Bidor Duck Noodle - Restauran Pun Chun (Perak)

On the North bound trip from Penang back to Kuala Lumpur on our last local trip, we stopped by Bidor for lunch. This is actually a very small town. Wikipedia is correct. Before the advent of North-South Expressway, travelers had no choice but to pass through this town through the federal trunk road. As this town is (still is) rather famous for its variety of food, travelers frequently choose to stop-by at one of the eateries before continuing their journey. That was what we did. The town is so 70s.........

 

The most famous eatery is Restaurant Pun Chun for its duck thigh noodle in herbal broth. While waiting for the food, we need some snacks to fill up the stomach & we bought these Chinese yam dumpling (wu kok), it was tasty. So old schools.

Honestly the queue was really long, we had waited for almost 30 mins. The surrounding was quite stuffy, a lot of customers and it is not air conditioned. Imagined it was 33'C. The building was old and my child started shouting for "Food!". Headache.......Phew....finally the noodles came!

You can order 2 types of duck noodles- dry & soupy. I preferred the dry duck noodles because the soup which was served in a single bowl tasted so much better. It was more concentrated. The broth of duck soup noodle was less concentrate. Besides, due to serving  the large customer crowd, the dry noodles was cool when it served.

The most pleasing experience for me is actually "shopping" for fresh fruits.Once you step out from the duck noodle shop, you can see a lot of stalls near by selling the local produce fruits. Surprisingly, the "GUAVA" were excellent! After we back from the trip, I have done some research to confirm that Bidor is the supplier of some of the better quality guava & mango. Yes, it was good. It is a MUST BUY if you are in Bidor. The mangos were tasty. I should have buy more mangos too.

Another MUST BUY item from Bidor is PETAI (the stinky bean).It was fresh, crunchy & juicy. These are good for kidney.

When we reached home, I immediately tested the Petai recipes which is quite unusual to me. Normally, most of us cook Petail Sambal Udang, but the aunty who sold us the petai said that is not probably the best way to cook. I was skeptical initially. However, what she said is quite true. The Petai taste even delicious if cooked in a more simple way.

Thanks for her recipes. I learn something new.
To share with you:
Ingredients:
Petai
Sliced onions
Ikan bilis
Soya sauce
Some water
Method: Stir fried all the above ingredients with oil. The full flavor of Petail shines.