Bistro Year 1673, Jonker Walk

Matt Siow 10/08/2011 0

After day out at Jonker Walk, we filled up our tummy by dining at Bistro Year 1673.

Street view of Bistro

This bistro serves American (New), Asian Fusion, Chinese, Diners, Seafood,  and is also a steakhouse.

This oldest unique 338 years old heritage building is located in Jonker Street (populary known as Jonker Walk) and probably the oldest brick building in Malacca was built in the year 1673 during the era of Dutch colonialisation.

Currently the grand old building is transformed into a Bistro, where deserving diners are able to have a memorable meal with a different dining experience.

Let us visit the surrounding of this bistro and part of interior look.

During night time, live band performance is available.

Sour Soup

This soup is clear and comes with strong flavorful taste. Duck meat is used to cook the soup instead of chicken or pork bones. Sour vegetables (ham choi) is used as main ingredient and it comes with prawns, tofu, mushroom and spring onions.

Udang Masak lemak Nenas

For this udang masak lemak nenas dish, is one of my favourite. The prawn used is fresh, where the texture is just right and the juicy sweet meat. The size of prawn is XL, where you can suck the prawn head fulfilling. Since it is masak lemak, it has the 'lemak' feel where santan is used. And the pineapple gives combination sweet and sour taste.

Ayam (chicken) pongteh

Next dish is ayam pongteh, one of must have in Nyonya cuisine. The meat was cooked until tender but still in intact piece. The gravy is a bit oily with thick aromatic tauchu bean sauce and of course the gula Melaka that form the gravy.

Cendol

I personally would not recommend the Cendol here. As you can see from above, the shave ice is too hard where you have to forcefully crack the topping. The gula Melaka syrup used is not thick enough and lack of the aroma.

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The two other dishes are Mixed Vegetables and Telur Cencaluk.

For overall, this bistro should get 4 out 5 rating from me. The total bill for 5 dishes for 5 person come at around RM68.

So the next you head down to Malacca, pay a visit to this bistro!

Bistro Year 1673
18 Jalan Hang Jebat (Jonker Street),
75200 Mallaca, Malaysia

Opening hours
Mon - Sun: 10:00-00:00
Phone: (6) 06 2881 673
Facebook: Bistro Year 1673