Banya Restaurant, Melaka

 We chanced upon Banya as we wanted an early dinner before heading back to KL for the night. It was just after 5.30pm and many shops were either not opened yet for dinner or simply empty. However, looking for a place to park seemed like a challenge. As we found a parking spot close to Banya, we decided to look no further.

The plain yet traditional signboard and red lanterns hanging outside were pull factors as well.  We could see that the staff were quite free as they were playing games on their mobile phones.

We chose our table and made up our minds to eat nyonya specialties.:-

This is omelette fried with cincalok  which is fermented shrimp (RM10.50)  -  one look and you may be deceived into believing that the simple looking dish would be quite plain and unitneresting…..but..the truth is just the opposite.  Cincalok gives the omelette a pungent taste and it is indeed a dish that’s will sweep you off your feet.

This is my must have dish whenever I dine in a nyonya restaurant – steamed okra with sambal (RM12.60) . Well, there’s really no ‘art’ or special skill required to steam the okra…..the success to this dish merely lies in the sambal. For the record, the sambal at Banya was heavenly.

Next up was chicken pongteh (RM16.80) – we ordered a small portion as there was only 2 of us. Well,  this is best described as a nyonya  style stewed chicken.  Pongteh  never fails to give me a sense of warmth and comfort and that was how I felt at Banya.

This was the last dish we ordered (RM9.50) – a simple tofu dish that honestly did fade in my memory.

Address : 154 Jalan Merdeka,

Taman Melaka Raya

Melaka

Tel : +606 282 8297

Mastercard & Visa accepted