Friday, October 09, 2009

Ipoh Food Frenzy In 4.5 Hours, Hong Kee & Funny Mountain - Part 5 (Final)


At last, the final part to my Ipoh Food Frenzy trip recently....

After dropping Motormouth off, we drove along Jalan Queen - looking out for a stall under a tree! We looked forward to trying Hong Kee Mua Chee and also their Peanut Paste dessert.

Roadside Stall
We were glad that we managed to spot it and wasted no time in placing our order.

Peanut Paste Dessert
Peanut Paste Dessert - The paste was smooth, light and fragrant. I could taste the real peanut blend and at RM1.50/bowl, this was something we relished. Best was that the sweetness was spot on! We were really quite full by now but we could not leave here without trying the Mua Chee (doughy glutinous rice flour).

Hand Made Mua Chee
At Hong Kee, the Mua Chee is literally "hand made"! Using only his right hand, the stall owner pinches the dough from a clay pot ...
Hand made Mua Chee
He then coats the Mua Chee, piece by piece in a tray of groundnut mixture of pounded peanuts, sesame seeds & sugar.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Ipoh Food Frenzy In 4.5 Hours, Foh San & Seng Kee - Part 4

After Hua Nam, we walked back to the car - passing Foh San again. Since we were already there, we decided to grab some mooncakes. Well, we also figured since no dim sum, we might as well go back with some goodies from Foh San.

Foh San

Foh San Moon Cakes & Biscuits
Foh San Mooncakes and the Heong Far Biscuits on the right.

Friday, October 02, 2009

Ipoh Food Frenzy In 4.5 Hours, Hua Nam - Part 3

It's Friday and the weekend's almost here! Yay! That means sleeping in late for some of us but if one is usually an early bird, today's post might make you wanna have these for breakfast! Well, the original plan was to eat a bit of dim sum at Foh San but they put up the "CLOSED" sign while there were still loads of people eating inside and waiting outside. So, what else could we eat when we wanted something light? How about these...?

Half Boiled Egg On Toast
Half Boiled Eggs/Soft Boiled Eggs on sliced toast. These were the most near perfect half boiled eggs I ever had and as Spare Change says "A work of art"!

Half Boiled Egg On Toast

Add in a few dashes of pepper and some soy sauce...I watched with glee, never taking my eyes off the yolk as I slowly pierced it with the tip of the fork, anticipating it to flow off the edge of the also near perfect toast. Even with the extra time taken for Spare Change and I to capture some shots of this, the toast still retained its crisp when I bit into it. The toast, slathered with the mix of white and yellow delicious goo of an egg, was one of those "close eyes and savour" moments! I haven't found half boiled eggs like these in Klang Valley that can measure up to Hua Nam's. Oh! I forgot the name but it seems there is another place in Ipoh also serves a great version of Half Boiled Eggs on Toast.

Where did I get this good old fashion heartwarming food? From good old fashion Hua Nam of course! By the way, I had the Cham Ice (mix of coffee & tea) and it was great too!

Hua Nam

Sigh, I can't seem to get it right whenever I attempt to make half boiled eggs. And after tasting these here in Hua Nam, those in Klang Valley just doesn't do it for me anymore. Aih...when am I going to Ipoh next? :p


Kedai Makanan & Minuman Hua Nam (opp. Wah Pan)
Jalan Leong Sin Nam
(nearby Ming Court & Foh San Dim Sum)
Ipoh, Perak