Penang Rojak - Gurney Drive

Best in the world, LOL. There are quite a few rojak stalls there and they are all very very good. I really can't tell which one is better unless I order one each and taste them in one session! However, a Penang friend told me that the best is GP Soon. This one, however, only starts selling at like after 8pm! The other stalls start as early as 4 pm, till late night.

You can order it to go/ take-away /tapau too. They will pack the sauce and the crispy ingredients separately so the rojak won't get all soggy by the time you get home. I think it is okay for a two to three hour's of travel/journey. Even KL too, I think, but I have never tried that.







From other visit, probably different stall. Can't remember:




Tan Swee Hoe rojak, stall #52


GP Soon, stall #39. Opens only at night, about 8pm onwards.

I was told that this is the best. I tried it again just the other day. It was nice but wasn't really to my liking.

Stall #77


Ah Chye Rojak, stall #56 (directly opposite stall #77)


Rasa Sayang Best Rojak, stall #67


It's just a really short walk from Gurney Plaza!

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Ipoh chicken Hor Fun - Loke Wooi Kee

Whenever I travel up north, I always stop over in Ipoh for a short break to either have a light snack, or just to stretch my legs, and also to buy a couple of the ayam garam (salt-baked chicken) from Aun Kheng Lim.

Some of my favorite places are all within a stone's throw from one another so I just park at one spot and walk! You can find the other three spots - Pak Kong chicken rice, Ayam Garam Aun Kheng Lim and Funny Mountain  all in one map here.

Lok Wee Koi coffee shop is also only a few steps from Aun Kheng Lim, opposite Kamdar.

I have tried the rojak in this coffee shop and it was okay but I still prefer the ones in Gurney Drive, Penang best!

Ipoh chicken hor fun / kai si hor fun. The hor fun was really smooth and the broth nice and sweet and strong prawn flavor!







It says "乐会居" on this dark dark signage:D. It's a corner unit facing Kamdar and i think there is a bigger banner on the side side. However, it was raining and I couldn't go outside to take that pic to show you so maybe next time!


Edit: separate visit

Hor Hee. Nothing special. Just hor fun with fish cakes, fish ball. Yawn. I much prefer chicken hor fun!


乐会居茶室 Kedai Makanan Loke Wooi Kee
26-28, Jalan Mustafa Al-Bakri, 
30000, Ipoh, Perak.
0700-1700

GPS: 4.595325,101.083735


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Tau Fu Fa - Funny Mountain

Whenever I travel up north, I always stop by Ipoh for a quick snack, and a bowl of tau fu fa, if there's still room in my stomach :D

Ultra smooth tau fu fa from Funny Mountain.


Although it's only RM0.90, the portion was really small. I could swallow this in two gulps :P. I wanted brown sugar syrup but they only had the regular syrup :(.






The business is always very good.

There is a short bench if you want to be seated, but no tables. You either sit on the bench and eat your tau fu fa or stand and eat :D



Just 20 or 30 meters away, there is another shop, Lai Kee, which I have tried. The tau fu far was very nice too and you get a choice of the plain syrup, brown sugar syrup and palm sugar syrup. You can sit down and enjoy your tau fu far properly. Lai Kee also advertises on its banner that says no calcium sulfate (Gypsum,石膏) used in the making of its tau fu fah.

I checked everywhere at Funny Mountain but didn't see similar announcement.

GPS Coordinate: 4.594924,101.084358

A - Funny Mountain, B - Lai Kee

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Loh Mee - Green House Burma Road

I heard people raving about the loh mee in this place so naturally, I had to go try it myself. 

Loh Mee with extra egg and chicken feet

Pitch black sauce, didn't look very appetizing but I wouldn't mind if it was tasty. Unfortunately, it wasn't very good at all. I really couldn't find anything special. The chicken feet wasn't properly stewed and was still slightly tough.

I much prefer the one in Sunshine cafe in Tanjong Tokong, or the one I have tried in Pulau Tikus just opposite the wet market.

Didn't see the garlic sauce either. Did they already mix it in?

 Overall, the loh mee was just boring for me and not up to Penang's standard. I think people go there because they couldn't find other good ones at night.

After my loh mee, I ordered a bowl of prawn mee

No kangkong, no slices of pork?

It wasn't really to my liking either. I can find better ones easily in Penang. In fact the one in Jln Ipoh, KL is better i think.


Overall, both the loh mee and prawn mee are way over-rated!






Old Green House Restaurant (老青屋)
223 Burma Road
GPS Coordinates: 5.423869,100.321242
Business hours: 8pm to 4am (Closed on Sundays)


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Original Chai Kueh - Jawi

As promised, I finally went and tried the original chai kueh at the very first chai kuah restoran in Jawi/Sungai Bakap.

There are three good ones in Sungai Bakap/Jawi:

#1 - the original one (this one), opposite a roast duck/pork shop, near Jln Badak Mati/Jln Besar intersection. Also quite near the police station.

#2 - the newer one (relatively speaking), same row as Ambank

#3 - another newer one (this one), somewhat opposite #2 and next to a roast duck/pork shop.
 
Look wise, all three are almost the same, and all served fresh out of steamer! The dumpling skin in the first, original outlet was not as translucent though.

The skin was also noticeably not as soft as the other two. The skin of the other two outlets broke easily as soon as you pressed on it with chopstick, and of course as soon as you sank your teeth onto it.  However, the skin in this original outlet was, while still soft, just took a little more force to sink into.

I liked the chive filling in this outlet best though as it was full of wok hei! Nice.


Restoran Soon Lee


GPS coordinate:


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The original roast duck is just opposite this original chai kueh shop.