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2012-10-09
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This family-run restaurant furnishes a treasure trove of Malaccan food whipped up by Auntie Melba Nunis, a cheerful matriarch who acquired her passion and prowess for cooking by helping her own mother in the kitchen. Paying homage to Auntie Mel's mom: Mama Mercy's pineapple & cucumber salad, tossed in sambal belacan. For now, this new outlet only offers a short list of items, though its permanent menu will eventually showcase a sweeping selection of Malaccan Portuguese & Peranakan fare. Father
This family-run restaurant furnishes a treasure trove of Malaccan food whipped up by Auntie Melba Nunis, a cheerful matriarch who acquired her passion and prowess for cooking by helping her own mother in the kitchen.
Paying homage to Auntie Mel's mom: Mama Mercy's pineapple & cucumber salad, tossed in sambal belacan. For now, this new outlet only offers a short list of items, though its permanent menu will eventually showcase a sweeping selection of Malaccan Portuguese & Peranakan fare.
Father knows best: Papa Vincent's fish cutlets, stuffed with saltwater fish & spring onions. Dense and moist; could almost pass off for crab cakes. There's a strong sense here of a cook who sincerely cares about her food and takes tremendous pride in it, allowing nothing that contains substandard ingredients or excessive oil, sodium or sugar.
Belacan chicken. Superbly savory, enhanced further by tasty condiments, including one that comprised pickled salted fish, chili & onions.The motto of Simply Mel's is "Beng Naki Kumi!" _ a Kristang-language call for the family to come to the table and chow down. With food like this, we wouldn't need to be told twice.
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