Ipoh Restaurant Tips by SLLiew Top 5 Page for this destination

Coffee Shop opposite Kamdar, Ipoh new town: Rojak in Ipoh

Surprise to see rojak sold at the coffee shop.

It is very popular in Penang. The various fruits and vegetables like mangoes, air jambu, cucumber, bangkuang are cut up into bite size.

Then mixed with a special sweet sauce with chilly added and the "belacan" sauce which is a pungent shrimp paste.

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Theme: Local

Coffee Shop opposite Kamdar, Ipoh new town: Chee Cheong Fun (Teluk Intan)

"Chee Cheong Fun" literally means "Pigs intestines" in Chinese. But is actually a popular hawker fare of rice white noodles rolled up and cut into bite size pieces with plum and chilly sauce, good dose of oil and sesame seeds. The cut up noodles look like pig intestines.

There are many variation and the coffee shop selled the "famous Teluk Intan" style.

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Theme: Local

Kopitiam: "Coffee Shop" style food in shopping mall

This is the shopping mall version of the typical coffee shop style food and coffee served. With higher hygiene standard, air condition environment but taste still fairly maintained and prices inflated, it is a convenient ternative to meet up with friends for a cup of Ipoh coffee or your favorite nasi lemak or curry mee.

The marble tables and porcelain coffee cups give the old world coffee shop (kopitiam) experience.

Address: Kinta City, Jalan Larut, Ipoh

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Theme: Local

Arena Food Court at Jusco: Food Court in Shopping Mall

Jusco is a Japanese chain supermarket with Arena Foodcourt which is halal for Muslims.

There are a great variety of different type of Ipoh and hawker style food served here in air condition clean environment with convenient parking. It is free parking now at Kinta City where Jusco is the main tenant supermarket.

Also its location is 5 minutes on the right along Jalan Larut towards Ipoh downtown after you exit from the North South Highway (the second exit after the tunnel, the first exit is to Perak Tong Cave)

Comparison: more expensive than average

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Theme: Local

Foh San Restaurant: Famous Ipoh Dim Sum

If you can get to Ipoh new town in the early morning, head for Foh San restaurant for dim sum.

It is another Ipoh institution as one of the earliest place to serve dim sum in Malaysia. The first chefs apparently went to Hong Kong to learn how to make dim sum.

Foh San is also famous for her mooncakes during the Malaysian Chinese mid-autumn festival. Foh San mooncakes are sold throughout Malaysia during this period. But if you are here during that time, why not buy a fresh box or two home.

Address: Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar (Ozbourne Street)

Comparison: more expensive than average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum

Restaurant Rasa Sayang: Ipoh Chicken Rice

Another established restaurant in Ipoh new town, near to Lou Wong is this steamed chicken, bean sprout and rice.

So if you are more of the Hainanese chicke rice type than noodles, this is a popular family eating place of sharing a plate of chicken with individual rice plates.

Comparison: about average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Another famous Ipoh Chicken institution

Also located at Ipoh new town, this has become a very popular steamed whole chicken dish.

With the popularity, there are no longer seating place to eat the chicken and it is a take-away or to go outlet.

Best to eat when the chicken is still hot. Delicious but still just chicken.

Address: Ipoh new town

Comparison: more expensive than average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Coffee Shop opposite Kamdar Supermarket: Ipoh Well known "Haw Hee" Noodles

This is a Ipoh signature koay teow soup of rice flat noodles with fish balls.

It will not be too far stretch to say that most Ipoh Chinese sons and daughters when coming home from overseas or outstation will make it a point to eat it.

I believe it is an acquired taste. Anyway it is a delicious bowl of noodles but given one choice I will opt first for Ipoh chicken bean sprout noodles.

Address: Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar (Ozbourne Street)

Comparison: about average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Opposite Kamdar Coffee Shop: Day time Chicken Bean Sprout Noodles

If you cannot wait until dinner time for Lou Wong or Ong Kee, there are plenty of other hawker stalls in coffee shops that serve Ipoh famous steam chicken bean sprout rice flat noodle soup (koay teow).

One of them is the restaurant opposite Kamdar Supermarket in downtown Ipoh. The coffee shop also have the famous "Haw Hee" koay teow noodle soup with fish meat balls.

At the coffee shop, you order the famous Ipoh white coffee.

Comparison: about average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Ong Kee Restauarant: Another famous Chicken Bean Sprout Noodles

Some local Ipoh residents prefer Ong Kee to the bigger Lou Wong.

Ong Kee is smaller and located just opposite corner of Lou Wong.

I have tried both but don't ask which one taste better. If you want to avoid the crowd at Lou Wong, you can opt for Ong Kee.

Same menu of steam chicken with bean sprout (taugeh) and meatballs and rice flat noodles in soup (koay teow or kuetiau).

Note: Also open during dinner time.

Address: Jalan Yau Tet Sin junction, downtown Ipoh

Comparison: about average

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local