Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

Foodie Review

Artisan Roast Coffee

Cuisines Western Cafe
Business Hour Open daily 8am-12am

All in all, Artisan Roast could be a heaven-sent option on my caffeine-deprived days, or just when I needed a shot the most. And the temptation factor grows a notch no thanks to the close proximity of my current office and this cafe.

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VCR

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Cuisines Cafe Western
Business Hour Daily from 8.30am – 11.00pm

In the case of VCR, it could have been a (lethal) combination of all. It’s either the coffee, the ambience or the company.

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Tray Cafe

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Cuisines Western Cafe Cake Coffee
Business Hour 10am-5pm daily, except Tuesdays

Service was so-so, surprisingly. Nevertheless, this will be a cafe that I won’t mind returning to again; for the imaginative salads and quiches, and of course… the cakes and cookies.

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Soong Kee Beef Noodles

Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Opens from 11am – 12am Closed on Sundays

The beef ball noodles and pork porridge hungry crowd spilled to the streets. Literally

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Gerai Lontong & Nasi Lemak Mak Yah

Cuisines Malay
Business Hour Opens from 7am – 10am daily, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The “Lontong” here was definitely one of the best that I have tasted.

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Gerai Makanan Lum Kee

Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Mon-Fri – 10am – 3.30pm, Sat – 10am – 4.30pm

Apparently, the Lontong stall in the Malay food section is very popular. The crowd literally had to line up, place their orders, pay and leave with their plateful of goodness.

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Mei Keng Coffee Shop

Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Opens for breakfast until lunch only

The noodles is tossed in a mix of soy sauce and dark soy sauce, with addition of crunchy lard fritters and fried shallots for that extra ‘umami’ flavour. The portion is above average as well, hence you will definitely get your money’s worth here.

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Missing Marbles

Top 500 Restaurants in Perak
Cuisines Local Chinese
Business Hour Open 10am – 7:30pm Closed on Tuesdays

Kinda interested to sample the Slow Braised Lamb Belly and their improved version of Chicken Rice, so I shall leave them for the next trip back.

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Lucky Restaurant

Top 500 Restaurants in Perak
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour 7.30 am – 3.30 pm Closed on Wednesdays.

Also highly recommended is their Steamed fish fillet (usually threadfin salmon, grouper, or you can go all out and order the “loong dan” or estuary grouper) with homemade noodles, scallions and ginger. Or try their Fish Noodle Soup; made out of real fish hence lending an inherent sweetness to the pot of soup; complete with a QQ texture (al dente) that spoke volume of its freshness.

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Thumb’s Cafe

Cuisines Western
Business Hour Opens from 7am onwards for breakfast, and dinner menu is served from 5pm – 1am. Closed on Mondays.

The exterior facade of Thumb’s Cafe may not appear to be extremely alluring aesthetically, but exuding a traditional ‘kampung’ style of aura that beckons you over.

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Espressolab Ipoh Garden

Cuisines Western
Business Hour 10am – 7pm Sundays – Thursdays, 10am – 10pm on Fridays & Saturdays.

The latte, cappucino and mocha we sampled were all excellent testimonials of their fame.

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Restoran Ming Kee

Cuisines Chinese

The weak link here somehow was the char siew/barbecued pork slices seated atop the noodles.

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Ray Of Hope Cafe

Top 500 Restaurants in Perak
Cuisines Western
Business Hour 9am to 5pm. Weekdays only.

Ray of Hope Cafe @ Bercham; when doing charity can be delicious.

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Wah Chai Seafood

Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Lunch from 11.30am – 2.30pm and Dinner (from about 6pm onwards)

The meal came to RM87.60/USD29 for the 3 of us. Not exactly dirt cheap nor a princely sum, I would say this is reasonable given the portion and quality of the ingredients used. If you haven’t explored on eating in Menglembu, then the time is nigh to start NOW.

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Obanhmi

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Cuisines Vietnamese
Business Hour Tue-Fri – 8.00am – 8.30pm, Sat-Sun – 10am – 9pm Closed Mondays

All in all, though that Hanoi breakfast experience is still unmatched to this day, I am sure O Banh Mi will still continue to drive the passion and love for all things Vietnamese that goes beyond the Pho.

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