Saying goodbyes are never easy. We bid grandma and relatives well and set off from Kuala Lumpur at about 8.30 a.m. It was a smooth ride on the North-South Expressway. Took us about 3.5 hours to come into sight the famous caves of Ipoh outskirts.
Ipoh was once an important town for the mining of tin. Big houses and grand mansions can be seen in the city and older parts of the city area. These were once the residential area of the rich immigrants from the north who made a successful living out of tin mining industry and other related businesses.
The only reason we dropped by Ipoh instead of going straight up the mountain was that we missed the place and it's food so much. Yes, my family once lived there for a few months, but those were some of the most memorable time of our lives. My 2 sisters (youngest not born yet) and I were merely young primary and teenage girls. We went to school, we came home, we finished homework, and the rest of the time was spent playing, having swimming sessions at the stadium swimming complex (it was a big complex!), and eating at the local food centres where we enjoyed some of the most famous food in Malaysia PLUS Singapore! Chicken rice with bean sprouts is one such famous dish. Another one is the Ipoh Chicken Sar-Horfun (Ipoh flat rice noodle with shredded chicken, and DIM SUM! Oh who doesn't like Dim Sum?
And here we were again, after more than 25 years...
Here to savour the yummy Dim Sum.... (too bad really, we only get to spend an hour and a half and 1 meal, so had to give up the rest of the famous Ipoh dishes😂)
The city is practically dotted with Dim Sum eateries big and small. Having not much time to explore the city again, We went to Foh San Restaurant in the city centre.
It was 11.30 am. The majority of the Sunday breakfast crowd had finished their meal, so we arrived to immediately found a table near the entrance. Picked a few pleasant looking dishes as well as porridge.
The stall with various kinds of steamed items.
The interior of the restaurant
All kinds of steamed dumplings
Well, anyone who has watched Kungfu Panda can tell you what a PAU is. Just lokk at those LOVELY little "pillows"
This one is Bamboo Charcoal Yam Paste Pau
Siew Mai - steamed delicacy made with pork and prawns, wrapped in thin rolled dough.
These are Steamed Har Kao - or prawn dumplings
Steamed
Roasted meat "Cheong Fun" (flat rice rolls with roasted pork)
Rice rolls (Cheong fun) with fillings
Steamed Yam Cake
Some of the city views...............
To be continued............. to part 2
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