MELAKA, Feb 1 — Chinese New Year is all about balik kampung and spending time with loved ones.
A lot of that treasured time revolves around feasting, be it coming together for the family’s reunion meal or innumerable loh sang sessions with friends and old schoolmates.
When I am back in my hometown of Melaka, my go-to Chinese restaurant for reinvented classics such as Fruity Prawns with Homemade Yuzu Sauce or a filled-to-the-gills Abalone Poon Choi has to be Modern World Restaurant in Taman Kota Syahbandar.
It’s a bit of a distance away from Melaka Raya, the bustling town centre which many of the old-school Chinese restaurants still call home, but parking here is dramatically…