Hi All,
Just a follow-up about The Baboon House. I had emailed Roger Soong whose email was attached to the business card of The Baboon House and asked about the name and the history of the building. My email to him and his response are below. I guess what was so special about The Baboon House to us was its atmosphere and the uniqueness of the shophouse architecture. The building just flowed from space to space. Natural materials were used everywhere. As for the food, my salad was fresh with chicken and bacon and croutons and lots of tomatoes! Randal had a second breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. All of the food was just what you’d get at home. If you want to know why that’s all so special, pick your favorite ethnic restaurant, Chinese, Indian, Italian, whatever and eat there everyday for a few month. Lunch and dinner most days and if possible, sometimes breakfast too, See what kinds of food you start craving after that. My friend Sharon asked if the drawing on the wall of in the dining area was a bat. She is a bat expert so she noticed but Randal and I didn’t. But going back and looking at the photo, it sort of does look like one.
http://bfntt.blogspot.com/2007/11/limau-limau-cafe-melaka.html is a review and pictures of the limau limau cafe, the prior incarnation of The Baboon House. http://ijustwanaeat.blogspot.com/2009/11/limau-limau-cafe-malacca.html shows more photos as recently as November 2009 so the change has been recently. I like the Baboon House as it is.
Ru
DoraMac
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Sept. 14, 2010
Mr. Soong,
My husband and I visited Melaka and fell in love with your restaurant. I am writing about it for our website but have a few questions that I should have asked while we were there. If you have the time, I would appreciate your help.
1. Why the name Baboon House?
2. What was the building before it was The Baboon House?
Ruth Johnson
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Hello Ruth, Thanks for droping by our small cafe….. here, to answer your questions. Why it’s called the baboon house? I named it after a nickname of my previous dog, who died on the day I moved in that house. As the name suggest, a very naughty character. and the second question, the building was left unoccupied for couple of years and before that, it was a famous cafe (limau limau cafe) and before that, it was occupied by mutilples tenants renting rooms. Hope you welll…. thank you and please drop by again. Regards, |