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I had parked my car and was about to walk towards Foh San when I noticed the red eye catching signage of this restaurant. After having dim sum at Foh San, we decided to check this restaurant out.
When I walked into the restaurant, I was in for a big surprise. Instead of normal tables and chairs and table clothes and waiters, there was a large table with stacked with salt-baked chicken neatly prepacked ready for customers to walk in, buy them and take away for their dinner, lunch or breakfast.
Favorite Dish: "Yim Kook Kai"-in the Cantonese language loosely translates to "salt baked chicken". The chicken is gently stuffed with aromatic Chinese herbs, and then its skin is rubbed with salt, before it is "baked" in tin foil.
It is really quite a neat idea and not one that I have seen anywhere else before. The packages of chicken are neat and presentable-much like a cake box. Cooking instructions are included on the packaging: you simply need to steam the whole chicken (inside the foil) in a wok for 5-10 minutes before serving. The result - a tender, chicken that continues to retain its natural juices and is delicious when eaten with steamed rice.
Hot tip for leftovers: If you have any leftovers, you can boil some lovely rice porrige with the chicken parts.
Funny story/fond memory: My colleagues who were with me on this trip were so keen on the chicken that they bought about 10-15 packs each-can you imagine what the insides of their car looked like? with 5 adults, their luggage and stacks and stacks of yim kook kai! LOL When asked, they said they were giving it to their mums and inlaws as gifts that would be appreciated by the KL folks.
As for me, I only bought 1 pack at around RM15. ~Big sigh~ should have gotten more! the porridge would have been marvellous.
PS. there are at least two such restaurants with the same specialty dish. I didn't find the other one, but I am told that it is just as good.
Updated Oct 19, 2005
Address: old part of Ipoh town, not far from Kamdar
Phone: +605-254 2998
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Foh San is almost an institution in Ipoh. Locals enjoy a meal here for mid-morning brunch or breakfast on Sundays. Due to its popularity, you'd need to pre-book a table if you want to come at peak hours. However, as dimsum is preprepared, the tables do turn over quite fast and if you are prepared to have a short wait, you can get a table even without a reservation. It is so famous that even people from out of town and from other countries have been known to visit the restaurant for a quick bite of dim sum.
Housed in an old shop house just off the main road, it can get quite noisy- but that's all part of the great atmosphere and charm brunch of Foh San , isn't it? (smile). We were there at 12 noon on a Sunday and that was pretty late by Ipoh standards. By 1pm most of the crowd had gone and there were a few empty tables. I guess most people get there earlier, from about 10 am or so.
Favorite Dish: All the dim sum here range from good to outstanding. I particularly enjoyed :
- large fish balls (four to a plate)
- "wu kwok" yam balls filled with diced meat
- fried radish cake - freshly fried with lots of garlic and bean sprouts
- "chee cheong fun" with prawns-light and creamy
- green vegetables-lightly steamed with soy sauce
- "har gow" with big fresh prawns in each dim sum dumpling
- "siew mai" filled with juicy bites of prawns and pork
- Chinese egg tarts-not too sweet, just right
The price was RM2.50-5.00 per plate of dimsum and each comes with 3-4 dumplings, so there is plenty to go around. If you pay around RM10-12 per head, you'll have filled yourself to the brim! : ) This is much cheaper than an equivalent meal in Petaling Jaya or Kuala Lumpur.
There is a branch of Foh San in SS 2 Petaling Jaya. Both restaurants also offer good Mooncakes during the mid-autumn festival. Jaya Jusco card members can get 10% off on mooncakes.
Do take note that the pricing for dimsum is different in the Petaling Jaya branch.
How to order if you don't know the name of things:
You may not know what to order because you will be spoilt for choice. Look out for the push-carts, and just point to the things that you would like to try. Don't order too much, and take it easy-you can always order more if you are still hungry.
Updated Oct 19, 2005
Address: Next to Kamdar (a large clothing shop)
Phone: +603-7873 6501 (PJ branch)
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Chicken, bean-sprouts and kue-tiao has made this street / restaurant famous.
Very crowded in the evenings. Go early to avoid the mob.
Order the kue-tiao ( soup or fried ), the chicken and the tao-geh ( NgaChoi ) of course !
Add some drinks and there you go !
Optional soup etc also available, but watch your weight....................
Favorite Dish: Very soft chicken, and bean sprouts are crispy .......... they say it's the Ipoh mineral water from the limestone hills all around. I'd say it's just a long tradition, fine-tuned after the centuries.
Updated Oct 14, 2005
Address: Yau Tet Shin Road
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Well, this new restaurant in Ipoh did impress me on my first visit.
The waiters / waitresses were smiling !! What a change from the dreary looks of most other places.
The appearance was gentle and pleasing, the music was soft, and the food was, well, Reasonably good. The price ? Very pricey compared to the others, but well worth it.
Good to bring your girlfriend to ( or someone else to impress ). Pity me, I was alone ........... though the waitresses did lift up my spirits !
Favorite Dish: Only one visit --- I can't tell you --- maybe later OK ?
Honestly, western food is nowhere as tasty ( spicy ) as the local dishes, curry etc .... or has my tongue been numbed after all these years of excessive acid spices ?
Written Oct 12, 2005
Address: Ipoh Garden East / Tambun
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This must be a joker trying to sound cute !
Sabar Menanti ? It means Patiently Waiting .......... probably they are honest about their slow service ....
Slow service is quite the norm in many restaurants in Malaysia ...
Favorite Dish: I wouldn't dare to go in with this sort of name.
Written Aug 29, 2005
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The Hillcity Restaurant is located on the second floor of the Hillcity Hotel and Condo. Conveniently and strategically located in Jalan Gopeng. Hillcity Hotel and Condo is only a 3 minute drive from the Simpang Pulai Interchange toward the City of Ipoh. It is set amidst the serene of a hilltop overlooking the City of Ipoh on one side and the Sam Poh Tong cave on the other.
The restuarant serves dim sum for breakfast, Szechuan food for lunch and Peking cuisine for dinner.
Updated Jul 13, 2005
Address: 227, Jalan Gopeng, Ipoh
Phone: 05-313-5555
Website: www.hillcity.com.my
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While Ipoh known for its white coffee, Taiping is famous for its Do Re Mi drink, is a balanced mixture of coffee, tea and barley water. When the three drinks are combined, you have Do Re Mi which is aromatic, rich in coffee and uniquely different!
NOTE: Taiping is about 86km north of Ipoh. On the North-South Highway, exit at the Changkat Jering interchange to Simpang and Taiping.
Favorite Dish: Its specialities is of course the Do Re Mi drink, coffee and tea.
Updated Jul 12, 2005
Address: Stall No 70, Taiping Casual Market, Taiping
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Onn Kee Beef Soup Noodles is located behind a large restaurant and a row of shophouses. The location does not turn off customers who flock there for its dry noodles that come with a bowl of soup containing beef stripes and other innards.
Favorite Dish: The stall sells dry noodles (konlo) with a bowl of soup containing stripes and other innards, beef noodles and wan tan mee.
Updated Jul 12, 2005
Address: Opposite former Rex cinema in Kampar
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Another famous chicken and taugeh resturant..
I prefer this one compared to Lou Wong ( my personal opinion... )
There's also another restaurant beside Lou Wong..
Favorite Dish: Chicken and Taugeh, Rice, Noodles, Fish Ball/Meat Ball, Fried Vege...
Written May 11, 2005
Address: No. 48,51 & 53, Jalan Tet Shin, 30300, Ipoh
Phone: 05-2531563 / 012 5566669
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The famous Chicken and taugeh dish can be found here and another restaurant opposite and beside it too...
Nothin great about the ambience except the food is alright...
Favorite Dish: You can eat the local chicken ( steamed ) and taugeh with a choice of rice or even noodles...There's also fish/meat balls to order as your side dish...
Updated May 11, 2005
Address: Somewhere around Jln Yau Tet Shin in Ipoh town
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