Cheng Ho Tea House

somewhere in old chinatown melaka, we stumbled onto this tea house on a hot saturday afternoon. we were only planning to stop by a teeny weeny while but ended up parking our asses there for a bit. actually it was rather pleasant :)



i am enamored of tea houses, ah! i wish there were some good ones here that i can hangout @! Cheng Ho is not only a tea house but also a museum and theatre. Oh how i wish we could stay for the play !!! i must come again ..... The Madam there was very fixed on us having chrysanthemum tea, so after much explanation we had a pot! ( i would prefer something other than chrysanthemum or jasmine, cos we have that pretty often! ) it was pretty soothing, just right for a hot afternoon! i always thought the art of tea pouring fascinating. it requires grace and patience. something that is not my forte. perhaps that is why i like it so much. i must say, it was really a good mood that day and thanks to the moon cake season, Tea Madam served us some delicious cakes! ho ho nice ! nice !

our very own, Philippe Pappillion! see how he flutters! perhaps another reason i enjoyed that day was because of the good company ... we spent a good day together wandering about Melaka.


there was a lot of lovely 'tajau'. but nothing is in there, not like them chinese movies with brimful of wine. aiya! the good ol days! come to think of it , there were some huge 'tajaus' at our place last time, wonder where it'd gone to? oh well ..... theres also a very tall wooden giraffe statue???? theres a story behind that. something to do with a gift ...?? emmm, can't recall (we also have giraffe at home, smaller version!) but the cooolest thing bout this place is that it has a hidden entrance!!! exit??!! so cool! right? right? i want hidden pathways in my house too! it goes straight to junker street! check it out!



good good. after this i plan on exploring tea houses everywhere. i'm so happy to find another thing to enjoy! by the way, thanks to sister and Ray for the wonderful trip : )