Simply Mel's - Malacca Portuguese Cuisine
Business Hours: Everyday from 10am to 10pm

Mel’s Main Menu

Appetizers

Incimintu Karangezu (Crab Stuffing)
freshly picked crabmeat, prawns, mince chicken, diced carrot, onion and turnip stuffed in crab shell. Served with Mel’s homemade chilli sauce
RM 14.90 / 1pc

RM 25.90 / 2pcs
Mama Mercy’s Fish Croquettes
fresh shredded 'ikan tenggiri' rolled in bread, dipped in egg & fried
RM 11.90 / 6pcs
Papa Vincent’s Pikadel Pesce (Fish Cutlets)
fresh shredded "ikan tenggiri', breaded & fried
RM 12.90 / 3pcs
Belachan Fried Chicken
chicken wings deepfried in a crispy belachan batter
RM 12.90 / 3pcs
Cincalok Fritters
fluffy prawn fritters infused with cincalok
RM 9.90 / 6pcs
Karing-Karing Fretu
crispy deepfried silver threadfish
RM 8.90
‘Sotong Garing’ (Deep Fried Calamari)
deepfried squid rings in a golden batter with garlic mayo
RM 14.90 / 10pcs

Soup & Salad

Kaldu Bola Pesce
fishball vegetables soup with tanghoon
RM 14.90
Kaldu Galinhia Kristang
kristang chicken soup with croutons
RM 12.90
Mee Suah
soup with vermicelli, poached eggs & sambal goreng
RM 9.90
Seybah Galinhia
braised chicken with salad
RM 16.90
Salada Pipinyu kung Nanas
pineapple cucumber salad in sambal belachan
RM 9.90
Salada Pipinyu kung Sabola
pineapple onion salad in lime vinaigrette
RM 9.90
Salada, Tauhu kung Pipinyu
salad, tau kwa & cucumber with Mel's chilli sauce
RM 12.90

Local Favourites

Mel’s Malacca Laksa
rice vermicelli in fragrant coconut broth
RM 16.90
Mel’s Nasi Lemak Serai Chicken
coconut rice with lemongrass & kaffir lime leaf chicken
RM 14.90
Nasi Lemak Assam Prawns
coconut rice with assam prawns in tamarind sauce
RM 16.90
Nasi Goreng
belachan, chinese, kampung, cincalok or tom yam
RM 14.90
Char Koay Teow or Mee Goreng
wok-fried flat rice noodles or yellow mee
RM 16.90
Saucy Spinach Noodles
wok-fried spinach noodles in tasty gravy
RM 16.90

European Favourites

French Fries / Garlic Bread / Potato Wedges
RM 6.90
Mel’s Chicken Chop
with potatoes, coleslaw & home made gravy
RM 23.90
Mel’s Fish & Chips
breaded Dory with green peas, fries & tartar sauce
RM 19.90
Angel Hair Bolognaise
angel hair pasta with minced chicken bolognaise sauce
RM 21.90
Creamy Fusili with Prawns
spiral pasta tossed in creamy prawns & mushrooms sauce
RM 19.90

Kristang Delicacies

Acar (homemade pickles)

Saltfish Pickle
addictive mordels of salted ikan kurau in a sour spiced vinegar paste
RM 7.90

RM 16.00 / bottle
Mango Pickle
sour green mangoes in vinegar, sugar & spices
RM 7.90

RM 16.00 / bottle
Stuffed Chilli Pickle
green chillies stuffed with shredded dried papaya in vinegar & spices
RM 7.90

RM 16.00 / bottle

Cincalok

fermented krill paste
fermented krill in lime juice, with onions and chilli. Irresistably moreish!
RM 5.90

RM 12.00 / bottle

Kari Keluak

keluak curry with chicken
Chicken cooked until tender in a sourish curry, infused with the nutty flavour of the black keluak nut from Indonesia. Dig out the smooth, black & slightly bitter filling, mix with white rice and gravy to enjoy!
Regular RM 25.90

Large RM 35.90

Keluak Sambal

buah keluak flesh cooked in chilli paste with prawns
An intense sambal made only with the black filling of the keluak nut. Mel carefully scrapes out the insides and cooks it with her family's sambal recipe, and adds prawns for extra flavour.
Small RM 9.90

Large RM 19.90

Chicken

Kari ‘Devil’
debal curry with chicken & potatoes
Regular RM 17.90
Large RM 23.90
Pong Teh
braised chicken in shallot & tauchu gravy
Regular RM 13.90
Large RM 19.90
Galinhia Serai
lemongrass chicken with kaffir lime leaf
Regular RM 14.90
Large RM 18.90
Kari Captain
sweet & savoury red chicken curry
Regular RM 15.90
Large RM 21.90
Kari Malayu Galinhia
lemongrass & coconut curry with chicken
Regular RM 17.90
Large RM 23.90
Kari Malayu Bola-Bola
meatballs in lemongrass and coconut curry
Regular RM 20.90
Large RM 27.90

Beef

Kari Seccu
dry portuguese beef curry & potatoes cooked in a thick, spiced gravy
Regular RM 18.90
Large RM 25.90
Semur
a meaty, sourish stew with beef chunks, onions & potatoes and black pepper
Regular RM 18.90
Large RM 25.90
Ox Tongue Semur
ox tongue cooked in semur gravy with onions & potatoes
Regular RM 21.90
Large RM 28.90
Corned Beef Meatball Stiu
corned beef & chicken meatballs slow cooked in a hearty stew of cabbage, carrots, macaroni & potatoes. scented with cinnamon & cloves
Regular RM 17.90
Large RM 24.90
Mama Mercy’s Beef Steak
tender slices of steak with potato wedges & green peas simmered in a meaty gravy
Regular RM 28.90
Large RM 35.90

Fish

Kari Malayu kung Nanas
a "lemak" lemongrass & coconut curry with pineapple and ikan sepat
Regular RM 21.90
Large RM 27.90
Mama Rosa’s Kari Singgang
delicate white pomfret gently simmered in a sourish curry
market price / 100gms
Kari Pimente
a peppery curry slow cooked with fish and choice of aubergines or ladies fingers
Regular RM 32.90
Large RM 52.90
Chuan Chuan
bawal hitam deepfried then doused in a preserved bean paste sauce
market price / 100gms
Mel’s sa Pesce Assa
Mel's baked fish, with either seabass or stingray
market price / 100gms
Pesce Sambal Binagre
local mackarel smothered in vinegar sambal
market price / 100gms
Pesce Soy Limang
soya sauce & lime gravy
market price / 100gms

Prawn & Squid

Kambrang Tambrinhyu
sauteed prawn in shell with tangy, caramelized tamarind sauce
Regular
RM 17.90
Large
RM 21.90
Kari Kambrang Tambrinhyu
a fragrant & sweet curry of chilli, lemongrass and tamarind with prawns in shell
Regular
RM 19.90
Large
RM 26.90
Kari Malayu kung Nanas
a fragrant chilli, lemongrass and coconut curry with sweet pineapple and prawns
Regular
RM 21.90
Large
RM 28.90
Sambal Nanas kung Kambrang
a sweet and tangy sambal with pineapple chunks & prawns, served in pineapple
RM 21.90
Sambal Petai kung Kambrang
crunchy stinkbean sauteed with prawns & tomato wedges in an aromatic sambal
Regular
RM 25.90
Large
RM 32.90
Mel’s sa Kambrang Mantega
prawns in shell simmered in a rich & creamy garlic butter sauce, with chilli padi
Regular
RM 17.90
Large
RM 21.90
Sambal Chorka Pretu
fresh squid slowcooked til tender in a squid ink infused sambal
Regular
RM 32.90
Large
RM 45.90
Chorka ‘Devil’
squid simmered in a chilli, galangal & mustard seed gravy
Regular
RM 23.90
Large
RM28.90

Vegetables

Kangkung Belachan or Garlic
stirfried water convulvos in belachan or garlic sauce
Regular
RM 12.90
Large
RM 15.90
Soy Limang Terung
fried aubergine in soya sauce & lime gravy with onions
Regular
RM 12.90
Large
RM 15.90
Terung Sambal
fried aubergine in a spicy sambal with dried shrimp
Regular
RM 13.90
Large
RM 16.90
Bredu Kachang
choice of french beans or long beans with taukwa & egg
Regular
RM 14.90
Large
RM 19.90
Saltfish Taugeh
beansprouts sauteed with salted ikan kurau
Regular
RM 12.90
Large
RM 15.90
Chap Chai
tanghoon, turnip, taukwa, prawns, mushrooms & more
Regular
RM 16.90
Large
RM 21.90
Batata Kaldu Leite Koku ‘Masak Lemak’
kangkung & prawns in a rich, creamy chilli coconut gravy
Regular
RM 16.90
Large
RM 21.90
Mixed Vegetables
brocolli, carrot, mushrooms & cauliflower in garlic sauce
Regular
RM 14.90
Large
RM 19.90
Kobis
cabbage & carrot wok-fried with garlic sauce
Regular
RM 12.90
Large
RM 15.90
Foler Sabola kung Tau
stirfried spring onions with tau kwa in garlic sauce
Regular
RM 12.90
Large
RM 15.90

Drinks

Soft Drinks
coke, coke light, sprite, 100 plus
RM 3.90
Soya Bean
RM 4.90
Ice Lemon Tea
RM 6.90
Selection of Tea
RM 4.90
Local Coffee
RM 3.00
Homemade ‘Jelly Rose Sirap’
RM 5.90
Assam Boi Limau
RM 6.90
Fresh Juices
Orange, Mango, Lime
RM 6.90
Illy Coffee
Ask your waiter for our selection of coffee.
RM 8.90
Mineral Water
RM 2.50
Filtered Water
RM 0.80

Dessert

Durian Santan
chilled fresh durian in Mel's flavoured coconut milk
RM 18.90
Pulut & Kaya
glutinous rice tainted with "bunga telang", with Mel's homemade kaya
RM 6.90
Cendol
pandan tapioca jelly in ice blended coconut milk, with gula melaka
RM 6.90
Pulut Hitam
warm black glutinous rice with dried longan & salted coconut milk
RM 6.90
Sago Biji Gula Melaka
sago pearls in salted coconut milk with palm sugar
RM 6.90
The-Last-Polka-Web
The Last Polka
Horlicks
Pandan Kaya
Salted Gula Melaka
Teh Tarik

Deep Dark Chocolate
Nutella
Rum & Raisin
Strawberry Cream Cheese
Brown Butter
Vanilla Bean
Regular RM 7.20




Premium RM 9.20