Famous Snack in Melaka - Popiah in Melaka

 

Photo Credit : Facebook @ Popiah Ta Chong - 大衆薄饼


Popiah (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍h-piáⁿ) is a Fujianese/Teochew-style fresh spring roll. In the Chaoshan dialect, popiah is pronounced as /poʔ˩piã˥˧/ (薄餅), which means "thin wafer". 

A popiah "skin" (薄餅皮) is a soft, thin paper-like crepe or pancake made from wheat flour. The method of producing the wrapper involves making an extraordinarily wet and viscous dough. A ball of this dough is held to the right hand, then "rubbed" against a hot steel plate in a circular fashion and lifted. Through this process, a very thin layer of the wet dough adheres to the plate and begins to cook. The upper surface of the crepe is then usually cleaned of excess pieces of dough using the dough ball through a dabbing process. When the dough has been completed, it is peeled off from the hot steel plate before being removed. The rubbing is typically done over two or three plates at once, which allows the baker to continuously produce crepes and gives enough time for each crepe to be properly cooked.

It is eaten in accompaniment with a sweet sauce (often a bean sauce), a blended soy sauce or hoisin sauce or a shrimp paste sauce (hae-ko, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-ko), and optionally with hot chilli sauce before it is filled. The filling is mainly finely grated and steamed or stir-fried turnip, jicama (known locally as bangkuang), which has been cooked with a combination of other ingredients such as bean sprouts, French beans, and lettuce leaves, depending on the individual vendor, along with grated carrots, slices of Chinese sausage, thinly sliced fried tofu, chopped peanuts or peanut powder, fried shallots, and shredded omelette. Other common variations of popiah include pork (lightly seasoned and stir-fried), shrimp or crab meat. Seaweed is often included in the Xiamen versions. Some hawkers in Malaysia and Singapore, especially in non-halal settings, will add fried pork lard. As a fresh spring roll, the popiah skin itself is not fried.


Two common ways of eating this are holding them like a burrito, which some prefer, while others cut the popiah roll into slices and pick them up with chopsticks. It requires some skill to pick the pieces up with chopsticks. Spoons are seldom provided at establishments.


Popiah is one of the popular snacks in Melaka. Popiah is a popular street food in Melaka. We must try it when we visit this historical town. The famous Popiah Stall in Melaka such as the following.

1. Bunga Raya Popiah (马六甲春興薄饼) - Popiah in Melaka

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Bunga Raya Popiah (马六甲春興薄饼) is a traditional roadside hawker; this roadside hawker is located at Jalan Bunga Raya, Melaka. This is an insanely popular roadside takeaway stall. 

Address:
124,Jalan Bunga Raya,
75 200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Tel : +60 10-786 9878

Business Hours:
12.00PM – 7.00PM

More information - Bunga Raya Popiah 

2. Popiah Ta Chong ( 马六甲大衆薄饼 ) - Popiah in Melaka

Photo Credit : Facebook @ Popiah Ta Chong - 大衆薄饼


Popiah Ta Chong (马六甲大衆薄饼 ) is a small shophouse restaurant located at Jalan Tengkera, Taman Kota Laksamana. This is one of the famous Popiah is Melaka.

Address:
145, Jalan Tengkera, 
Taman Kota Laksamana, 
75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Tel : +60 19-657 5851

Business Hours:
11.30 am -3.30 pm
Closed on Monday 

More Information - Popiah Da Zhong



3. Poh Piah Lwee 香薄饼食家 - Popiah in Melaka


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Kedai Makanan Dan Minuman Poh Piah Lwee is located at Jalan Kubu, near to Jonker Walk. 

Address:
No 14, Jalan Kubu,
75 300 Melaka, Malaysia.
Tel : +6 06-282 7175 or +6 017-7830 986

Business Hours:
9.30AM -5.30PM
Closed on Monday & Tuesday.

More information - Poh Piah Lwee


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