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Holiday Trip Part 1: Ipoh (I)

Oh my!

How I’ve missed all of you and my dear blog so. *grins*

I’m back from vacation, and I have so much to share! I’m getting all excited, for God knows why. Not quite a big deal anyways.

Well who’s up for some food? The clock’s hitting one now, it’s close to lunch time, which I haven’t had mine yet. I’m starving. But who cares? Scratch that, I’m gonna post on all the food I had in Ipoh!

So as you know, my family and I stopped by Ipoh before reaching Penang as we were coming from KL to satisfy our grumbling tummies at that time with some Ipoh Prawn Mee, WHITE COFFEE (!!!!) and lotsa other junk.

We were supposed to reach Ipoh before 12pm so that we could catch the dim sum in time (we heard it’s good), sadly you know it’s typical; Malaysian timing, procrastination and what not.

So yes.

We missed the Dim Sum.

Okay let’s begin with Ipoh Hua Nam Restaurant (coffee shop, kopitiam) located in downtown Ipoh at Jalan Leong Sin Nam, Ipoh, perpendicular to the popular Ming Court dim sum restaurant.
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In my honest opinion, this is by far the best Prawn Mee I’ve ever eaten! Mom, Dad and Lynn agreed so too! The soup was tasty, just nice and right. The noodles were equally as good. The only thing questionable here is the size of the “prawns”. I have to admit, the shrimps were rather small.

The Prawn Mee in small costs only RM3.00, while in big it costs RM3.50. In KL, there’s no such cheap prices anymore!

Overall, I rate this Prawn Mee from Ipoh Hua Nam Kopitiam an 8.5/10.
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Sorry, the white coffee was THAT good till I immediately drank it before taking a good shot of it.

In Hua Nam Kopitiam here, you HAVE to try out their Ipoh White Coffee, be it you’re a coffee lover, or not. You just HAVE to try it. It’s worth a try.

It only costs RM 1.40. And I’d rate it a 9/10 coffee, seriously!

Why are things in Ipoh so cheaaaap! I can eat like crazy! Here in KL/Subang, Old Town white coffee is like TRIPLE the price of in Ipoh! This is so unfair.

Next destination.
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Sin Hong Kee Kopitiam (coffee shop/restaurant) located along the same street as Hua Nam Kopitiam, at Jalan Leong Sin Nam, Ipoh. It’s just a few lots down Hua Nam.

Mom and I saw this there:

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So we thought of trying it out, cos we were expecting something new as there’s no such noodles called “Hor Hee” in KL.

To our disappointment, this was what Hor Hee was:
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….the standard fisball noodle soup! Really nothing to shout about it though. Just that I suppose I learned a new term for it; Hor Hee. RM3.50 for this noodles, and I’ld rate it a 4/10, sorry.

Okay, next destination!
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Ipoh Nam Heong Dim Sum Restaurant is located along Jalan Bandar Timah, not too far away from Hua Nam Kopitiam and Ming Court dim sum restaurant though.

It is said to have really good dim sum for roughly about only RM.2.80 per basket. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the chance to dipped in the dimsum as we were about to head to Penang already.

So we bought some Egg Tarts and Siew Paos as snacks in the car during our journey to Penang.
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Frankly speaking, also nothing to shout about their egg tarts and siew paos. I wouldn’t consider those as one of the best egg tarts or whatsoever. And oh, it’s RM1.40 per tart.

I have to admit that John King tarts are hands down way much better and tastier.

Okay, moving on. Last destination before we really head off to Penang.
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Ipoh Yat Yat Seng Restaurant (kopitiam/coffee shop) is located in Taman Ipoh, at Jalan Dato Lau Pak Khuan.

Yat Yat Seng is said to be famous for their Ipoh Hor Fun and their curry noodles. We tried out their Ipoh Hor Fun.
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I didn’t mean to emphasize on the size of the shrimps *laughs*

Well it’s not that tiny anyways. Just not huge. We arrived there pretty late, it was close to evening already, so we didn’t have much choices of noodles left (that good sales huh).

The Ipoh Hor Fun was really tasty, the soup was nice. Only I suppose maybe the aftertaste was a little sweet, the soup I meant. The chicken shreds were soft and just right. Overall, it’s good and I rate it a 7/10.

We also ordered another cup of white coffee here in Yat Yat Seng.
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The Ipoh White Coffee in Yat Yat Seng was not too bad, but not as good as the one in Hua Nam Restaurant. The price of it is only RM1.40.

I would rate it 8/10.

Besides that, we also tried this dessert out.
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What I can tell you honestly is that the pudding was not too hard, neither too soft. Good in sense of texture. But I myself am not quite a fan of caramel and very-sweet-stuffs, so this caramel custard pudding was not my type of dessert, I have to say.

Nevertheless, if you are a caramel lover, it’s worth a try.

And that was our last bite before we seriously headed off to Penang. I will continue this vacation post the next time with Part 2, and more and more pictures!

Here’s a photo of me and daddy while mom stopped by the restroom. To come and think of it, Daddy and I haven’t snapped photos together in quite a long time.
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Alright all, time for a shower.

p/s: Penang has more food, and cheaper!

Stay tuned.

Yours truly,
Cheryl, should I cut my hair? Or leave it long? Dilemma dilemma *sigh*