Ying and Niq’s Niche

Sat, 11-Jul-09. Met up with Ying’s family at Taiping. Our favorite rendezvous spot is at Ah Eng Curry Mee shop. Now it is tricky getting to this place as the shop doesn’t have a sign board. Customers are regulars. This shop is popular for dry curry mee which cost less than RM3.00 a bowl. They also serve ‘hong tau sar’ or red bean soup. Go and try if you are near Kamunting. You don’t have to go all the way to Kuala Sepetang for the famous curry mee. GPS Coordinates: N04º53.452′ E100º44.015′.

Ah Eng Curry Mee

Sat, 6-Jun-09. We made a trip back to Ipoh for the long weekend. Upon reaching Ipoh, we had high tea at Makanan Traditional Taiwan (Yong He Dou Jiang) at Medan Ipoh Bistari. As you exit the NS Highway at Ipoh Selatan south-bound, it is after McDonald’s and behind PC Depot. GPS Coordinates: N04º 37.204′, E101º 7.042′. As the name suggests, they serve traditional Taiwanese cuisine and soya milk. We had Thick Soup Noodle, Pan Fried Radish Cake and Egg Roll. As for drinks, we tried Soya Milk Plain and Soya Rice Milk. The Soya Rice Milk has a nice fragrance - recommended. My only complaint is that they don’t provide chili sauce.

View of the shop from outside

Thick Soup Noodle with pork dumpling

Pan Fried Radish Cake

Egg Roll

Soya Milk - Plain (in glass) and Rice Flavor (in bowl)

Sun, 7-Jun-09. Had buffet dinner with Ying’s family at Tower Regency Hotel, Ipoh. Ipoh Tower - the newest and tallest in Ipoh - houses the hotel, office building and also service apartments. A spacious and grand lobby greets you as you enter the hotel. There was a good spread of food for the buffet dinner which cost RM33++. They serve good cream soup, spaghetti with spinach cream sauce, beef rendang and nasi ulam. For reservation, call +605-2418888. GPS Coordinates: N 04º 36.034′ E 101º 5.271′.

Ipoh Tower, viewed from rooftop of Syuen Hotel

Tower Regency Hotel - Dining Area

The buffet spread

Sun, 19-Apr-09. Went to Ocean Green Seafood (GPS Coordinates: N5 25.576 E100 19.568) for lunch. This place was quite difficult to find. It is situated by the sea side, at the end of an alley along Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, just before Despark Auto College. It is easy to miss the turn so go slow. We had oyster noodle, salted egg crabs and stir fried broccoli. The food was nice. Their salted egg crab is one of their signature dishes

Oyster Noodle

Salted Egg Crabs

Stir Fried Broccoli

There is a nice view of the sea.

Sea View at Ocean Green Restaurant

The beach is a popular spot among anglers and offer good landscape photography opportunities. Sad to say the beach is not suitable for picnic as there were lots of ants.

A pseudo-lagoon

We were strolling around Little India along King Street with Angie, Bart and Julian after dinner at China Street. Stopped by a sundry goods shop to see anything interesting. I was interested in the coffee sold there. There were some unusual brands sold – Bru Instant Coffee (coffee-chicory blend), and Mysore Gold Instant Coffee. I tried Mysore Coffee before in Indian restaurants but was apprehensive about Bru because of the chicory. So I bought a small can of Mysore coffee (RM7.20, 100gm). First thing when I got home was to make a hot cup of Mysore Coffee. Here’s how I make it: 1½ tsp Mysore coffee, 2 heap tsp non-dairy creamer, 2 tsp sugar, 150ml hot water. It’s smooth, fragrant, doesn’t have a sharp sour taste, and has a slight hue of mocha. Nice! Hmm… wonder how the coffee-chicory blend tastes like?

Mysore Gold Coffee