Famous coconut bun in Ipoh

There’s this famous coconut bun shop in Ipoh that is sold from a house shop.

I love their coconut buns. The bread itself is fluffy and holds it’s shape, while the coconut filling itself is fragrant and not too sweet.

Later that night, we went out for dinner again.

Cousin was craving for char siew so she got a small platter which I also stole from cuz I've been missing them too.

Fruit rojak~ doesn't look good but tastes good.

sotong~

And lastly, my favourite. Vege popiah.....this is seriously the best I've ever had. I always come for some when I'm back in Ipoh!!

Assam House

In the morning, we went to a local kopitiam for breakfast and surprisingly, they serve some dim sum items too like this flaky looking char stew sou and fried prawn fritter. Both were absolutely delicious.

I had the prawn mee as my main dish and it was delicious. It’s been too long since I had one!

We then walked past a shop that sells random chinese herbs and I spotted these interesting goods in there.

It was my first time seeing all these.

Later in the afternoon, we went to Assam House for dinner.

Google map: 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Assam+House+Restaurant/@4.5743122,101.110645,15z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sassam+house+ipoh!3m4!1s0x31caec6006a13edd:0x4aa82578193b19aa!8m2!3d4.5743122!4d101.110645

Menu: 

http://assamhouse.com.my/menus/

As it was near CNY, I specifically requested for this!!! It's been 3 years since I had lou sang.

Food here is always good~!

These are Malaysian dishes and carries some kick to them due to the spices used.

Paku here is one of ym fav. I never really liked it as a child but I've grown to love it! 

Pandan chicken was huge! A lot bigger than most restaurants. Piping hot and super yummy~

We always end a meal with a nice bowl of cendol there. The cendol is handmade and is topped with delicious gula melaka.

Fei Bo, Ipoh

Earlier in the day, I went for breakfast with Daddy and we had curry mee!

At noon, we went for our must have in Ipoh, which is cendol~! Missed this so much,

A relative of ours found this old picture of my grandparents and their children. It's the first time I'm seeing the younger version of my uncles and aunties. And my grandparents looked so different from how I remembered them to be.

For dinner, we went to Fei Bo, which is place that serves lots of great dishes to go with beer. Not that I drink any, but the food is great!

I haven't had stir fried glass noodles in 3 years I think. Missed it so much.

And veges that I've been taking for granted while I'm in Malaysia.

Calamari~

I honestly didn't know that fish skins are available in restaurants. I thought they were just sold as snacks.

And lastly, a family pic~! <3

Fei Bo Snow Beer, Ipoh Garden East

Visited Ipoh this CNY and we went for supper together with some of the extended family at Fei Bo Snow Beer at Ipoh Garden East.

They're famous for snow beer and it was the first time I tried one. Definitely new and interesting for me. They pour the beer into an ice cold beer glass and this is what you get~

We also ordered a few dishes to go along with the beers....

So happy when this dish arrived! Didn't really had the opportunity to have much veges during CNY.

Fried noodles which were spicy despite its looks but delicious.

My favourite dish of the night- fried squid~!!! Super good!

Salted egg bitter gourd! 

Yup.....you read that right! A first for me and while I hate bitter gourd, I actually enjoyed this.

Squid anyone? lol....the squid which arrived last minute and I guess every one already took a piece before cousin for the chance to grab a picture. 

The food there is pretty good. 

Hence, even if you are not a fan of beers, you can go there for their food.

2 things that I will miss from Ipoh

Nothing grand and expensive, just 2 local, simple and delicious food.

1. Turnips rolled chee cheong fun with curry sauce from the local Simee market.

2. Egg custard from Thean Chun

This second one, I'm pretty sure I can get something similar easily in a convenient store, but I will definitely miss this one here.

Zakka Loft, Ipoh

Visited Zakka Loft in Ipoh for the first time and it was a good experience.

I absolutely enjoyed my earl grey ice cream~

We were there for some board games.

Iced tea

Their cute way of serving iced coffee~

I highly recommend this cafe if you are looking for a place to chill, read a book, chit-chat with your friends or just work on your laptop~!!!

3 days trip to Ipoh

Last Friday night, after having mass chat with MeiLin, Lina, Moon & Chong, finally went to bed at 3.15am......and I woke up at 5.45am!!! Left home at 6.30 to head for Ipoh! It was the 1st time I drove to Ipoh summore! I was dead tired! My throat hadn't been feeling well but I still sang through out the ride. My throat felt worse once I arrived at Ipoh!

Ok....this post of mine is going to be like ChangMin's Diary entries! Mianhe JJ! For breakfast, I ate delicious popia!!! I tell you, it's really delicious, I eat it every time I'm in Ipoh. If you follow me back to Ipoh, I'll bring you to this particular stall too! Even the lady remembers me liao! This is the hand rolled popia, not the fried one!, topped with small, fired prawns! Yummie~~

Next, I went to this saloon and got myself a haircut + digital perm. Saturday is a bad day to do your hair....there's sooo many ppl in the saloon! My hair was cut by the lady boss....whom I feel that her skills are not that great! I told her to cut my fringe short and make it a straight cut.....and it looks sooo ugly now! I look like a dumb primary kid! Even my god-mum said my previous fringe styles looked better....and guess what! Previous ones were all cut by me!! I should go and take over her saloon man!

The digital perm? All I can say is, I'm never doing another perm ever again(for now). All the brain cells those chemicals killed!!! Plus the fact that the chemicals smelled horrible too....I think they are carcinogenic....hope not! And the heat!!! Before deciding on the perm, I looked through a thick japanese hairstyle book and spotted a picture of the model which I previously posted up in my blog, but decided not to copy her hair.

The hairstylist chopped of more than hair of my hair...the cut hair on the floor looked more than enough to be weaved into a new wig. My hair length is now 1 head shorter...haahaa, and it's been layered very thinly but I still have a big head! Thanks to my perm! I think I looked much more mature with the perm...which is what I don't like! Just hours after the perm and I'm already missing my old hair.

Yea, back to food. For lunch, I had this delicious vinegar pork cooked by mum's friend who's really good in cooking. I passed by the "Wong Fei Hung" too, this indian man who sells delicious kacang putih but I didn't buy any because my mum woulnd't let me! Instead, I got very very delicious cendol!!! Another food that I must have, when I go down to Ipoh! It's soooo delicious, I got myself 2 bowls! You just cannot get such delicious cendol in KL! And for dinner, I had yummy claypot chicken rice! Muahaahah!!!! and for dessert! Roti-boy! haahaa....

Is it just me or do I feel that my big head is catching a lot of unwanted attention? I don't like it when people are staring at me. Is there something on my face? Do I look funny? I don't know if ppl are staring because they think the hair looks nice, or funny because I didn't comb my hair the next morning. haaha.....sexy morning waves ma! I was really happy when I was shopping and then this sales girl came to ask my about my perm! wakakaka........*laughs like a witch*
Here's how the hair looked like the next morning and after having tied it in a bun for a few times.....not tat messy and funny right? I didn't touch or apply anything to it....too lazy! It's at a worst state now....haaha

Yea, I even went to the morning market just for food! Had nice fried char kuey...those with sesame seeds, dipped into my dad's white coffee! haaha.....and nice wantons! For lunch, tradition hakka food called "lui cha" which is rice topped with different vegetables, served with a bowl of green vegetable soup. Heard of it? It tastes really good if you know which stall to look for. The first time I tried it was at a friend's home and it was soooo bitter that I nearly cried trying to swallow everything! Ya....but this one is really really really good! Plus it's healthy food! and for my side dish-popia(again!) and gyouza-chinese style. Muahaha...for dessert, drove back to the same cendol stall again! My dad and I really love the cendol!! The good thing about Ipoh is that there's no jam and you can literally just drive from one place to another for good food!

Ate really lots of food in Ipoh including a bunch of other things I'm not supposed to eat! but yea....cannot help myself! So I lost my voice again!!!! Lucky Pancy didn't come, cause I asked her if she wanted to come. If she did, she's going to wonder why every time she come to KL, I'll lose my voice! The last time she was hear, I really lost my voice!