Yoke Fook Moon Restaurant 玉福满点心 , Ipoh

If you are the type who judge the book by the cover then you would definitely give this restaurant a miss…and in doing so will miss out on what I call the best dim sum in Ipoh.

The front façade is simple and certainly pales in comparison to the other dim sum restaurants located in the vicinity. But trust me, the dim sum here is simply marvelous.

The staff are efficient and friendly. Unlike most dim sum outlets where food is brought around on a push cart, at Yoke Fook Moon the staff carry them in trays from table to table.

Fish balls

Chee cheong fun

钟无艳

Address:  No 67-69 Jalan Leong Sin Nam

30300 Ipoh

Tel : +605 - 241 6589

Opening hours: 6-10am, 6.30-11pm

Mastercard & Visa accepted for transactions above RM70

Makan Trip to Ipoh -Nam Fatt Fish Ball

It’s time for breakfast and after last night’s awesome meal at Tuck Kee I certainly hope we will find more delightful food here in Ipoh.

We head to an area near Econsave and arrive at Nam Fatt Fish Ball. I was told that Nam Fatt has been around for over quarter of a century. From its humble beginnings of merely being a fish ball stall, it is today an air-conditioned shop.

 

' A' for cleanliness

Bearing such a name they do of course sell fish balls …but not only that! They’ve got lots of unique food here.

Only cash is accepted

But first, let’s talk about the drinks. Iced milo for RM2.50 –slightly diluted by my standards. Soya bean (RM1.80) truly a must-have drink here…very tasty!

Iced tea (RM2) – not bad!

Now before we zoom into food, lets have a look at this photo –OMG! An entire mug of chilli paste. Now that I’ve been there I know why they put some a huge mug on each table. The chilli paste is truly out of this world…thinking of it now makes my mouth salivate.

There were a great array of yong taufu and we were spoilt for choice. So this are what we settled for:-

Siew pak choy with fish paste (RM5) – really never seen this beforeanywhere!

Fish paste with taugeh ( one of their signature dishes) - RM8.50.

Almost every table ordered a plate of this –and so we tried it too – prawn rolls (RM6.80)

The best dish of the meal had to be this – beef soup RM8 per bowl. It was highly pleasing to the senses in terms of smell and taste – not a drop was left at the end of our meal.

These are the various noodles we had –wan tan mee (RM1.80 ), hor fun, and mixed noodles (RM1.70).

Address : 86 Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun (Jalan Kampar)

30250 Ipoh

Tel : +605 253 6454 

Opens from 8am to 10.30pm

Makan Trip To Ipoh - Tuck Kee Restaurant, Ipoh

Tuck Kee Restaurant, Ipoh

Before going to Ipoh I asked some Ipoh friends to recommend a good restaurant for makan & many said Tuck Kee in Pasir Pinji – for the food quality & reasonable pricing. We were warned that a reservation is required so as not to be turned away. Our reservation for 10 pax was made 1 week in advance of our makan trip, and even then we were told that all tables downstairs were not available. Frankly when I called up I was impressed by the speed at which the phone was answered – within just 2 rings!

We arrived at 7pm and true enough, there was not a single empty table downstairs. A lady stood at the door and asked for our names. She then told us our table number and told us to go upstairs. As we walked up I notice there was an ‘arch’ to welcome us.

We were seated and our order taken within seconds..very efficient! We ordered one of their must-have dishes which was the sefood pot (RM78). It had fish maw, sea cucumber, mushrooms and pacific clams in it…very delicious indeed!

We also ordered tofu with meat (RM26). The tofu was cooked just right and it managed to absorb the taste from the meat and gravy.

This is broccoli with prawns and carrot (RM30). The prawns were huge and very fresh, I really loved this dish.

The next dish was totally new to me – pork ribs with nga ku (RM16). I expected this dish to taste weird, but in fact it turned out to be very exceptional. I won’t describe the taste here but I’ll say that if I ever come across this dish on a menu anywhere I will order it without any hesitation.

This is the asam garoupa fish (RM33). Its pleasantly unique taste was really appetising that we ate up the entire fish , yes, even the head was all eaten up.

This is de-boned, steamed kampong chicken (RM23). The chicken was very tasty and we really enjoyed it.

Overall I must say that what the Ipoh folks say about Tuck Kee is true –thumbs up for food quality & reasonable pricing, and may I add another thumbs up for fast and efficient service.

Address: 1 & 3 Jalan King

Pasir Pinji

31650 Ipoh, Perak

Tel : +605 254 1906, +605 241 9071

Opens daily for lunch & dinner

Mastercard & Visa accepted

Makan Trip to Ipoh - Restoran San Kee, Ipoh

It was close to 3pm and we were starving after our boat ride at Tasik Lang, near Perak Tong.

Tasik Lang

Tortoise swimming in the lake

Aerial view of the playground

You will see ostrich here too!

You will see deer as well!

As we drove along Jalan Kuala Kangsar we tried our luck at a few restaurants but most were closed at 2.30pm.

We finally arrived at San Kee. I enquired whether they were still taking orders for lunch and the boss said yes. Phew! What a relief.

After we were all settled in our seats the boss said ‘If you take the set lunch it will be very much faster’. All of us nodded as we were really hungry. We settled for the RM150 set which consisted of a few dishes and duck. We told the boss that we did not want duck and so he offered to replace it with tofu.

We also said we did not want kangkung and he said he would replace it with choy sum….and so began our wait for our food to arrive.

 Food arrived 5 minutes later and the first dish brought to us was this….Hold on, wait a minute…the set wasn’t supposed to have this dish. Despite our hunger we summoned the boss and this was what he said ‘No more choy sum, so we cooked this for you ‘. ‘What!’ that was what I said in my mind..but then since all of us were so hungry we didn’t want to argue.

White radish soup – quite tasty

 Well, a trip to Ipoh isn’t complete without this…and since it was part of the set..here it is –Ipoh bean sprouts with chicken.

This is what we got in exchange for duck – Japanese tofu with mushroom slices and baby corn.

Sweet and sour fish – I’ll give it 8/10 for looks and presentation but I won’t give such a high rating for taste.

 This is salted fish with pork (ham yee fa lam) –not bad!

Fried eggs a.k.a foo yong tan.

We were then served watermelon for dessert.

RM150 was all we paid for these plus Chinese tea and rice.

Address : 416-148 Jalan Kuala Kangsar

Taman Permai

30010 Ipoh

Tel : +605 291 4495, +605 291 8741, +6016 506 2122 (Ah Wong)

Only cash is accepted