3 days trip to Penang and Ipoh

vivien — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:42:35 +0000

4 of us go on a 3 days makan trip from KL -> Penang -> Ipoh -> KL. We left KL on Sunday 3pm and arrived back in KL at 3pm Tuesdays, so technically it is a 48 hours trip KL->Penang is about 350km, roughly 4.5 hours drive.

Wanted to go to Funny Mountain, but when we reach there on Sunday 5pmish, it was either closed or already finished selling miss having their super nice tau fu far and soya bean drink.

100 photos ahead…

Gee Seng in Bukit Tambun (30km to Penang). It is located at the very end of a stretch of road in Bukit Tambun, passing by some dimly litted residential houses. We reach there 7:30pm just in time for dinner.

Lots of customers on a Sunday night

Kam Heong LaLa, RM6 for a small portion

Chicken satay, RM0.70 each

very yummy and fresh tasting octopus tentacles, only RM6

Steamed Scallop on half shell, RM11

Giant Mantis prawn, naturally sweet flesh, RM39. Above is one mantis prawn cut to four pieces and some other flesh fried with garlic and pepper

Flower crab, RM23, natural sweet and very delicious

Spiky shells, RM6, very big and nice

Next stop, Bee Hooi coffee house restaurant in Pulau Tikus

CKT stall

Fried oyster ommelette

Above is a smallest portion for RM6, satisfyingly slightly gooey and yummy big oyster

Char Kuey Tiaw, i find this just so so, not flavorful enough

Po piah, okay

Gee Seng’s boiled octopus taste much better

Presgrave Road 888 Hokkien Mee located in Heng Kee Restaurant’s compound

big slab of roast pork

Hokkien Mee with Vit’s noodle (+ noodle and all additional topping ie fish ball, roast pork, pig intestine, braised egg, pork ribs), RM8.60, very flavorful soup, must try

Our stay in Holiday Inn Batu Feringghi booked through Agoda, RM260(all taxes included) for a twin-double bed room, breakfast not included. The hotel is just next to the beach accessible from swimming pool area.

Holiday Inn Resort

Chairs next to the sandy beach

View of hotel from beach area

Don’t know what are those jelly like balls all over the beach

The Ship restaurant in Batu Ferringhi which is literally shaped as a ship just across from our hotel.

First meal: Sri Weld Food Court Nasi Lemak

in total 6 types of nasi lemak, all priced at RM1.50 per packet (chicken, fried fish, salted fish, prawn, squid)

Packing the nasi lemak

Ingredients: Prawn, Fried Fish, Egg Halves, Salted Fish, small squid and sambal

All 6 of them, tasty, the sambal is not too spicy or sweet

with squid sambal

fried fish

Salted Fish and Egg

Prawn

Walking distance away to Lam Ah Coffee Shop(junction between Beach Street and Chulia Street) for famous beef noodle soup

Beef Soup Koay Teow manned by a pretty lady boss

Beef tripe, tendons etc

Yummy soup, love the gelatinuous beef tendons, RM9 each bowl(with additions of beef tendons)

Crispy style oyster omelette (Or Chien) available in Lam Ah, find it oily

Not in picture also they serving fresh white nutmeg juice here.

We wanted to try Ah Leng Char Koay Teow in Khoon Hiang Cafe near Jalan Dato Keramat/Jalan Dunlop intersection, but it was closed on a Monday?!

Joez coconut jelly made without any additives, but the jelly is form when the jelly is baked and later cooled, and thus jelly is formed within the coconut, this jelly can be found in KL Sentral as well.

Coconut Jelly

Price list, RM4 each

Apom Guan on Burmah Road near Union Primary School

The batter seems to be mixed with bits of shredded coconut. This pancake is topped with banana and sweet corn, very fluffy and yummy~~

Next to a school

Him Heang is just diagonally across the road from Apom Guan

Padang brown famous po piah with prawn and crab meat for only RM2.50 each

One side of this food court is filled with chinese food stalls

The other side are malay food stalls

This is the stall

We were there too early, best to be there at 2:30pm onwards else you might risk having to wait for them to bring all the ingredients here using a bicycle like vehicle. And not to come too late else their crabmeat be finished.

Crab meat and prawn!

Very yummy, there are lots of crabmeat bits in it, and the gravy which soak the po piah have crab taste, only RM2.50 each, must try

Assam laksa stall in padang brown can be skipped, not tasty

Kek Seng coffee shop along Penang Road

Kek Seng Char Koay Tiaw Stall

laksa stall

po piah stall

Table didn’t order drinks will be charge RM0.40?

love this assam laksa, sourish and very tasty

Their famous Ice Kacang ABC topped with jelly and homemade durian ice cream

After tasting padang brown’s po piah, this tasted mediocre

Char Koay Teow in Kek Seng, love this flavorful and yummy plate of noodles, must try

Wanted to try Pengkalan Weld O-Kio(Ai Yu Bing jelly) and assam laksa, but it was closed on Monday, went to this fried banana stall opposite instead

Yummy fried banana

Paya Terubong’s Te Chang You Tiao Wang, this place is near to Air Itam Assam Laksa place

putting mayo into the fried chinese you tiao

From top: tuna, chicken floss and sausage. I find them not tasty, just for the “novelty” of eating really long chinese fried crullers.

We reach Ipoh on Monday night around 8pm in time for dinner in Onn Kee, as the more famous Lou Wong is closed on a Monday night, looks like quite a well restaurant we wanted to dine in are closed on Mondays or could it be some chinese festival, it is quite strange for Ipoh Dessert street to be closed on Monday as well.

Chicken feet

Fish ball and pork balls

Tuesday morning dim sum in Yoke Fook Moon in Ipoh’s dim sum street (Foh San, Ming Court and Yoke Fook Moon all in the same street)

Yummy Cheong Fun

fried cheese dumpling is just ok

Porridge

Har Kaw(Shrimp dumpling) and Siew Mai are obligatory dim sum

Fried Yam Puff

Super huge Big Pau, not nice as it is too big and too much meat(chicken and pork)

Xiao Long Bao

Yummy Fried Radish Cake, slightly gluey texture with crispy edges

Char Siew Pau (caramelised pork bun)

prawn cruller wrapped in cheong fun, surprisingly quite food

One of their specials here: fish noodle with pig stomach soup, pepperish

Beef balls are too floury

JJ Cakes & Swissrolls in Ipoh

Rows of fridge filled with all different flavors of swissrolls

even durian flavor

Price list

Tried one of their best seller: “Four Heavenly Kings” ie carrot, spinach etc filled with nutty cream cheese fillings. I find their cream cheese fillings have quite a bit of butter in it which makes it taste a bit like buttercream, would prefer the fillings to be less buttery. But if you chill the swissrolls well, the fillings will be firmer and feel less buttery

Sin Yoon Loong coffeshop for ipoh coffee and toast, above is cheong fun with mushroom sauce, just ok

Steamed Creme Caramel, cold and nice in Sin Yoon Loong coffee shop, Ipoh

All in all, we spent RM290 each (all inclusive, hotel, toll, food) for a food-packed makan trip.

Funny Mountain Soya Drink, Ipoh (must try)

GPS: N04′ 35.690 E101′ 05.057

Business hour: 10:30am till finish around 6pm (Closed Tuesday)

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Gee Seng Seafood Restaurant (must try)

Address: 860, Bagan Bukit Tambun, 14110 Simpang Ampat, S.P.S.

Business hour: for dinner

GPS: N 5.27122 E 100.44338

Telephone: 04-588 7220

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From Taiping with Love

Bee Hooi Kopitiam

Address: Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (across from Belissa Row)

Business hour: 6pm-10pm (closed on Tuesdays)

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I come, I see, I Hunt, I Chiak

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888 Hokkien Mee (Hing Kee Restaurant) (must try)

Address: Lebuh Presgrave (Gat Lebuh Presgrave)

GPS: N 5.41023 E100.33230

Business hour: 5pm – midnight

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It’s Delicious

Ali Nasi Lemak in Sri Weld Food Court

Address: Along Beach Street aka Lebuh Pantai

GPS: N 5′ 25.080 E 100′ 20.574

Business hour: 6:30am onwards (Mon-Sat, Closed Sunday and Public Holidays)

Telephone: 016-4070 717

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Lam Ah Coffee Shop (Beef Noodle)

Address: Junction between Beach and Chulia, just across from a fire station

GPS: N 5′ 24.925 E 100′ 20.363

Business hour: 10:30am – 4:30pm (Closed Sunday and Public Holidays)

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Joez Coconut Jelly (must try)

Address: Jalan Dato Keramat

GPS: N 5′ 24.719” E 100′ 19.393″

Business hour: 9am – 8pm

Website: Joez Coconut

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Simon Says (cocount jelly available in KL Sentral)

Nikel Khor (kiosk in KL Sentral)

Apom Guan (must try)

Address: Jalan Burmah, somewhere diagonally across from Him Heang

GPS: N 5′ 25.386 E 100′ 19.324

Business hour(Guan): 10:00am-6:30pm

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Him Heang Tau Sar Piah

Address: 162-A, Jalan Burma, 10050, Penang, Malaysia

Telephone: 604-228 6129 or 04-228 6130

GPS: N 5.42384 E 100.32121

Business hour: 8:30am – 5pm (Mon-Sat, closed on Sunday)

Padang Brown Seafood Po Piah

Address: Dato Keramat

GPS: N 5′ 24.861 E 100′ 19.003

Business hour: 2:30pm-5pm (Closed Thursday)

Kek Seng Restaurant

Address: Penang Road

GPS: N 5′ 24.974 E 100′ 19.759

Business hour: 11am – 4:30pm

Vkeong

Su Fen’s Little Cottage

Junning Into the Walks of Ken

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Paya Terubong Long Chinese Crullers – Te Chang You Tiao Wang

Address: Paya Terubong, near Air Itam Assam Laksa

GPS: 5′ 23.657 100′ 16.784 OR N 5′ 24.665 E 100′ 19.835

Business Hour: 6am-6pm (closed alternate Tuesday)

Telephone: 016-433 7301

Bangsar Babe

Where2Eat

Junning Into the Walks of Ken

Lingzie’s Tummy Treat

Onn Kee Restaurant (Tauge Ayam Kue Tiau)

Address: 48,51&53, Jalan Yau Tet Shin, 30300, Ipoh, Perak

Telephone: 012-5300 888 or 012-5566 669 or 019-5646 161

Yoke Fook Moon Hong Kong Tim Sum

Address: 67-69, Jalan Leong Sin Nam, 30300, Ipoh (next to Foh San)

Telephone: 05-2416 589

Business hour: 6am-1pm

Poink

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JJ Cakes & Swissrolls

Address: 36, Jalan Chung Thye Phin, 30250, Ipoh, Perak

GPS: N 4.58602 E 101.08653

Business Hour: 9am-9pm(Monday-Saturday); 9am-8pm(Sunday)

Telephone: 016-419 5796 or 05-241 5796

Website: JJ Cakes

Other Food Places we didn’t managed to try:

Ah Leng Char Koay Teow

Address: Khoon Hiang Cafe, Jalan Dato Keramat

GPS: N 5′ 24” 46.4”’ E 100′ 19” 09.9”’

Business hour: 8am – 2pm (Closed Tues/Thurs)

Balik Pulau Assam Laksa - Nan Guang Coffee Shop

Address: T-junction of Jalan Tun Sardon and Jalan Balik Pulau
Business hour: 10am-5pm (closed Wednesday)

Air Itam Assam Laksa
Business hour: 11am – 3pm (Closed Wed, better go before noon to skip crowd)

Lorong Seratus Tahun Curry Mee

GPS: N5.41524 E100.32248

Tanjung Bungah Fried Banana fritters (banana, yam, cempedak, mashed banana)
Business hour: noon – 6pm
Address: Jalan Chan Siew Teong. According to What2See, after Tanjung Bungah police station traffic light
GPS: 5″ 2757.4′ 100″ 1647.1′
Phone: 019-446 7343 or 012-423 6499
Note: White van on the way to feringhi, left hand side

Penang Siam Road CKT

Address: End of Siam Road(sometimes in Anson Road)
Business hour: 3pm-7:30pm (Mon-Fri, sometimes closed on Mondays)
Address: End of Siam Road
GPS Coordinates: N5 24.925 E100 19.219

Yi Garden Cafe (Charcoal Oyster, Wanton, Venison Pan Mee)

Address: between Macalister Road and Lorong Selamat

GPS: N 5′ 24.980 E 100′ 19.458
Business hour: 6pm – 10:30pm (closed on Sunday)

De Tai Thong dim sum

Address: 45 Cintra Street, 10100 Penang
Business hour: 6am till 12pm (open daily and closed on every alternate Mondays)

Lorong Seratus Tahun Curry Mee

Address: Lorong Seratus Tahun
GPS: 5.415243 100.322485

Business hour: 7:30am – 2pm (Closed Thursday)

Pengkalan Weld Assam Laksa (Ai-Yu-Bing dessert)

Address: Just next to Penang Tua Pui Curry Mee Stall
Business hour: 11:30-early evening (closed on Mondays)

Dessert Street (Tong Sui Street)

Address: near Sam Tet High school

GPS: N 4′ 35.746′ E 101′ 5.242′

Other Interesting Post on Penang/Ipoh:

4 types of oyster omelette in Penang

Paramount Hotel (only RM120 for a twin-double bed room), near town center GPS to Paramount Hotel: N 5.42624 E 100.32610

FairParkHotel

Address: No85, Jalan Kamaruddin Isa, 31400, Ipoh, Perak

GPS: 4′ 36.372′ E101′ 5.644′

Info: Check in time 3pm, check out time noon, WIFI & Astro in all rooms, complimentary 2 bottle water each day

Telephone: 605-548-8666

Website: Fair Park Hotel Ipoh

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