SoFtBuNnY: Yummy Food at Ipoh

During our Kuala Sepetang trip, we stopped by Ipoh to have breakfast at Paris Restaurant. They are famous for their Hakka Mee. What exactly is Hakka Mee? It is handmade egg noodles that are chewy (does not have alkaline) served dry style with a tablespoon of minced pork meat on it.

This noodles is accompanied with stuffed tofu, meatballs, fishballs, "sar kok" (deep fried turnip), and stuffed fish paste bean curd skin.

I totally love the pork balls as there are bits of dried cuttlefish in it and it makes the ball ultra delicious and more appetizing! Those pork balls are the ones with the brown bits on them...I am drooling already...!

After Kuala Sepetang, I wanted to try their famous Mee Udang but the weather was so hot and I was afraid of food poisoning.Hence, we went back to Ipoh for lunch. We settled for Kong Heng and ordered our favourite pork satay and "Gai See Hor Fun" or Shredded Chicken meat with flat rice noodles. The soup is not just made with chicken bones, it is made from prawn head and shells giving it the rich and sweet flavour that makes it so unique.

The pork satay is finally open after 4 failed attempts previously to taste the satay. There is the option of pork fillet, pork intestine and pork coagulated blood cubes. I don't like pork coagulated blood cubes when they are served with congee as it has that gelatinuous texture but when it's been grilled, it tastes exactly like liver and tastes real good!

The peanut sauce is different from the ones you would get in Malacca as the one here is purely roasted peanut sauce whereas the one in Malacca has pineapple puree added in it. The concept of pork satay here is different. The owner and his son will go around topping up the sticks of satay but you will only pay for the sticks that you have eaten. They are very smart.

At night, we had Hakka Mee and beef noodles again but this time at Wilson's relative's shop. The beef tendon balls were so delicious! I enjoyed the white radish soup although I'd prefer the white radish more tender :)

On the next day, we went to try Ming Court Dim Sum located opposite Foh San. Whilst the rest went there first, Hunny and I set off to Simee Market to buy the famous egg tarts at 6.45am.

My supplier from Eastern Decorater when I was still with Tesco as an Asst Buyer many years back used to bring a box of these scrumptious goodies each time he comes to my office. The pastry is many crisp layers with a wobbly eggy custard. Tastes better than Cockman Street's and Tong Kee Egg Tarts in my opinion. Beware though, there are other egg tarts in Simee Market. Don't buy the wrong ones! Hunny and I nearly bought the wrong ones but luckily we bought one and I had a taste and was very sure it wasn't the right one. So off we went to google for the correct egg tart brand and thank heavens for Hunny's maxis internet on his phone, we located the corrected one. Please find the signboard CHOY KEE.

The egg tarts weren't ready yet but we were very lucky that we were there early and I placed my order for 36 egg tarts before the usual crowd poured in. My Hunny kept teasing me on how I deprieved the old timers (regulars) of their usual breakfast of an egg tart and another pastry to go with their coffee. The egg tarts will come per tray of 40 pieces and since I have ordered 36 pieces and there were 2 customers in front of me, there were only 2 left and we could see the disappointed faces on the rest of the customers as this would mean they would have to wait another 15 to 20 minutes before the next tray of egg tarts will appear.