If you’re in the Taman Hoover area in Ipoh and looking to get some egg tarts to go; check out Foon Egg Tarts.
Foon Egg Tarts is just a few doors up from Pusat Kuih & Kek Khoo Eng Chee and one block up from TUCK KEE RESTAURANT SDN BHD. Or it is at the road behind Restoran Choong Kee “Pokok Besar”.
How to get there
Address: 24, Jalan Tokong, Taman Hoover, 31650 Ipoh, Perak
Operating hours:
Monday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Getting around Ipoh is fairly simple; either you take a taxi, Grab, drive, or walk.
We continued our journey for the day. After buying some kuih-muih at Pusat Kuih and Kek Khoo Eng Chee, we walked up to Foon Egg Tarts.
If you’re in the Taman Hoover area in Ipoh and looking to get some kuihs, local snacks, and biscuits to go; check out Pusat Kuih & Kek Khoo Eng Chee. In English, it’s known as Central Bakery & Cake Khoo Eng Chee.
Khoo Eng Chee is just a few doors up from TUCK KEE RESTAURANT SDN BHD or the road behind Restoran Choong Kee “Pokok Besar”.
How to get there
Address: 38, Jalan Tokong, Taman Hoover, 31650 Ipoh, Perak
Operating hours:
Monday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
Getting around Ipoh is fairly simple; either you take a taxi, Grab, drive, or walk.
We continued our journey for the day. After breakfast at Restoran Number One Mei Sik Wan, we walked down to Khoo Eng Chee.
Pusat Kuih & Kek Khoo Eng Chee
The kuihs were freshly made on the spot. There’s Angku Pau, Fatt Gou’ (发糕), Nyonya Kuih, Kuih Koci, Pulut Udang, etc.
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Check out 7 places we visited in 1 day and another 10 places we visited in 1 day too. Watch YouTube videos below.
Just 4 km or 9 minutes drive from Taman Jubilee to Buntong is the birthplace of Kampung Kacang Puteh in Ipoh.
Kampung Kacang Puteh (also known as Kampung Kacang Putih) is famed for its traditional Indian snacks: nuts, murukku, tapioca chips, other types of cookies, etc. The Indian snacks here are directly from the manufacturers. Hence, the snacks are fresher, more traditional, and supposedly the cheapest in Malaysia. Furthermore, the business owners in Kacang Puteh are directly involved in the production to maintain quality and traditional values.
How to get there
Address: Laluan Sungai Pari, 2, Laluan Sungai Pari 19, Buntong, 30100 Ipoh, Perak
Getting to Kampung Kacang Puteh is fairly simple, either you take a taxi or Grab.
Since we hired a van, it was a smooth ride to the kampung from Restoran Thean Chun near the Concubine Lane. Scroll below to watch a YouTube Short of how we spent our day in Ipoh – visiting 10 places in the process.
Kampung Kacang Puteh
The entrance to the kampung (village) is easily recognisable by the arch with the greetings TERIMA KASIH KAMPUNG KACANG PUTEH.
We stopped at the first cross junction where 3 popular kacang puteh shops are located. There’s CTS Kacang Puteh Sdn Bhd which is easily recognisable by it’s green exterior. Then there’s D.N.S FOOD which is directly opposite CTS. Then, Enak & Rangup is directly opposite D.N.S.
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During our 3D2N trip in Ipoh, Kampung Kacang Puteh one of the 10 places we visited in 1 day. Watch YouTube Short below.
Welcome to Ipoh’s famous peanut candy shop. Along Jalan Yau Tet Shin in Taman Jubilee, you can find the main shop for the famous “Sin Weng Fai” peanut candy.
How to get there
Address: 69 & 69A, Jalan Yau Tet Shin, Taman Jubilee, 30300 Ipoh, Perak
Getting around Ipoh is fairly simple; either you take the bus, take a taxi, Grab, or walk.
If you’re driving along the main road, Jalan Raja Ekram or Jalan Yau Tet Shin itself, you’ll easily spot the corner maroon shop.
After our lunch at Restoran Tauge Ayam Lou Wong, we walked down to the other end of the road.
Kedai Biskut Dan Kek Sin Weng Fai Peanut Candy Shop
The shop consists of 2 shop lots split into 2 sections.
The outer section, located at the corner lot, is where the peanut candy is freshly packed in front of customers before payment. People would queue and the line can stretch all the way to the back of the block. The queue can be as long as 30 to 40 minutes.
When it’s your turn to pay and collect the peanut candy, each customer is limited to a few number of packs.
Then, the inner section is where they also sell other pastries such as kaya puffs, their signature wedding cakes, heong peah, chips, cookies, etc.
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During our 3D2N trip in Ipoh, the Sin Weng Fai Peanut Candy Shop was one of the 7 places we visited in 1 day. Watch YouTube video below.
We’re barely a month into 2017 and its already another new year – Chinese New Year (CNY) – life’s second chance. Therefore, I’ve decided that my 2017 starts again on February 1st… January was a trial month. With that being said, 2016 was the Year of Monkey and it’s no more monkey business; time for the real deal.
Being born and raised in Kuala Lumpur (KL) has been quite a privilege. This is because during CNY, I don’t have to be part of the massive crawl back to the hometown – wherever and however far it may be. The roads and highways in KL itself becomes devoid of cars, especially at peak hours. Its a breeze zooming from one end of town to the other. But of course, drive within the speed limits, because the car workshops are closed and the doctors are on leave for holiday.
The town has become a ghost town. Restaurants, shops, and offices have closed for the new year. Even shopping malls have become deserted. Shopping outlets – telecommunication stores, clothing departments, and cafes – have also closed for the new year. The only thing left open are the mamaks restaurants. No dim sum, wantan mee, and teh kecil in the morning but more roti canai, nasi lemak, and mee goreng for the next few days. Huat Ah!!
On the eve of CNY, we gathered together for a reunion dinner at my grandmother’s house (my mother’s mother). We ate poon choi (👈🏻 click the link for more info), which cost a whopping RM500++ per pot, and we ordered 2 pots of poon choi! 😱 So you do the maths.
From Chor Yat (translated as the 1st day of CNY), its the start of the endless reunions, house visitations, greetings, snacking, drinking, loh sangs, and reunion dinners for the next two weeks. I think during CNY, I’ve drank and eaten more sugar and snacks than in my birthday, Christmas, and other auspicious events combined in a year.
Its a joy to visit the family, cousins, long lost relatives and friends at a reunion or a house visitation. After all the CNY greetings and well-wishes; the yearly, awkward, and unavoidable questions pop out:
What are you studying?
Where are you working? What are you working as?
Where is your boyfriend or girlfriend?
When are you getting married?
Because the aunties and uncles want to reduce their annual CNY ang pow output.
When are you getting a baby?
When is your baby getting married? 😱 (Ok, maybe a bit too much…)
QuestionS time is over and when ALL the questions have been answered, time for snacks and drinks to quench the thirst.
*Stares at all the CNY cookies*
Me: “WHOSE YOUR DADDY? COME TO PAPA”
*Munches on all the snacks and forgets about lunch*
After all the makan-makan, we move to the next house and to the next for visitations. The houses may be next door, down the road, or across town, but its worth the journey. The ang pows collected from as little as RM2 to as much as RM100 or more individually, are worth the journey 🤑 . Sometimes secretly eyeing the aunties who give RM2 ang pows in the Year of Monkey, or Year of Goat ang pow packets, when its 2017 and Year of Rooster.😑 😑 #doublekill
Nevertheless, its the festive season. Its the season to celebrate, fei-lo-ship, and be prosperous. Eat, drink, snack, and loh to your heart’s (and stomach’s) content. Happy Chinese New Year. GONG XI FA CAI!!!!
I’ve decided that my 2017 starts again on February 1st… January was a trial month.
