Muara Sg. Duyong Ikan Bakar, Melaka

Assalamualakum w.b.t.,

My journey to Lumut and Melaka will come to end tomorrow for this time. My intention this time is to share my views on the foods that we pay for. Anywhere we go, when starving for sure we will look for foods. How tasty and how much it will cost you. Some places we go, the price is so expensive but the taste not really good. So from sharing views we can get the value buy for the food and as customer we have right to get what we pay for.

My comparison is being made based on my eating experience in previous days. One day we go eat to one places it tastes is marvelous but after a period of time when we go back its turn oppositely. It is very hard to maintain the food taste and preparation quality I think.

For Muslims, when eating we should start with doa and end also with doa. Below is also for my remembrance.



Now lets see what, I have today for lunch and dinner. After brought my children to "Taman Rama-rama dan Reptile",  I taught to try portugese food but traffics jammed moving toward Melaka City. Change plan then eat nasi kandar Pinang Besar near to the hotel.  Taste is not the same as in Kuala Lumpur. Staff majority wearing trainee tag. No wonder, why no people come to take order.

For dinner we went to Muara Sg. Duyong Ikan Bakar as most people proposed this place in blog and personal contact. As never been to this place before, so we select this place. It is located before Umbai but a bit tricky to find the place. Furthermore, my GPS  license expired on the way to the place. Luckily google maps can be used to position through 3G. Alhamdulillah.

My goodness! When we arrived aroung 5.45pm there already huge crowd in one of the restaurant named Muara. Oppositely to the other restaurant empty... Only two restaurant available. As being proposed by our friends sowe stick to Muara. Below is what we ordered and my family always prefer the below any where we go for seafood.

 Squid Fritter and Butter Prawn

"Kerang Rebus"  my wife  and Otak-otak my children favourite

"Ikan Bakar"

Yes, this much-much better than Lumut. Here seafoods are served with "nasi lemak" and soy sauce (for everything). If you want plain rice must request. I request thai squid chili sauce to eat with squid fritter but not available, instead replace with chili sauce. Butter prawn was cooked with butter plus garlic then fried I think (different from what I always eat). Squid fritter taste great but if with thai chili sauce should be marvelous. For "ikan bakar" its a bit over cooked. Outer part burnt and carbonised. I believe due to the crowd, then the quality was unmanagable.

Overall, nasi lemak, kerang rebus, squid fritter are good. Ikan bakar failed. Price consider a bit higher than kuantan. For me, I won't come back to dine ikan bakar / seafood bakar here. Next time will try other places.

Umbai and Serkam, long time not going there, hopefully the taste still the same even what I heard price more expensive than muara sg. duyong now.

The best ikan bakar/seafood that I always take opportunity to eat when get chance are Philipines Market Sabah, Kuantan (Ana Ikan Bakar and Pak Mat), Penyabong Mersing, Kelantan (Fritters, Plain Seafood and etc), Kuching Sarawak (on top of buidling, don't remember the name), Ikan bakar belakang Istana Kuala Lumpur and Seberang Perai (Place don't remember, will check later update).

For those who take leave on this school holiday, enjoy your trip and foods; and please don't forget, spend what you plan and don't borrow to spend. New year is coming, remember for back to school mania.

Wallah hu 'alam.