Majestic Malacca: The Malaysian city that's on a roll

By Anthony Dennis
Updated August 1 2015 - 2:13am, first published 2:02am
The Malacca River at night.

 Photo: Getty
The Malacca River at night. Photo: Getty
The Malacca River at night.

 Photo: Getty
The Malacca River at night. Photo: Getty
The entrance to the Majestic Hotel, Malacca, Malaysia.

 Photo: supplied
The entrance to the Majestic Hotel, Malacca, Malaysia. Photo: supplied
A  deluxe room at the Majestic Hotel.
A deluxe room at the Majestic Hotel.
Baba-Nyonya style building facade in Malacca. Photo: GARDEL Bertrand / hemis.fr
Baba-Nyonya style building facade in Malacca. Photo: GARDEL Bertrand / hemis.fr
The distinctive 18th-century Dutch-designed Christ Church in Malacca. Photo: Tomatoskin
The distinctive 18th-century Dutch-designed Christ Church in Malacca. Photo: Tomatoskin
The Malacca River at night.

 Photo: Getty
The Malacca River at night. Photo: Getty
The Malacca River at night.

 Photo: Getty
The Malacca River at night. Photo: Getty

It's probably not surprising that in a city, and for that matter a country, where eating is more or less the national sport, that one of the signature treatments on the spa menu at the hotel where I'm staying should involve a foodstuff.  And chosen for me is the traditional egg roll therapy. As I  lie face down on the massage table, there is the disconcerting, though unmistakable, sound of boiling in the background. I can't be sure if I'm getting my eggs hard or runny and I have to trust that they won't make their way to my breakfast table tomorrow.

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