Restoran The Little Ipoh, Ipoh

Since we happened to be in the Sam Poh Tong Cave Temple area one Sunday morning, we decided to hop in at random to this corner lot for some breakfast. Erm..not much on offer loh. Pan mee, prawn mee, chee cheong fun, fried noodles, wantan noodles and fried chicken. Sis settled for the prawn mee while I went for the chee cheong fun with pork skin curry. The prawn mee looked nice but tasted otherwise. No prawny taste at all, according to sis. My order of chee cheong fun was not bad - the curry was quite flavourful. The parents' order of sui kau noodles was given the thumbs up from both of them. Mum said the soup was clear and flavourful while the noodles (slightly thicker than the normal wantan noodles) was springy. The sui kau was yum, yum, they said.
Restoran The Little Ipoh is situated at Medan Lagenda 1, Taman Lapangan Permai near the Sam Poh Tong Cave Temple.

Sui Kau Noodles

(L-R) Prawn Mee, Chee Cheong Fun with pork skin curry

Food For Thought (26)

I once read somewhere that we should not judge another person until we have walked in that person's shoes. Hmm........yes, unless we are that person, we do not know why that person did what he did or behaved like he did. So........must do my best to remain open minded to all possibilities.

Chinatown Seng Kee, Kuala Lumpur

After working up an appetite jostling with the crowd at Petaling Street, we decided to have supper at Chinatown Seng Kee located at Jalan Sultan, a few doors down from Swiss Inn. As the place was pack to the gills, we were taken to another shop lot down the block which, according to the worker who took us there, also belongs to his boss. Oh well, whatever, as long as we get to eat. We ordered the claypot low shi fun, fried roast pork, sang har meen and fried sui kau. The claypot low shi fun is not bad in the beginning but it sort of turned sticky and stuck together in a clump towards the end. The fried roast pork is too sweet. Too much sugar, I guess, until the roast pork stuck to our teeth. A little less sugar would make this dish superb. The sang har meen is only passable - cannot taste the prawn in the sauce. As for the fried sui kau, we all agreed that it was too salty.

Claypot Low Shi Fun

Sang Har Meen

Fried Roast Pork

Food For Thought (25)

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. (Confucius)
Hmm.....is this what is meant by ''beauty lies in the eye of the beholder"??????

Food For Thought (24)

Buddha once said "You, as much as anyone else in the universe, deserve your love and respect."
Yup, if you yourself don't love and respect yourself, how can other people love and respect you hah?????

Pang Kok Seafood Restaurant, Ipoh

Since Mum is taking the day off from the kitchen one Sunday, we decided to go to Pang Kok Seafood Restaurant for dinner. After placing our orders, we settled down to wait. Hmm....don't have to wait long, probably because not many customers around (not even 6.30 pm yet). First to arrive, Dad's order of 'Yong Chow' Fried Rice. Comes with a fried egg sunny side up. Hard to tell about the sunny side up part though since it doesn't quite look that way. Dad said it's only so, so. He has tasted better 'Yong Chow' Fried Rice elsewhere. Then, it was Mum's order of  'Kai Lan' Roast Pork Rice. She said it's not very tasty - quite bland actually. Next, it was sis' order of 'Kam Heong' Mantis Prawn Rice. This one got the thumbs up from sis. Very tasty and flavourful, she said. Finally, it was my order of Claypot 'Low Shi Fun'. Comes with a raw egg which had to be quickly stirred into the piping hot 'low shi fun'. This one is not bad. Smooth and yummy.
Pang Kok Seafood Restaurant is located inside Tesco in Medan Ipoh Bistari, Ipoh.

Kedai Makanan Mee Sun, Ipoh

As it's been quite a while since we ate at this place, we decided one morning to go to Kedai Makanan Mee Sun for breakfast. Oops......the sole purpose of our visit to this shop, the prawn mee stall has closed shop. So, Mum settled for the pork noodles. Too bland, she said. The pork intestines had a bitter taste; evidence of a shoddy cleaning job..........orrrrr......... is it part of the recipe????? Dad's wantan mee was passable while sis said she can only taste the pepper in her pork belly noodles and nothing else.The pork belly itself was rather tough and chewy. On the other hand, my order of chicken curry noodles was quite good actually. The curry was thick enough to stick to the wantan noodles while the chicken meat was tender. Aaannnd........the coffee has gone down the drain. Cannot taste the coffee at all. Wouldn't be able to tell it is coffee if I drink it with my eyes closed. Not going back to this place ever again.
Kedai Makanan Mee Sun is located at Tingkat Taman Ipoh 6, same row with Scotch Pub & Restaurant in Ipoh Garden South.

From the same stall

Pork noodles with the bitter pork intestines

Food For Thought (23)

What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you. (Seneca) 
Hmm.......yes, perhaps, that's why I am a happy person. I don't really care what other people think of me as I can't control other people's thoughts and I don't waste time and energy over things I can't control. As long as I am not doing anything wrong and I have done my best, I am happy because I passed my own QC. What you think hah?

Hon Kee Porridge, Kuala Lumpur

After finding the breakfast at our hotel not to our liking, we popped down to look for some at Petaling Street. Walking along Jalan Hang Lekir, we spotted a lot of people having porridge for breakfast and decided to join them. After all, most of the time, a lot of people can't be wrong, no? Apparently, the raw fish slices porridge is very popular, so we ordered one to try. We also ordered steamed chicken porridge and chee chap chuk (pork innards porridge). The porridge arrived piping hot to our table. We quickly stirred the raw fish slices into the porridge so that it can cook to the right degree. Uncooked or undercooked or overcooked fish or any kind of meat for that matter is definitely not up there on our list of 'ho chiak' food. No sirree. Personally, we find that the porridge is nothing to shout about. We had better ones elsewhere. The raw fish slices were smooth though and so were the steamed chicken. Other than that, nothing special lor. Buut......if you happen to be in Chinatown, this place is worth checking out, if not for the porridge then for the fish slices and steamed chicken.