North Borneo Frog Bounced to Ipoh, A Foodie Indeed! Part One

Ipoh, the capital of Perak, one of thirteen states of Malaysia, is a modest city. It was a rich town in early years as tin mining was blooming. Now it remains quiet and humble. Anyhow, it does has its fame for foodies.

I spent two days one night at Ipoh with my family, and we're there to search out those delicacies. We arrived Ipoh in the late afternoon after almost three hours casual drive from Selangor. The first delicacies we encountered was afternoon tea break, Ipoh style.

The egg tarts were of superb quality, must try. And the iced White Coffee was creamy and not too sweet, loved it! Popiah was just fine. Remember to come before five pm because the egg tarts are selling fast!

For dinner, we're having Ipoh's most famous dish, Taugeh Chicken Rice. Because of the type of rock formations in Ipoh, its water is rich in minerals, thus the taugeh grown here are fatter, rounder and crunchier! Besides taugeh and chicken, we had a one big bowl of pork and fish meatballs. It was indeed a satisfying meal!

After dinner, we walked over to a pastry shop selling all kinds of traditional Chinese pastries. We bought some as souvenirs.

That's all for my first day foodie trip in Ipoh, and please follow through to my next episode!