Yong Liu Noodles (Restoran K10, Ipoh)

One of our breakfast haunts during weekends would be Restoran K10 in Bandar Baru Medan Ipoh. We go there for the "yong liu". Service is quick even when the place is crowded. I prefer their curry noodles although the soup version is equally good. Don't like the "kon low" (dry version) though. Their "yong liu" is yummy. Flavourful and tasty. Quite a lot of varieties to choose from. If you are going during the weekend or the holidays, go early if you don't want to go around the place searching for a vacant table.
Restoran K10 is a corner lot located at Jalan Medan Ipoh 2, Bandar Baru Medan Ipoh, Ipoh. Can't miss the big green signboard.

A teeny weeny part of the "yong liu" being offered

The noodles (curry and soup version)

South Indian Curry, Woolley Food City, Ipoh

My favourite stall in Woolley Food City, Ipoh Garden is the South Indian Curry stall run by a Chinese man and lady. Business is brisk especially during lunch hour but service is quick. Our must haves would be the mutton curry, pickled cucmber with pineapple, ayam masak merah, tofu masak merah and stir fry potato shoots with belacan. But.....actually, all their dishes are just as good. They are only open for lunch, so don't go looking for them come dinner time but if you are there during this time of the day, can always go for the bak kut teh which is quite good actually.

Yum, yum mutton curry

Bak Kut Teh

Ho chiak ayam masak merah and belacan potato shoots

Observations Of A Food Blob (3)

Have you ever wondered (if you haven't already), why some people like to jump queue whether it is on the road or at a service counter, etc? What's the hurry here, huh? Who gave them the right to just cut in, in front of other people who have been patiently waiting in the queue? These kind of people always makes me see red. So, I was extremely happy one day to see a traffic queue jumper came face to face with the law, heh. This queue jumper was driving on the wrong side of the road to get to the front of a long line of cars waiting at the traffic light and who should be coming in the opposite direction on that side of the road? The traffic police. Yes, caught in the act of breaking the law, hah. Padan muka.

Pusat Makanan Big Tree, Ipoh

As we haven't been here for quite a while, we decided one Sunday morning to check out this place once again. Erm.....the famous "tai she kiok liu fun" is still here and just as good taste wise but the porridge stall has changed hands. The previous porridge stall offered a variety of tasty porridges but not this current one. Less variety and not very tasty. The chee cheong fun is not too bad. More chilli sauce would make it better.......according to me lah. The nasi lemak is only so, so. Looks nice but looks can be deceiving, huh. Err......unless we have a craving for the "tai she kiok liu fun" in future, I don't think we would be going back to this place anymore. Or....... we would just go to the other "tai she kiok liu fun" next to this place. By the way, the coffee had a burnt taste to it. Wonder what happened.
Pusat Makanan Big Tree is located in Pasir Pinji near Restaurant Tuck Kee.

Nasi Lemak

Chee Cheong Fun

Salted Egg Porridge

Yong Liu Noodles

The burnt coffee

Restoran Makanan Laut Villa, Kg. Cina, Sitiawan

As we were famished after a visit to the Tua Pek Kong Temple in Kampung Pasir Panjang Laut, Sitiawan one cloudy Saturday, we decided to stop at Restoran Makanan Laut Villa for lunch. Besides the normal dishes that we usually order whenever we are here, we also ordered a bowl of "ang chiu mee sua" (long thin rather fragile Chinese noodles cooked with red rice wine). Good ......but not according to Mum and sis. However, the rest of us gave it the thumbs up. So.....one man's meat is another man's poison, heh. The 'kung poh' mantis prawns was good although the prawns were a teeny bit hard. The steamed siakap teocheow style was yum, yum. The flesh was firm while the gravy was just the right mix of spicy and sour. The "kam heong" lala was "ho chiak". Not a single bad lala here, hah. The "choy tam" stir fried with garlic was a refreshing change from all the heavy dishes. Sweet and crunchy. The fried oyster though was not my cup of tea. Much prefer the Penang style. Too much batter here.
Restoran Makanan Laut Villa is located at 384, Kampung Cina, Sitiawan.

Fresh coconut juice - our favourite drink

Ang Chiu Mee Sua

Kung Poh Mantis Prawns

Steamed Fish Teocheow Style

Kam Heong Lala

Choy Tam Stir Fried With Garlic

Fried Oyster

Tua Pek Kong Temple

Tua Pek Kong Temple

Observations Of A Food Blob (2)

Have you ever wondered (if you haven't already), with news of young children going missing while playing outside or whatever popping up every now and then, you will still see young children out running around on their own without an adult in sight to keep a protective eye on them? I will never, not even if I live 9,999 lives, understand why some parents still think it is safe for their young children to play outside their homes or in public places unsupervised or worse run errands for their parents alone without an adult by their side. Just go to any shopping centre and you can see small kids running around unsupervised while their parents are busy looking at the shelves. A child snatcher doesn't need much time to abduct a small defenseless child - only a few seconds................... and the parents will have to live with a lifelong regret and heartache. Why can't some parents get it into their heads that times have changed aaaand human kind has changed...........for the worse?????? Is that ''tidak apa" attitude worth it, hah?

Restoran Kwee Hoe, Lawan Kuda

On the way back from Kuala Lumpur last year, we decided to stop at Lawan Kuda for dinner since all our stomachs were already complaining like mad. Without any idea which restaurant is good, we randomly stopped at Restoran Kwee Hoe located at the Main Road of Lawan Kuda. Erm......it seems our choice is not a good one orrr.........maybe we didn't know what to order??????. Anyway, the dishes we ordered were nothing to shout about lor. The pork ribs (pai kuat wong) were quite hard leh. Gave our jaws a real good workout but the sauce was okay. The steamed fish was quite bland......surprisingly. Lots of "tau cheong" but cannot taste the "tau cheong" if you get my meaning. The hot plate beancurd was passable. First time I see hot plate beancurd with Chinese cabbage or am I "katak di bawah tempurung" again, heh, heh. The stir fried potato shoots with garlic was not bad though.

Steamed Fish

"Pai Kuat Wong"

Hot Plate Beancurd

Stir Fry Potato Shoots With Garlic

Food For Thought (27)

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (Confucius)
Hmmm..................

Restoran Xin Xiang Er Nong, Ipoh

We happened to pass by this shop one morning and on a whim, decided to hop in and check out the place. Quite a number of stalls here lor. "Yong liu", pan mee, curry noodles, seafood noodles, chee cheong fun, herbal duck noodles, etc. Dad ordered from the "yong liu" stall and he said the curry is only so, so but some of the "yong liu" are quite tasty. Mum ordered the chee cheong fun with pork skin curry. She said it's no good at all. Gluey some more lah. Sis' order of chicken koay teow soup is ....... well.......the soup itself is good but when eaten with the koay teow, it becomes bland. My order of curry noodles looks nice but very deceiving, you know. Quite bland without any curry taste. Wouldn't know what I am eating if I closed my eyes. The shops's coffee is quite good though.
Restoran Xin Xiang Er Nong is located at the corner of Jalan Foo Eng Lin and Jalan Tokong, Ipoh.

Pusat Makanan Chha Yong, Ipoh

Since we haven't been to the Ipoh Garden South area for quite a while, we decided to come here searching for food one rainy Sunday morning. At random, we hopped into Pusat Makanan Chha Yong. Hmmm.......not many people around. Maybe it's still early, not even 9.00 a.m. yet. After all it is a Sunday and it is raining. Anyway, they have a pan mee stall, a curry noodles cum chicken koay teow stall, a fried noodles stall, a chee cheong fun stall, a wantan mee stall, etc. The wantan mee is not bad, the noodles are springy while the wantan would not give you the feeling that you are eating more wantan skin than meat. The curry noodles, on the other hand, has an overpowering taste of curry powder, so, no more repeat orders of this one. The fried noodles are yum, yum. This stall will also fry your choice of noodles with chilli if you requested it unlike most fried noodles stalls who would just give you a small plate of chilli. The Chee Cheong Fun is not bad either although the chicken curry is not spicy enough for me. Worth a try.
Pusat Makanan Chha Yong is located at the corner between Tingkat Taman Ipoh 11 and Lorong Taman Ipoh 1 in Ipoh Garden South, Ipoh.

L-R : Wantan Mee, Curry Noodles

Fried Noodles

Chee Cheong Fun with Chicken Curry

Observations Of A Food Blob (1)

Have you ever noticed (if you haven't already), that a lot of people are very attached to their mobile / smart phones or tablets or whatever communication gadgets you have nowadays. These people and their gadgets are practically siamese twins, if you know what I am getting at. They cannot stop fiddling with their gadgets, not even while waiting for the cashier at the supermarket check out counter to finish scanning and packing their purchases. Call me old or call me odd, but I cannot for the life of me see what is so interesting that they cannot bear to look away from their gadget for a teeny weeny moment. As for me, my smart phone stays in my pocket more than in my hand. I only play with it when there is nothing else that requires my attention. What say you?

Kedai Kopi & Makanan Chun Heong, Bangsar

As we happened to be at Lorong Ara Kiri 2, Lucky Garden in Bangsar one very hot afternoon some time last year, we tossed a coin to decide on which coffee shop we should go in for 'makan'. Anything to get away from the sun lor. Kedai Kopi & Makanan Chun Heong was the outcome. Waah... packed to the gills and bursting at the seams. Finally found a table right at the very end of the shop. Oops, from the frying pan into the fire. Very, very hot and stuffy leh. Anyway, my wantan mee was good. Ho chiak. Very stringy, the noodles, and the soup was flavourful. Quite generous with the wantan too. The fish porridge was good too, according to our friend was with us. Smooth and yum, yum. As for the herbal duck noodles - ooooh, very good, was the verdict. Full of flavour and the duck meat just fell from the bones - not chewy at all. Hou sik. Very generous serving.

The yum, yum herbal duck noodles