Cool factor: The food at Limapulo has earned as much fawning praise as its charming retro decor – there’s real magic to be found. A majority of the furniture in the shop were sourced from all over Malaysia and Indonesia but owner Uncle John (also one of the last pure Baba descendants from Malacca) cherishes a particular foldable wooden chair – it’s the one piece of furniture he brought back from his kampung, where he also used to teach English. If you spot a tower of old soft drink crates by the corner, those are from Uncle John’s hometown too.
If you only do one thing here: Have their creamy Nyonya laksa – mellowed out with santan but still draws huge flavour from the sambal and fragrant bunga kantan.
If you only do one thing here: Have their creamy Nyonya laksa – mellowed out with santan but still draws huge flavour from the sambal and fragrant bunga kantan.
