Travel Food Hunt – Kueh Pie Tee, the Nyonya Tapas in Malacca

What could you have before your Nyonya meal in Malacca, Malaysia? In Spain, we have Tapas as their favorite appetizers. For Baba and Nyonya in Malacca, Kueh Pie Tee (or Top Hat), is their best answer to the Spanish. Each and every authentic Nyonya food restaurant should have it as starters in their menu. If you visit Malacca (Melaka) in the Southern region of Malaysia, Kueh Pie Tee is something you should try for your food explore.

Originally from Malacca, Kueh Pie Tee is a traditional Nyonya pastry made of flour and fried to a shell cup then filled with sweet and hot mixture of thinly sliced vegetables and sometimes prawns. I like it because of its crispy shell cup and Popiah-like filling.

One of the best place to taste this mouth watering dish is Nancy’s Kitchen, one of the authentic Nyonya food restaurant in Jonker Walk neighbourhood.

Off course, there are so much more delicious pastries to try in Malacca which I’m going share later on. This photo is just a preview of what I’m going to share in my upcoming post about my Jonker Walk explore. Hope you like it! – Travel Feeder, your travel photo blog

The above Photo is captured with my iPhone 6 Plus. Photographed in Full Auto mode, with Shutter speed 1/17 sec. Aperture f2.2. Focus distance was set to 4.2mm (or 29mm in 35mm format). ISO 125. Auto White Balance. No flash fired and no exposure value being compensated. Post processed with Apple Photo Apps 8.4. View the full size photo in my Flickr albums.

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Cecil Lee

The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.