Ipoh Hor Fun - Damansara Perdana

This place was where I first tried the Ipoh hor fun and I used to enjoy eating there. But I guess I have changed or improved? :D

I rarely order the dry type but since I was in the mood for something different, I went for this instead. I didn't like it though. I think I will go back to the clear soup hor fun. The hor fun wasn't very smooth and all stuck together. Maybe I took too long to take photos?


The chicken was really really fat. While it was tender, for something this fat, I expect it to be really really tender! I hated the oyster sauce. Felt like there was tons of MSG in it. Sure enough, as soon as I finished eating, the MSG-induced thirst started kicking in!

By now, I think I have a clear preference of the type of  poached chicken I like. That would be the type in 15 Tower, Ipoh - not the most tender, but it has nice texture and flavour to it.

Look at how much fat I trimmed out! Yuck!


The bean sprouts were way too soggy and not very crunchy! Really sub par!


I ordered shrimp wanton as well. Only about half of the wantons were crunchy while the rest were not. Didn't taste very fresh!


The four items above, together with a glass of hot Chinese tea, cost me RM12!!!

I personally think taste and price wise, this outlet is far behind the one in TTDI.


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GPS Coordinate: 3.166534,101.607115


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Fifteen Tower Tauge Chicken - Ipoh

I was in Ipoh one evening and thought of going for taugeh chicken at Cowan Street. I got there are around 6:30pm but there was totally no sign that it was going to open. Then I thought about Fifteen Tower. Even though I had never been there, finding the place was quite easy as I had the location under my Garmin's POIs.


Firm yet tender poached chicken at Fifteen Tower Tauge Chicken, Ipoh


Silky smooth flat noodle (hor fun). The soup was a little too sweet though but still not too bad. Some MSG in it from what I can tell during and after eating.


Plump, juicy, crunchy nga choy/ bean sprout that I can't seem to get elsewhere but only in Ipoh!


Price: RM8 only for what you see here. Drink not included.

Start selling from 7pm onwards


Look for this small hawker center just by the road side.


GPS Coordinate: 4.59573, 101.07011

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Ipoh Hor Fun - TTDI

I have tried the real Ipoh Hor Fun in Ipoh itself and loved it. However, I only know of two Ipoh Hor Fun places in KL. Chong Thoong Kee in TTDI is one of them. The other one is TK Chong in Damansara Perdana.

The hor fun was quite smooth with lovely prawn oil flavour which I have gotten used to and like. I actually found it a bit weird at first:D.


The chicken was just okay for me. Not exactly tender and smooth.


Prawn wonton. Tasted quite good, nice and crunchy with hint of sesame oil aroma.




Bean sprout. Not as good as Ipoh's but still nice and crunchy.


Only 12.05 pm but the place was already quite packed.


Menu with prices (Oct 10, 2012)


The bill came to RM9.50. But if I were to follow the prices on the menu, it should have been 7.80 (hor fun with wonton) + 1.00 (bean sprout) + 0.50 (hot tea) = RM9.30. Hmmmm....



Restaurant Chong Thoong Kee
Jalan Wan Kadir 1
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
Kuala Lumpur


GPS Coordinate: 3.139046,101.629659

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It's somewhat hidden in between TTDI wet market and VADS building. The shop is facing the open car park of the wet market.


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Ipoh Pak Kong Chicken Rice

Ipoh is my favorite place for stopping over whenever I travel in between KL and Penang. I love the Nga Choi Gai there because the bean sprouts in Ipoh are plump and crunchy. Yum yum. You just can't get the same bean sprouts elsewhere.

I actually prefer to go to Cowan Street Taugeh Chicken but it opens only from 7pm onwards. I don't like touristy places like Lou Wong and On Kee so Pak Kong is a good alternative for me.

Salted vegetable soup (haam choy tong) will be served once you have placed your order. It's simple but nice.


Free flow of home made ginger sauce and chilli sauce, go really well with the poached chicken. Yum. Oh i mixed the two sauces.


I ordered acar, bean sprout and poached chicken for one.

The acar was quite nice, not great, but good.


The bean sprout wasn't good though. Overcooked but that's to be expected because this was cooked in advance. I prefer the more popular serving method in Ipoh where they blanch the bean sprouts and add seasoning and sauces just before serving!


The poached chicken was, however, not bad.




Address:

27, Jalan Theater
Ipoh
Tel No: 05-2545250

Business Hour:
Person In-charge: Mr. Tan
Business Hours: 10.30am -- 5.00pm (or until sold out..whichever earlier)

Google Map: A - Aun Kheng Lim, B - Pak Gong, C- Funny Mountain

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After my lunch in Pak Gong (Point B), I always walk across the road to buy two birds of Yim Guk Gai to go at Aun Kheng Lim (point A), then enjoy a bowl of tau fu far in Funny Mountain (Point C).

Aun Kheng Lim's gps coordinate: 4.594758,101.083617



Yummy and fragrant yim guk gai (salted baked chicken)


Tau Fu Far...this one was from Lai Kee though. Funny Mountain was closed on that day.

Chicken rice - Tim Kee Lama

Free range chicken but somehow not as lean as the one I get  here. But still very nice.


Oh you do get ginger sauce to go with your chicken too. Sweet!


Char Siew and Siew Yuk...so so only.


Nga choi (bean sprout), plump but not as plump and crunchy as those from Ipoh but still very very good!


From Bukit Mertajam..but i must admit I haven't heard of it before!




5, Jalan Equine 9, Taman Equine,
43300 Seri Kembangan.
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 03-8940 8633
Business Hours: 9am- 9pm
Off Day: Thursdays

GPS Coordinate: 2.9956,101.67239



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Cowan Street Taugeh Chicken, Ipoh

I think this is one of the best taugeh chicken shops in Ipoh. Way better that the touristy Lou Wong and Onn Kee.







The tauge was plumb and as crunchy, as always but the chicken wasn't as good though..maybe i should have avoided drumstick.

Total damage RM10.70




This place seems to open only at night from 7pm and onwards. Drove by at noon a couple of times and they were closed.

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GPS Coordinate: 4.597372,101.085869