Seri Muara Alai
8, Jalan Km 2
75460 Melaka
Coordinates: 2.171441, 102.307023
When you ask around for Ikan Bakar or seafood joints in Melaka the
areas of Umbai and Muara Sungai Duyung are the usual household names.
Researching online we stumbled on a so-called well-kept secret
among the local Melakans, that there is a third seafood joint that they
normally go to in order to avoid tourist traffic.
Armed with this little nugget of information, and wanting to be
among the first ones there for dinner to enjoy the view we left our budget
hotel early in the evening for a place called Alai.
Twenty minutes later, and it being twenty past six in the evening
we arrived at Alai. Situated beside a small river that flows to the Straits of
Melaka Haji Nasir Ikan Bakar had just opened for business and its personnel
were still hastily preparing for the crowd that would eventual invade their
premises.
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| the sign welcoming us |
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| a riverside treat |
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| under the auspices of the local Fisheries Department |
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| grille at the ready! |
We walked into the place and surveyed the variety of seafood that we will able to choose, either to be deep fried or grilled later.
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| squids |
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| cockels |
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| snapper? |
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| other assortment |
We eventually settled on a plate of Fried Calamari and two grilled
fish of undetermined species (which we think are Snappers). Also, with any
other seafood joint in Melaka the 1Otak-Otak is a customary
side dish.
1grilled fish cake made
of ground fish meat mixed with tapioca starch and spices
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| otak-otak |
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| fried calamari |
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| the pair of snappers? |
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| time to put the camera away! |
The verdict? Very fresh squid and fish, great ambiance, amazing
view and with the entire meal costing below RM50 Haji Nasir Ikan Bakar is
surprising within the league of the everyday food for the everyday man!
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