Talk a walk, and you’ll find delicious Peranakan (Baba & Nyonya) Food. Spend some time to chat with locals and you’ll unveil the beauty of Melaka!

Dog lover's house

One of the Cafe

Inside restaurant 88, famous for laksa and cendol

Chillin @ Geographer Cafe

Inside a painter's shophouse

Painter's kitchen

View from Hotel Twenty @ Jonker Street

Ceramic master's tools

Printing

View from A Farmosa

Malacca five foot way shophouses

Five foot way is the typical architecture style that is unique and native in South East Asia shophouses. The covered walk way is within shophouse property but is for public use, providing shade from sun and rain. This design is by law requirement for shophouses since British Malaya era. Thus the footway infront of shophouses must be at least five feet in the clear.

This photo was taken in Malacca. We stopped at the wrong place far away from our destination. Yet I believe this is the only row of shops that have their wooden window all opened at the same time. Lucky for me : )

Hereby I attached a copy of colour version too.. I cropped to square size as currently I’m studying on film medium format camera such as Rolleiflex. The most common aspect ratio are 6x6cm or 6×4.5cm using 120mm film. So the photos will be in square shape, giving a touch of vintage feel.

Malacca five foot way shophouses