ACTIVITIES!!!

Canossa Convent Secondary School

An open Christianity secondary school which is in the Protuguese village,the school was establish in 1905 by 4 sisters from Singapore.

Christianity Church

A Christiannity Church newly built by government.It is located in the alley with the San Pedro Restaurant and behind of the hawker centre.

Fishing Area

A nice area for fishing lover just beside the Old Lover Bridge.Nice scenery and fresh air will definately be the best enjoyment.

Port

A port for fisherman to go on fishing with these boats as Portuguese Settlement is quite popular with their seafood dishes.

Hawker Centre

The best thing during nightime is most probably the hawker centre that opens till midnight that serves the best seafood.

LimKokWing University

A gorgeous view of LimKokWing University at nightime which serves as Lisbon hotel before.The University provides 24-hour security control. 

Development of New Area

New area that is under development.It is clearly seen that the new Lover Bridge is just in front of the development area.

New & Old Lover Bridge

New Lover Bridge is in front on the hawker centre whilst the old one is among the residential area of Portuguese Settlement.

Re Xing Restaurant

A restaurant that is situated within Ujong Pasir area.The restaurant opens during daytime only and serves various food contrary to that in Portuguese Settlement.

Shree Ambaji Temple

A Temple along Ujong Pasir area that is formed during 1973 by Constitution of SAMAJ.This temple is also built for the advantage as a hall and residential rooms for Gujaratis.

CULTURE!!!

The Bell

The Portuguese will ring the bell when it is in Christmas eve. Something like countdown for Christmas and also a traditional for them. Thanks God It's Christmas!

The Church

This is the church that was built by government as a Christmas gift to Portuguese Settlement.The unique design is based on the Portuguese culture.

The Gateway

This is the gateway to enter the to the hawker centre and lover bridge. It is the oppostite of Canossa Convent Secondary School.

The Horse-drawn Carriage

This is an important transport that Portuguese used to use horse-drawn carriage for transportation and delivery because this save men energy and time.

Portuguese housing

This is one of the house of Portuguese. As you can see that there is a cross on the wall below the roof. Basically, most of the houses that have anything related to christianity are Portuguese's house.

Portuguese Housing

This is another Portuguese house. There is an angel and Saint Antonio picture beside the gate which means that the house owner is Roman Catholic.

Lim Kok Wing University

This building used to be a hotel called Lisbon Hotel that builded by Portuguese. Now it become a University belong to Lim Kok Wing.

Religion Statue

A Jesus statue found in the Portuguese Settlement as Portuguese people in this village are mostly believing in Roman Christianity.

San Pedro Restaurant

A restaurant located in an alley just beside the Portuguese Settlement gateway. The unique design of this restaurant added a new flavour to this Portuguese village.

Portugal Instrument

This is the instrument that Portuguese plays. There are guitar, kettledrum, percussion, tambourine and some other drum. These are their traditional instrument.

Portuguese Traditional Costume

This is the people how the Portuguese Traditional Costume looks like. The colour of the female costume are unique in colour compared to male single-colour costume.

Portuguese Wedding

This is the Portuguese traditional costume for wedding. It is believe that in traditional Portuguese wedding are mosly held under the matchmaking by their parents.

PEOPLE!!!

Restaurant Joan El'Chico's

Crowd in front of Restaurant Joan El'Chico's which is located

inside the hawker centre during nightime showing the diferrent races

found in Portuguese Settlement.

Interviewing

Mostly Portuguese in this village with some of the others which is mixed

blooded and some Malay people.The population of the village is about

5000 people.

Malay Peddlers in the Hawker Centre

Some Malays are also founded in Portuguese Settlement and ready for the

work as a peddler in the hawker centre.

Old Portuguese Society

Old Portuguese people during colonization era which are

St. Francis Xavier,Don Andre Furtado de Mendoca,

Diogo Lopes De Sequeira and Alfonso de Albuquerque.

Old Portuguese Military

Old Portuguese military statue found in the Stadhuys Muzium

which is located at the Dutch Square in Malacca City.

Food Stall

Groups of people found in the food stall at Portuguese Settlement which is

also made up of different races and different culture.

Old Portuguese Era

Picture of Portuguese people which is in older years that having their specific

Portuguese costume that found in Stadhuys Muzium.

Taking Photo with Portuguese People

They are happy to take a photo with you.Interviewed the man in

the picture above about their daily activities in this village.

FOOD!!!

     

Hawker Centre in Portuguese Settlement

The main view of the hawker centre that is located just by the seaside of this village. This is where San Juang Restaurant located and most of the restaurant opens only during nightime.

Menu from Restaurant De Lisbon

A restaurant found just beside the hawker centre that opens in daytime too. The dishes are mainly concentrated in seafood.

Menu from San Juang Restaurant

Dishes are served in small, medium and large portion and most dishes are also from seafoods. The dishes below are ordered from this menu.

Fried Mee(L)

The mee is quite nice and has a balanced flavour, not too salty. The ingredients added mainly are seafoods and vegetables.

Spicy Fried Mee (Large)

It is the same with the fried mee above but having a completely different flavour. Despite it is spicy and put the mouth on fire,you will feel like craving for it.

Portuguese Curry Debal

It looks like curry chicken but actually gives a slight sour flavour. Potatoes are added in the dish with chickens. Overall it is nice to give it a try.

Fried Chicken

It tastes like a bit salty but nice though,chickens are not too oily, the char part add marks to the whole dish.