Prawns) for an unforgettable flavour. But old Chinese favourites are also to be found here. Try the ancient tonic – Ginseng Soup.

Be adventurous today and enjoy our culinary delights which you may not likely find elsewhere.