"Ipoh Day Trip Part 2!"

After the very filling dim sum breakfast, PeiSee brough us to the historical centre of Ipoh, mainly the Railway station and Dewan Bandaraya, both with classical European architecture:

We saw an awful lot of Old Town White Coffee outlets in Ipoh and also the endless signboards promoting them...



But this shop, Nam Heong, is the original Old Town White Coffee! A very small shop, packed with people. PS said she felt that the coffee there was a bit erratic in taste, sometimes over-burnt. We didn't try it anyway, because....




... our main objective is just across the road: Sin Yoon Loong- the original original maker of white coffee! (The shop beside, Sun Yuan Foong, is the relative).



Ahhh.... all for this one cup of coffee... it tastes superb, totally different than the 3-in-1 stuff on the market. Satisfied... hahaha

Then, she brought us to this shop called Funny Mountain, which isn't really clear from the picture above, because it was taken in her car; it's like a drive-thru thing. The workers will go to each car and ask for your orders. Here, we tastes possibly the best taufufah ever!!! It's so soft and the texture is perfectly smooth... it was so good, we tah pau a few pack back to Penang....hehehe...

And for tea/lunch, she brought us to a Yong taufu shop near her house. Another wicked awesome meal... the YTF is so big and filled with fish paste... and of coz, it's served with noodles and the unforgettable Ipoh beansprouts; thick and crunchy!! haha

Going fast, but they refill it fast as well



Good, filling and cheap... what more can you ask for? :P

We skipped the other famous Ipoh dish, the Beansprout chicken, mainly because there's a lot of bad comments about it... she said there are some nice, non-commercialized ones, but only open at night. Ok, maybe next time!

"Ipoh Day Trip Part 1: Dim Sum at Foh San!"

Always wanted to go to Ipoh for food hunt and to visit my Padawan PeiSee since she left Modo few years ago. Yesterday, I finally fulfilled that promise! Woke up at 5.30AM and drove down... got lost in Ipoh city but thankfully PS asked her BF to rescue us while she booked a table at Ipoh's largest dim sum outlet, Foh San. I'm always wary of going to tourist traps, and Foh San plainly screams "tourists here!" So lets see what's our verdict:

Massive castle


Spread of food. There were just 4 of us (and her BF had to leave halfway through), so we couldn't take too many dishes:


Siu mai... this is decent, but a bit hard


Har kaw... wow....just awesome! The skin wrapping is too thick and best of all, the filling is flavourful! Even Wife who seldom eats these complimented on it.


Fluffy char siew pau... The meat is not too fat and the sauce is not too sweet... brilliant!


Fried wan tan and fishballs... all superb!!


Chee cheong fun... nice... they are certainly generous with the fillings!


Yong tau fu.... beats the hell out of all the other YTF we've eaten... wonderful!


Batik ladies...


Even though the place is huge, it's still packed to the brim!


The egg tarts look nice...


..just like these pink cakes. Too bad no space left in the stomach! :P

The bill came up to about RM60, which is slightly expensive, but we were very satisfied customers indeed :D

"Captain America!"

Now this is a movie I'm eagerly awaiting: Captain America!


And the compulsory toy line from Hasbro... I was impressed with the quality of the sculpt and design, so I bought 4 figures from Uncle.



Captain America (Movie Series)


Red Skull (Movie Series)


Crossbones (Comic Series)


Winter Soldier (Comic Series)


Actually, I'm not a Captain America fan, so I have no idea who Winter Soldier and Crossbones are... but they look menacing enough! Lets hope the movie is nice :D

"Bumblebee in the house!"

Taken 2 weeks ago at QB Mall!



Haven't had the urge to watch the new TF3 just yet... maybe wait for the crowd to thin out... but I have a feeling it's gonna suck; they are milking the franchise dry! :P

"Choked in haze!"

For a few weeks now, the island has been enveloped by this thick haze... *cough cough*




I need my blue sky back..... :(

"A sign of times"

A year ago, we usually ordered 3 dishes for dinner and that would cost us below RM25 for 2 person.

A few months ago, we downgraded and ordered 2 dishes and 1 fried rice for dinner. That costs below RM20 for 2 person.

Just now we ordered only 1 dish and 1 fried rice for dinner. That costs RM13 for 2 person.

Haha... a sign of times indeed! :-S

"Iron Man: The rest"

Here are the other characters gathered along the way:


Fury of Combat value pack. This went on a super-clearance... only RM29.90 (original RM129.90!) hahha.. here we get the Mark VI Iron Man, 2 Army Drones and Nick Fury!


Armored Assault value pack with Ivan Vanko aka Whiplash, the Mark V Iron Man and a Navy Drone. This one cost RM89.90, though I think there's sure to be a clearance soon! :D


Nick Fury... I say they nailed the likeness of Samuel Jackson pretty well!


In the movie, there are actually 4 types of Hammer Drones: Air Force; Marine, Army and Navy. Here we only have the Army and Navy ones...

Whiplash! His face is like a kid... and they put the wrong color on his whips :-S



Some characters are sorely missing from the list like Black Widow and the final armored version of Whiplash. From the poor sales of the Iron Man line, it looks like we won't be getting them anytime soon!