...best taken scalded and spiked with Chinese sauces and complimented with kway teow,
pek cham keh (boiled chicken).
This is in Ipoh at the popular
Lou Wong Tauge Ayam Kuetiau Restaurant. We arrived at almost 9 p.m., quite famished. But looking at the number of tables surrounding the shop and also the crowd, it was easy to tell that this place is really popular. Thanks to the GPS we found this place.. though we did get
sesat a bit cos we didn't turn when the sultry voice told us to. Not obedient enough apparently. Anyway, the GPS brought us back on the right path after some sightseeing turns.
There was a night market beside the
makan place also and shops selling the famous Ipoh pomelos were also still opened. Come to think of it, this seems to be one of the more lively spots that we came across at night. Ipoh seems quite dead at night.
Okay.. the food. We took the kway teow soup, instead of the dry one. I noticed some people ordered plain rice to go with the side orders. It was okay. Soup was a bit sweet. I thought there'd be a lot
ajinomoto. Okay-lah. I wasn't that thirsty after the meal.
The
taugeh (bean sprout)
... people rave about Ipoh
taugeh. I was even told that they don't serve it with their roots. Actually they do.. just a tiny bit of it.
Taugehs are nutritious... in some places they feed the cows with
taugeh to fatten them. This one is okay-lah. Nothing really spectacular but it's nice enough.
The fish ball and meat (beef) ball soup. The meatball is really nice, springy. Much nicer than the fish ball which had a fishy after taste. The soup was really sweet...
maklumlah, same base as the kuay teow soup.
The pek cham keh or boiled chicken. The sesame seed oil wasn't too overpowering. And the texture of the meat was just nice. For all the above, the price was RM20.60, and another RM3.60 for 3 glasses of herbal tea. Food in Ipoh is rather reasonable I think.
We stayed a night not too far away from Lou Wong. It was quite interesting... the hair saloon remained 'opened' (with the doors closed) even at 10 p.m. The patrons were Ah Guas.....
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Damn....now i really want to go back to Msia for a visit.
Then come back... good food awaits. 8)
I don't think you can find fat tauge like the Ipoh tauge elsewhere. I love the tauge there and also the kuawteow. It's different.
Next round you want to go to Ipoh, check out with this Ipoh lass mah! Lou Wong attracts all the tourists & outstation customers... Me? It's always Cowan Street ah choi kai - slightly pricier but a class on its own... Yup, THAT good :D
Sure will check with you... I've already taken note of the Cowan Street joint.
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