Nyonya food incorporates Chinese ingredients like flavoured with Malay spices and herbs. Popular Nyonya favourites are otak-otak (spiced fish meat, wrapped in banana leaves and grilled), itik tim (duck stew with salted vegetables) and perut ikan (preserved fish stomach in herbs).

Portuguese cuisine assimilates the culinary styles of Malay and Indian cooking traditions. Fish features highly in the community’s daily menu. Favourites are pasu kaemadu (baked fish), garing garing fretu (fried whitebait with sliced shallots) and the fiery el diablo curry (devil curry).

Traditional Chitty food is a delectable fusion of Indian spices and local ingredients.Must-try Chitty delicacies include ikan parang masak pindang (fish in spicy soup base), nasi lemak (cooked Chitty-style), nasi kembuli (kembuli rice) and pulut tekan (glutinous rice cake).

Grilled seafood is a popular offering of restaurants located at Umbai, Serkam, Alai, Pernu and Pengkalan Balak on the southern coast of Malacca.The seafood complex in Umbai Baru is a major attraction. It offers grilled fish wrapped in banana leaf, fish in tamarind sauce, fish head curry, chilli crab, buttered prawns, stuffed squid, cockles and oysters.