Last last weekend was Penang. And last weekend, was Ipoh, Perak ~ Just a day trip though. The guys had planned it weeks ago. It was supposed to be Malacca initially (changed to tomorrow). Not sure why the change. Either way, it will still be good for me. I am missing 'dim sum' in Ipoh! They have one of the best dimsum I ever tasted! And no, we are not joining them for Malacca tomorrow. We are just too tired and needed some rest desperately!
Dressed in a simple short dress and slipper, dragging along my camera and a shawl, groggily, I got into the car last Sunday morning at about 7ish and continued zzzz while the husband drove. I was under the impression that one of the guy in the group needed to test his car, thus the trip. And so, I expected that we would just drive 200km there, have dimsum breakfast and be right back to KL again.
Wikipedia:
Ipoh developed into one of Malaysia's main cities around the turn of the 19th century due to the booming tin mining industry. During the British colonial era, Ipoh was Malaysia's second city for administraative purposes. There are several notable buidings from the British Colonial era such as the railway station and the town hall. 70% of Ipoh's population is of Chinese origin.
There were altogether 16 of us in 5 cars. We arrived at our first destination at 9:30am - Restoran Yoke Fook Moon, for our favourite dimsum breakfast. The place was packed to the brim with the weekend crowds. Taste wise, hmm... I thought it was tastier the other time we were there. :( I wonder, could it be my tongue was still asleep? Lols...
I thought we were good to go home after our little dim sum escaped. Little did I know it was a whole day eating trip o.O.
After dimsum, it was the Ipoh White Coffee at it's Original Coffee Shop. All 16 of us, adult and children alike, were packed to the back alley. The coffee was awesome. Probably cause the weather was super hot. An ice cold white coffee would be a real treat!
Comparatively to all the Ipoh White Coffee outlets here, this one in Ipoh tasted slightly better. Less heavy if you now what I mean.
Half boiled eggs' pot, coffee pots, gas cylinders at the back of shop, nearby where we were seated, baking under hot sun. To all my blog friends over in 4 seasons countries, don't be deceived by this nice ray of sunshine. It is REALLY hot. Not just some sunshine with cool breeze. It was easily 40 deg cel. Blazing hot!
Some flats nearby. Packed like sardine. So packed that I can hardly breathe just by looking at it.
After coffee, it was the 'Perak Cave Temple'. Despite of having been in Ipoh numerous times, never once had I visited any of these cave temples. There are plenty of them in Ipoh.
The husband and I donated a piece of roof. It was hillarious when the temple operator asked how to write our Chinese names. Yes, we can write our names, can read some characters too. We simply just don't know how to explain to another person how it is written. Lols.... After some chicken & duck talk, we finaly got it right!
The ceiling inside the temple. Natural formation of a cave. But I think it might has been smoothen over the years. The edges were simply too squarish to be natural.
Check out the inside of the temple. Rather interesting right with images of Buddhist god painted onto the wall of the natural cave. Though it was super hot outside... inside the temple, it was so cool and nice. As if there was an air conditioner! Such a relieve for all of us who had been baking under the hot sun the whole morning!
It was more food after that. A trip to Ipoh would not be complete without a meal of it's famous Ipoh Beansprout Chicken Rice. Sorry, no picture of the food for this one. Cause I thought the presentation of the food were not so nice. We didn't go to Lou Wong but the one next to it. I still like the other one near Excelsior Hotel. Unfortunately they only open in the evening. :(
The other famous thing in Ipoh - pameloes. Somehow, the pameloes from this city is really nice and sweet. Not just pameloes. Even their beansprouts were extra fat and nice.
And their soya bean milk too. Though has a funny name - "Funny Mountain", it's extra delicious and yummy. Not only were there a long line of people queueing up right outside the stall under the hot sun, there were also a long line of cars queueing up outside as if it was a drive thru counters like that. Madness huh?
They said it was the Ipoh water. Spring water that is. Even their girls are fairer and prettier. Really. So if next time, someone walked up to you and ask.. "Are you from Ipoh?". Take it as a compliment. Ipoh are know for it's pretty girls! :)
2 comments:
Must be tiring doing a day trip to Ipoh.
It was ok for me. I slept each time i get into a car. Lols..... it was tiring for the husband though, a.k.a. the driver. That's why he decided to skip Malacca this week. :) Are you from Ipoh?
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