Warung Siti Idah, Melaka....variety of local dishes for breakfast

The serabai with sweetened coconut milk, RM0.50 per piece

A very nice lazy weekend of the Malaysia Independent Day Holiday (the Merdeka Day 31st August is tomorrow) in my hometown Melaka. Wake up very early in the morning for local favorite breakfast, too many choices in Melaka. Hurmmmm! Why not trying the 'mee bodoh (simple plain fried noodle)'.

The lontong, RM3.00

Drove to the stall located in Tengkera, arrived at around 9 am, huhuhuhu sadly, the queue was toooo loooong and no seat! Too many people standing waiting for seat, ayoooo! cannot wait with hungry tummy.

Next option was Warung Siti Idah located at Balai Panjang, Melaka. This will be my first time trying their food. When we arrived, there was lines of cars parking on the road site. It shows a level of popularity of the joint.

The crispy roti canai, RM0.80

The hospitality was quite good, only the croud will delay your order but the waiting time is no too long. We ordered three dishes, lontong (cube rice with yellow coconut curry), serabai with pengat pisang (rice pancake with banana in sweetened coconut milk) and roti canai (prata bread). The food taste reasonably good. The lontong curry was not too light and too thick. The roti canai was soft but yet cripsy. The serabai is a traditional pancake and is difficult to find, this the only stall that I know who have them. The gastronomic joint is only a side road warung (small hut with plenty of seats). Other than these, the have long list of menu, curry noodle, nasi lemak etc.

Price was.reasonably cheap, the lontong amd curry noodle will cost you at RM3.00 per plate (USD0.80), the serabai at RM0.50 per piece (USD0.15) and the roti canai at RM0.80 (USD0.20), very cheap for current living cost.

Warung Siti Idah, from street view of Lebuh AMJ

This is my personal review on this gastronomic joint.

Location from MelakaCity Centre: 4/5
Restaurant feature: 3.5/5 (it is a stall what did you expect?)
List in menu: 4.5/5
Food Quality and Taste: 4/5
Value for money: 5/5
Overall gastronomic experience: 4/5

Gastronomic Joint Information:

Warung Siti Idah
Balai Panjang
Lebuh AMJ
Melaka
(refer photo no.5 for GPS location)

Operational Hours: morning to midday

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