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LIMAU-LIMAU CAFE$
WESTERN
(9 Jln Hang Lekiu; fruit juice from RM6, mains from RM7; 9.30am-6.30pm Sun-Fri, to 9.30pm Sat; )
Decorated with dark-coloured ceramics and an arty twist, this long-running quiet cafe
serves the same predictably good salads, sandwiches, fruit juices and milk shakes. It's also
a mellow stop for internet and wi-fi.
PAK PUTRA RESTAURANT$$
PAKISTANI
(56 Jln Taman Kota Laksmana; tandoori from RM8; dinner, closed every other Mon)
This fabulous
Pakistani place cooks up a variety of meats and seafood in clay tandoori ovens perched on
the footpath. Apart from the tandoori try the
taw
prawns (cooked with onion, yoghurt and
coriander, RM11) or mutton rogan josh (in onion gravy with spices and chilli oil, RM9).
Everything is so good that dinner conversation is often reduced to oohs and ahs of gustat-
ory delight.
HOE KEE CHICKEN RICE $$
(4 Jln Hang Jebat; meals around RM20; 8.30am-3pm, closed last Wed of month)
Come here to try the loc-
al specialities, chicken rice ball and
asam
fish heads (fish heads in a spicy tamarind
gravy). You'll need to arrive here off-hours or expect to wait, especially on weekends. The
restaurant's setting, with wood floors and ceiling fans, is lovely; the food can be hit or
miss.
MELAKAN
HARPER'S CAFE$$
(2 & 4 Lg Hang Jebat; meals RM40; 4pm-1am Mon & Wed-Sat, 11am-1am Sun)
Perched elegantly over
Sungai Melaka, breezy Harper's serves excellent (though small) Malay-European fusion
dishes in a rather stark decor. It's worth visiting for the food, though the service can be
slow.
FUSION
THE BABOON HOUSE $$
(89 Jln Tun Tan Cheng Hok; burgers around RM14; 10am-5pm Mon, Wed & Thu, to 7pm Fri-Sun; )
This
arty cafe, housed in a long Peranakan-style building with a couple of light, plant-filled
courtyards, specialises in burgers on homemade buns. The food is OK but really it's best
as a place to chill over a drink and snack.
BURGERS
