Best Nyonya Kuih in Melaka

Dapur Cho Cho is the brainchild of a pure Nyonya great grandmother, which clearly depicts the reasoning behind their shop's name as 'Cho Cho' means 'grandmother' in Chinese. They take pride in continuing the legacy of making various nyonya kuih for over 30 years, and it is currently being succeeded by the fourth generation of their family. Do come here for their truly authentic signature dish, the onde-onde. This huge teardrop shaped dough is boiled and bathed with finely grated coconut. It literally ends with gula Melaka melting in your mouth! In addition, they do supply their kuih to almost every corner of the state, including a minority of hotels in Melaka.

Kuih Nyonya Kim is another remarkable nyonya kuih specialist in town. Her existence is not known by many as it is secluded under a tin roofed shed found at Batu Berendam. She has an extensive range of traditional nyonya delicacies that usually runs out by 11:00AM, on a daily basis. Some of her main specialties over here are the rempah udang and kuih koci. These two kuih are wrapped in banana leaves. The rempah udang is a steamed glutinous rice roll stuffed with desiccated coconut filling, whereas the kuih koci is wrapped into a triangular shape and sweetened with gula Melaka filling.

Baba Charlie Nyonya Cake is notorious for his homemade assorted nyonya kuih collections. It goes without saying that their nyonya kuih is definitely one of the best. He was awarded with the Certificate of Appreciation from Taste of Malaysia for 2015 and 2016 by a notable connoisseur, Chef Martin Yan. Indulge into one of their bestsellers here, kuih kosui, a dark gula Melaka kuih tossed with freshly grated coconut. For takeaways, do try the dainty pai tee or get the conveniently packed to go nasi lemak to save for later.