Our tour guide Christopher explained that hundreds of years back, you were taxed according to the width of your house alone. As such, people built very narrow houses that extended back 6 to 7 times longer than the width.
Many of the house fronts double as shops. This is an antique store that took up the entire front of one house.
The main show in Melaka, however, is the food. The food reflects the melting pot of the many cultures: Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian and Portuguese. As you walk down the street there are literally hundreds of food stalls, restaurants and hawkers of all sorts of foods, sweets, snacks and drinks. Specifically, this area is known for its Nonya food, otherwise known as Peranakan. There is a good write-up of it here.
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