Restoran Wong Tauge Ayam Kuetiao Ipoh

Ipoh people has always been claiming that Ipoh hor fun is the best. This is indeed the fact although the hor fun can be found in many other places, Ipoh has the unique recipe that makes the noodle smoother, softer and tastier.

Many believe the water source with the right PH from the mountains surrounding Ipoh is the main secret behind this special delicacy- Cantonese hor fun - 河粉).

Somehow I prefer Onn Kee opposite the oldest and most established name of Lo Wong, but patrons came from other states will still prefer to have a taste of Lo Wong's nga choi gai.

Something that is ordered other than the main dish, the pork balls that come with spring onion laden broth.

The fatter version of beansprouts that are only available in Ipoh. Best to be dipped with the combination of chicken oil, dark soy sauce and sesame oil that make up the sauce. You can feel and hear the crunchiness of these bean sprouts while indulging in it.

The nga choy kai - 芽菜雞 that is extremely smooth. I saw them soaking the whole cooked chicken in ice water to retain the juicy and tender texture of the chicken.

Restoran Wong
Jalan Yau Tet Shin, Ipoh.
6.30 pm to midnight

Restoran Yau Kee @ Kampar Perak

What this quiet little town 45 min away from Ipoh has to offer? Friendly folks, bustles of motorcycles in the day time, TAR college, claypot rice, Gai Zai Beng (some sweet and savoury crispy cookies) and curry chicken bun from Yau Kee!

Liang is posing with the paper board man, owner Mr Yau. Beggar's Bread from Hong Kong actually inspired him with the idea of coming out with stuffed curry bread in 1986. A v

Note: Legend has it that during the Qing dynasty, at the foot of Yusan Mountain in Changshu, a beggar caught a chicken but had nothing to cook the bird. He packed the chicken using lotus leaves, sealed the chicken with mud, and then baked it in a furnace he constructed. After the beggar had removed the mud when the chicken was cooked, the fragrant was distinct. News travelled. The method of cooking soon spread all over China.

Information extracted from sun2surf.

Theres even a clearly drawn map to be referred.

It's packed in box so that patrons can bring it back home for friends or relatives. It's really a hot selling item as they sell over 100 boxes per day. The bread is sold at rm39 for big one and rm 22 for small one.

The curry chicken is wrapped beneath a layer of plastic and grease proof paper. The golden brown bread texture is soft and fluffy and combines well with the curry broth. No curry chicken buns in KL can beat this.

Their herbal chicken bread tastes good as well. The aroma of herbal will make anyone drools!

Treat those buns as starters and indulge in their famous 'dai chao' later on.


These guys are the real eater, after 4 rounds of breakfast, followed by lunch and tea, they can still eat like nobody's business. Salute em'

Make a stop here on the way to Ipoh or way down to KL, its definitely worth while!

Yau Kee Restaurant, 55 Jalan Idris, Kampar. Tel. 05-465-1738.

Ming Court Dim Sum

Ipoh is famous for Hong Kong style Dim Sum and usually tourists will opt for the famous Foh San. But personally i think that Ming Court Dim Sum is the best Dim Sum in Ipoh. Maybe its because of my childhood memory. Every Sunday, Dad would take us to Yum Cha and we went to Ming Court quite frequently.Please dun get me wrong, as there's no Ming Court Hotel in Ipoh, it's simply MING COURT HK DIM SUM. Do take note that they are closed on Thursday.

Again, each dim sum place has their own specialty, as mentioned in my previous post, Foh San is famous for their egg tarts, char siu bao, glutinious rice with chicken and Har Gao. Ming Court 's specialty would be Yu Mai (fish ball in elongated shape), taro puff and Guai Fei Bao (Bao with lotus paste and egg yolk).

So plan your makan schedule now so that you can eat the best stuff of both place, ie 730 am Foh San and head to Ming Court at 8.30 am. Who can get enough of good dim sums???

Foh San Dim Sum

Dear Blog (and Dear Readers):

Sorry for the negligance of 3 whole weeks. My laptop breaks down and I lost most of my precious food pictures. It's a tragic for me indeed. I have tonnes of stuff that would like to be shared with you guys.

The first week of holiday we had an Makan Makan Around Perak thingy and our tummy is in bloated form every single say (too bad most of the pictures are..sigh), second week of the holiday we had a gathering for the CHINs as well as a grand birthday bash for my (paternal side) grandma, third week of holidays I was caught busy for my cousin's big day.

So stay tune and lotsa yummylicious food pictures will be posted.

The ever famous Foh San dim sum is a famous haunt by tourists for some scrumptious and variety of dim sum. It is so famous that it had become a landmark for outstation people, like Lou Wong Taugeh Chicken is behind Foh San, Funny Mountain taufufah is opposite Foh San. But if you ask any Ipoh people, they will recommend Ming Court or Yoke Fook Moon instead of Foh San.

A little advise here, go as early as 7 am or as late as 11 am because it is hard to get a table here. Bring ur bill to the cart and take your own dim sum as the waitress will be too busy to entertain you. The best is going there early in the Sunday morning as they have some special items that are only available on Sunday.

Yawn ** We need some Chinese tea to stimulate our appetite! Oooo and the tea are counted by head. 10 people there means that you have to order tea for 10 heads, not any number less than that.

Feast your eyes with these lovely pictures~ I'm trying my best to name the dim sum here:

1 Pudding with assorted flavours

2 Egg tarts

3 Fried Prawn Wantans

4 Fried Prawn Dumplings

5 Marmite Pork Ribs

6 HK Chee Cheong Fun

7 Prawn Dumplings (Har Kao)

8 Pork Dumplings (Siu Mai)

9 Lotus leaf glutinous rice (Hor Yip Fan)

10 Century egg dumpling (Pei Dan Mai)

11 Pao with BBQ pork(Char Xiu Bao)

12 Spinach dumplings (Boh Choy Gao)

13 I have no idea :)

Foh San Dim Sum is getting pricey compared to other places nowadays, ranges from RM 1.60 to RM 4.00. There's something that amazed us and everyone I believed. The Tauge Soh / Cashier can sum up the total bills within seconds without relying on a calculator.

Foh San is the best place with some nostalgic feel. It's great to come here with a big gang of eater because you can try out more varieties this way. However if there's only a few of you try their Har Gao (you'll be amazed by the amount of prawns found beneath the crystal clear skin), Char siu bao (how nice izzit? they have frozen version of char siu bao sold at major supermarkets), egg tarts (people from outstation often buy the egg tarts in batch as souvenirs).

No. 2, Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar (used to be known as the Ozbourne Street)

Restoran Sri Murni @ SS2 Revisited

I believed that Murni SS2 needs no furthur introduction. They have the most extensive menu among all the other mamak, you name it, they have it. However every table seems to order the same thing - cheese naaan, roti hawaii, claypot lou shu fan, their special drinks with nata de coco, longans and watermelon cubes.

I brought my friend Ching Yee who came all the way from Setapak to stay overnight at my place here. It seems like she and Chin Yee loves this place. It's worth the far distance from Cyberjaya to SS2.

Claypot Lou Su Fan RM4- Stir the raw egg over before you start eating to have some thick and runny gravy.

Roti Hawaii RM5 with minced burger meat, a sausage center and a layer of egg sticking to the inner skin of the roti canai and not to forget the spider web like mayonnise topping.


Nasi Goreng Bacon RM6- Fried rice with bacon strips, cheese sausages and some salted fish chunks. Whoa this is good, something extraordinary that you can order next time.

Mango Special RM5. My friend Kenny told me that you can order a rm 20 mango special that came in HUGE size. It must be shared among 5 to 5 people.