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Ipoh: 'Food' of the Hills

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A September 2006 trip to Ipoh by MythMin

Highway to Ipoh Photo - More Photos
Quote: Ipoh is the capital of Perak Darul Ridzuan situated on the North side of Peninsular Malaysia. A group of friends and I headed down to this gastronomy haven to a scrumptious and delightful weekend of eating, eating and eating!
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Ipoh: 'Food' of the Hills Best of IgoUgo

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Highway to Ipoh Photo -
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The funny thing about staying in your own country is that you always fail to notice the unique details that foreigners seem to perceive and love about it. That was always how I felt when I read rave reviews about Malaysia; the fishing villages found in rural Perak, exotic animals roaming around our lush rainforests or the ‘sampans’- small fishing boats gliding along the longest river in the country, the Sungai Pahang. Growing up in a small town on the east coast of Malaysia, I found nothing extraordinary about sampans, coconut trees, or rumah papans (wooden houses on stilts). After all, they have been a part of my everyday life. Noticed, yes, but never appreciated. The city of Ipoh is located on ...Read More

Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant Best of IgoUgo

Restaurant | "The Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant"

Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant Photo - Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant, Ipoh, Malaysia
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Mention Ipoh, and the very first thing that comes to mind is dim sum! Don’t ask me why, but locals seem to associate the two together. And they would also inform you that there is no place else to sample authentic Ipoh dim sum than at the Foh San Restaurant. The reputation of this restaurant has been spread far and wide as the finest of the fine, and even has a range of frozen dim sum in its namesake sold in supermarkets all over Malaysia.Everyone knows that the early bird catches the worm. This phrase rings true at the Foh San Restaurant, for it is running in full swing as early as 7am in the morning! The restaurant is frequented by the elderly of Ipoh (the early risers), dropping by after t...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 23, 2006

Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant
No. 2, Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar
Ipoh

Ipoh Chicken Rice Best of IgoUgo

Restaurant | "Onn Kee and Lou Wong Tauge Chicken Rice Restaurant"

Onn Kee Tauge Chicken Rice Restaurant Photo - Ipoh Chicken Rice, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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It was around 2pm when we reached the heart of Ipoh town. And guess what everyone wanted for lunch? Yeap, the Ipoh Chicken Rice! Famous for storming up one of the best chicken rice in Malaysia, (trust me, chicken rice can be found on the menu in almost all the Chinese restaurants or hawker centers) it was one of the dishes I was not about to miss out on my trip to Ipoh. There are two very famous Ipoh chicken rice restaurants in Ipoh, the Onn Kee Restaurant (which has two branches facing each other, one that opens in the day, and the other that caters to the night prowlers), and the Lou Wong Restaurant (which is reportedly better than the latter, but only opens after dark). And thus we had li...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 23, 2006

Ipoh Chicken Rice
Jalan Gasing
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant Photo - Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant, Ipoh, Malaysia
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The real culprit in luring us to the hill city of Ipoh is the Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant! Yes… we took a 3 hour car ride from the wonderful capital of Kuala Lumpur (where nearly the best of everything can be found) just to have dinner in this specific restaurant. Don’t ask me why we did it… it was merely a recommendation from a friend who told us that the Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant (or better known to the locals as Mun Choong) whips up the best prawn dishes. I have heard stories that the Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant is so popular among the locals in Ipoh that it is packed every night. Not only do families come again and again for its good food, but wedding, birthday and anniv...Read More

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on September 23, 2006

Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant
57-65 Jalan Horley
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
(605) 241-9348

Aun Kheng Lim Salt-Bake Chicken Restaurant Photo -
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The Aun Kheng Lim Salt-Baked Chicken Restaurant The Aun Kheng Lim Salt-Baked Chicken Restaurant is not your regular restaurant. It has no tables or chairs for anyone to dine in, it is in fact a 100% takeaway restaurant! The salt-bake chicken is a unique dish, and the AunKheng Lim Restaurant is famous for producing the best salt-bake chickens to date. I don’t know where the salt-baked chicken idea originated from, but people from all over Malaysia travel to this part of the country just to purchase it. And mind you, they don’t buy a box at a time, most locals and visitors can takeaway up to 10 boxes! The salt-baked chicken (or yim kuk kai in Chinese) is prepared by stuffing the whole ch...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 23, 2006

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MythMin

MythMin
Pahang, Malaysia

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