Travel Ipoh

A short local trip within the country is a good way to unwind yourself from everyday stress. I have been really stressed up due to the heavy 9-5 workload. The most important thing to plan in for the local trip is the "makan" place. "Makan" in local dialects mean "Eat". Ta-da...... let's me present the Ipoh Makan Trip.

Drive early from KL 5.30am in order to reach Ipoh by 8.30am to avoid the dim sum crowd. Breakfast at Foh San Dim Sum
http://www.fohsan.com.my/location_simpang_pulai.html

The steamed GLUTINOUS RICE CHICKEN deserved a thumb up.

We had Chef Big Bun, Prawn Dumpling, Pork Dumpling & Fried Prawn Dumpling. That's it! Because we need to save some space for the next "makan" destination.
Then, we met up with a good friend in the real OLD TOWN STREET of Ipoh. We have this local iced coffee called - "Kopi Ping". That was a good one compared to KL. I wish they put less sugar in the "Kopi Ping". That's my personal preference.

In Ipoh, the majority speak Cantonese. So it would be good if you can converse in the Cantonese dialect. Well, I will consider this as tea time. Let's move on to our next makan destination - Tanjung Tualang. We heard that the fresh water prawn there was good. Get some tips from my local buddy, then off we go. From Ipoh => Gopeng => Tanjung Tualang, it tooks us 40mins. We reach Tanjung Tualang about 1pm. It was a small happening town. You know what? There are lots of car plate "WXX" & "BXX" near the restaurant & pasar (morning market) area. Oh my, you see lots of people walking around that area holding a camera taking photos. This means most of them are tourist from KL. It is so happening in this small town. Lots of people walking under the hot sun. There are people doing business around the restaurant: selling snacks, local delicacy..etc By the way, there is only one street in this small town. I guess you can imagine what I am saying.

Tanjung Tualang is the place to be for fresh water prawns. It is good at its own category. There are a few good restaurant - Luen Fong Restaurant, Sin Mee Fong Restarant. We dine at Luen Fong restaurant at the corner of the shop house. Price is reasonable 1kg RM60. It worth going there.


Such old school chili sauce, really authentic. Love it.
Steam fresh water prawn. Crispy & juicy. The prawn texture is different from the sea catch.

Stir fried prawn in soya sauces. Thumb up.

On the way back, we even have time to visit the "kapal korek". There are only 2 kapal korek in Malaysia. Both are retired, one already sunk & that is the only one left for tourist.We visited Kellies Castles. It was built by a Scottish planter. Details see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie%27s_Castle

After we reached home, I even have time to cook up a dinner using the chili dried prawn sauces that I bought in Tanjung Tualang. Honestly, it was good.


Sliced up the egg plant, spoon some chili sauce over the egg plants. Then steamed it for about 10-15 mins.