Taiping Travel Guide

 dtml1808 Says:  Just minutes away from the Taiping Zoo, Yes!! you can walk over to the T.E.P. and be embraced with a company of horses! Be it for joy riding or even to take on a short course, the Taiping Equine Park is a beautiful, serene and pleasant new find at Taiping. The venue is also... 

 Willettsworld Says:  The Old Kota Mosque is a unique 6-sided structure at the junction of Jalan Kota and Jalan Masjid near the local bus station. Originally built by the Hanafi sect of Indian Muslims in 1893, the mosque was given over to the Malay community around the turn of the 20th century.... 

 Willettsworld Says:  King Edward VII School is the oldest English school in the Federated Malay States. It was founded in 1883 and was originally named Central School but, when the present school building was completed in 1905, it was renamed after the British monarch of that time, King Edward... 

 Willettsworld Says:  All Saints Church is a charming wooden church that was the first Anglican Church in the Federated Malay States. It stands on a plot of land donated by W.V. Drummond, an estate owner from Shanghai. The original structure was designed by Australian architect G.A. Lefroy and... 

 Willettsworld Says:  The Perak Museum is the oldest museum in Malaysia. Sir Hugh Low, the British Resident of Perak, had the museum constructed in 1883 to house the artefacts collected in the Kinta Valley and Lenggong Valley. Due to financial constraints, the construction was delayed, and the... 

 1 Review and 5 Opinions  The check in was fast & no hassle. Payment is upon check-in. Cash & card is acceptable. Room is... 

 chocolatecake Says:  Roti Chennai/Canai is brought by the Indian from Chennai, a grilled flat bread of flour and oil on a big flat pan, it is usually cooked on the spot. It can be added butter or eggs with onion, it will be charged more for the additional ingredients. It costs RM0.80/RM1.00. It... 

 chocolatecake Says:   Mee rebus is the egg noodles in sweet curry gravy, garnished with 1/2 of egg, deep fried tofu, bean sprouts, fried shallots, prawn fritter and lime. It costs RM3.00. It is very popular in M'sia, Singapore and Indonesia. 

 chocolatecake Says:  The main market is the heart of the street vendors for vegetables, fruits and local delights. It is always packed with hundred of people in the morning. The locals like to gather together at the Food Court on the 1st floor after the shopping to have breakfast and chatting... 

 chocolatecake Says:  Larut Matang Food Court is full of variety of local delights from Satay to Fried Keow Teoy (Rice Noodle) Hokkien Mee/Prawn Mee /Har Meen /Mee Yoke/ is called Prawn Noodle which is noodle in the shrimp soup serves with shrimp meat, bean sprout, water spinach and chili. The... 

 chocolatecake Says:  There is one and only street vendor at the end of the main market after the florists. This is one of the Taiping local delights: Fried Rice Cube With Bean Sprout, the steamed rice cube is cut from a big piece of steamed rice cake, then fry it with oil, garlic, soya sauce,... 

 chocolatecake Says:  Taiping is very famous with their local delights-street vendors food in the Larut Matang food court in the morning and in the afternoon; main market in the morning and Durian Square in the evening, there are always packed with the food lovers from all over in Malaysia at all... 

 chocolatecake Says:  Street vendors in the Larut Matang food court. A lot of variety of local homemade cakes. Kuih Kosui is a steamed mini cup rice cake. A mixture of rice flour, tapioca flour with pandan leaves juice (screwpine leaves juice). 4 pieces are sold in a pack with some fresh grated... 

 Willettsworld Says:  I left George Town with the idea of visiting Taiping but it wasn't quite as straight forward as I thought. I walked from my hotel to the Komtar bus station in order to get a local bus down to the Express Bus Station located about 10km to the south, near the Penang Bridge. I... 

 taipingheritagecult Says:  Have you ever wonder how baking was done when there was no electricity back then? Well, there's one bakery at Simpang (5km from Taiping) where they still bake using brick oven.The bakery is not far from the traffic lights at Simpang. You can even buy fresh baked bread...