Lou Wong Bean Sprout Chicken Rice at Ipoh, Perak.

Lou Wong Bean Sprout Chicken Rice Restaurant (N4 35.638 E101 05.050) is located at the junction of Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar & Jalan Yau Tet Shin in Ipoh, Perak. We were having our lunch here after checked-in from the New Caspian Hotel. It was strongly recommended from friends if we are happen to visit Ipoh.

Lou Wong Bean Sprout (Tauge in Dialect) Chicken Rice Noodle

It was very crowded while we reached the restaurant, I was surprise because there was not many cars on the street of Ipoh, but....it's so crowded here! :)

we waited about 10-15 minutes to get our table ready. The orders were quite standard with other tables : Steam Chicken, Bean Sprout, Fish ball, Meat ball and Chicken knuckles. We quickly placed our order to avoid the long waiting list....

Surprisingly, the meal serve in 5 minutes!! I'm impressed!

The Delicious Chicken

The Bean Sprout
(Totally looks different from Johor Bahru Bean Sprout)

Fish Ball & Pork Meat Ball mix (we ordered double!)

Chicken Knuckles

Overall, I give double thumbs up for the meal! The Bean Sprout was so juicy! Fish & Meat Ball was delicious! Chicken Knuckles was Good! Especially the chicken was excellent!
The feeling was different when you first bite on the chicken, I can't taste it other place within Malaysia. I Love it very much! It might because of the local weather...
Damage : MYR16.00 (included drinks for 2 adults and one kid)

Rated : 4.5/5

The attitude of the employee in this restaurant also impressed us very much! No matter how crowded the place is, the meal will be serve in few minutes.

They are busy serving the customers

You will be amaze about the speed he 'cut' the chicken.

The night crowd was double from the day time!

The dining area also extend to the outdoor area beside the restaurant during night time.

We wanted to try the opposite Ong Kee Bean Sprout Chicken (only open at night) too, but there's no enough space in our stomach....definitely will try it in our next visit.

The Ong Kee Restaurant opposite had the same crowd like Lou Wong too...

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Our Ipoh Trip (Aug 2009)
* New Caspian Budget Hotel at Ipoh, Perak (D1)
* Ipoh Railway Station, Perak (D1)
* Tuck Kee Noodle Restuarant at Ipoh, Perak (D1)
* Chang Keong Dim Sum at Ipoh (D2)
* Perak Cave at Ipoh, Perak. (D2)
* The Lost World Of Tambun, Perak (D2)
* Tat Seng Salted Chicken at Ipoh, Perak (D2)
* Yee Fatt Dry Curry Noodle in Ipoh, Perak (D3)
* Yong Tau Foo under 'The Tree' in Ipoh, Perak. (D3)

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New Caspian Budget Hotel at Ipoh, Perak

New Caspian Hotel (N4°35.703' E101°05.155') located at Jalan Jubilee of Ipoh, Perak. Thanks for Ronchan who recommended to us.

New Caspian Hotel at Jalan Jubilee, Ipoh.

We check-in to the hotel about 1pm after long drive from Johor. Once we stepped in to this hotel, we felt like walk into a Time Tunnel! The furniture of the reception and the lobby area are really antique! It's been a long time I haven't see this 'small' pieces of mosaics on the floor. That really bring me back to the 70's.....

The Reception.

The lobby area.

The hotel is Well maintain and clean!
We took a room which was come with 2 King bed. The rate was MYR82.00 per day. It's reasonable! The bathroom equipped with hot & cold shower. I love this cabinet very much because of the antique look! :)

The room with 2 King bed

The antique cabinet

This hotel is located in the middle of the Old Town Ipoh which is walking distance to most of the restaurants we wanted to visit. Opposite of the hotel, there are 2 minimart that make us convenience for our daily needs (Business hour till midnight). I bought 2 bottles of Carlsberg which is cost only MYR11.50 per bottle, that's cheap!

The hotel also provided private parking beside it for their customers convenience.

The street in front of the hotel.

Ipoh is a peaceful town which I felt. And the traffic was smooth even during weekend & public holiday! I Love it very much!

If you are looking for luxury stay, this is definitely not the hotel you are looking for. But if you just wanna have a comfort sleep and clean environment (like us), I will strongly recommend it! The hotel also had a Good review from the internet, 'Google' to read.

New Caspian Hotel
6, Jalan Jubilee,
Ipoh, Perak.
Tel : +605-242 3327

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Our Ipoh Trip (Aug 2009)
* Lou Wong Bean Sprout Chicken Rice at Ipoh, Perak. (D1)
* Ipoh Railway Station, Perak (D1)
* Tuck Kee Noodle Restuarant at Ipoh, Perak (D1)
* Chang Keong Dim Sum at Ipoh (D2)
* Perak Cave at Ipoh, Perak. (D2)
* The Lost World Of Tambun, Perak (D2)
* Tat Seng Salted Chicken at Ipoh, Perak (D2)
* Yee Fatt Dry Curry Noodle in Ipoh, Perak (D3)
* Yong Tau Foo under 'The Tree' in Ipoh, Perak. (D3)

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Stalls at Jonker Street Night Market, Malacca (Melaka)

The photos in this post are the familiar stalls & shops you will see them every time you visit Jonker Walk (Jalan Hang Jebat) night market at Malacca.
The crowded Jonker Street night market is available on every Friday, Saturday. Sunday & Public Holiday. The culture is unique and created chances for us to visit and for others to survive.

Crowded as normal...

The Masks are fashion!

Don't be surprise, they are selling swords too!

I love to see the way they way did it! It's a good souvenir!

The top left : Geographer Cafe (I can't stop myself to snap on the colonial structure everytime I pass by....
The bottom left : This shop selling many handicraft ship (I bought one Portugal War Ship from here)

Bottom left : She was demo & explain how the 'Magic' Umbrella works.

History photos, just like a Time Machine when you look at it.

Colourful Sandals & Slippers.

Beside the stalls above selling those unique items, there are also some local foods stalls available along the Jonker Street. Below are some of the photos...

Top left : Famous 'Knock-knock' Candy. You can hear the knocking sound even 150 meters away. It's located close to Geographer Cafe.

There is one very old building which is the Hokkien Association (Hokkien Huay Kuan in Hokkien dialect) located somewhere along the street. I love to see the architecture slowly every time I walk pass. This building has a Karaoke session for the seniors during the night.

The audiences and performers of the night.

Almost at the end of the street, there are some outdoor performance by senior to entertain the visitors and tourist of the night market.

The performers on the stage...

The audiences...

We parked our car just opposite the Fire Station for MYR3.00 per entry. When we wanna leave, there was alarm trigger and the Fire Brigade on ACTION!!

The night market will close on 12 midnight. The stalls will pack everything and the street will be silent after 1am.....


Related post :-
* Jonker Walk Night Market, Malacca (Melaka)
* Dinner at Jonker Street, Malacca 2009

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Bei Zhan Restaurant at Malacca

Bei Zhan Restaurant (N2°11.666' E102°14.261') is located at Jalan Kota Laksamana 2/17, Kota Laksamana, Malacca (Melaka). The restaurant is easily spotted from Jalan Syed Abdul Aziz. Business hour for the restaurant is 11am - 2pm & 6pm - 10pm. It has three storey and 3rd & M floor is for reservation.

We were there around 6.30pm (Saturday). During that time, the restaurant was almost full at the ground floor, so we proceed to the 1st floor.

Ground floor - Bei Zhan Restaurant

This restaurant is big! The cozy environment really makes you relax basically is because of the warm lighting, unlike some typical Chinese restaurant which is using the white daylight flouresent. We were lucky to have the table which is almost the end of the restaurant...

First floor - Bei Zhan Restaurant

Our order :-
1) Assam Garupa Fish Fillet (Fish head will taste better but tToo bad 2 of us cannot finish)
2) Spice and sweet Fried Seafood
3) Honey Glazed Boneless Chicken
4) Brocoli with crab meat

The foods serve in 10 minutes!!

Assam Garoupa Fish Fillet

Spice and sweet Fried Seafood

Honey Glazed Boneless Chicken

Brocoli with crab meat

Overall, we were VERY satisfied with the dishes! Especially the Assam Fish was different from Muar famous Assam Fish. Others are really delicious, you will definitely Love it! I will strongly recommend to all my friend to try it!

The Damage : MYR66.00 (For 2 adults & 1 child). Worth visit again!

The restaurant is well organize and foods are Delicious! Environment is clean and employee are friendly, and especially with a economy price!
I will advise you make a reservation if you are visit the restaurant on Saturday, Sunday or public holiday!

Bei Zhan Restaurant
43, Jalan Kota Laksamana 2/17, Taman Kota Laksamana, Malacca.
Tel : +606-2812684
Fax : +606-2865068

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PIKOM PC Fair at Pesada Johor Bahru

The fair was held at the same usual place - JICC (Pesada) (N1°27.690' E103°45.670').The crowd as usual....

This round I can see many LCD TV Manufacturer participated like Samsung, Panasonic & others....The booth which selling GPS (Global Positioning System) also increase! And yes, there were in the price war!

Garmin Nuvi 205 & 205W are the popular models where most of them promote it. The price are from MYR590.00 to MYR1,250.00. Others than Garmin, many China brand also available...

Booths where selling backpack also increase, even my friend which own a computer shop also selling 'Backpack' now.... Everyone fight for surviving....!

My purpose here was to get a notebook computer for my brother in-law, so I did not stay too long because of the huge crowd!

At the right of the main hall, there were all the Telco heavy promoting their 3G & Broadband services! The Green Packet (P1) booth had the most customer (at that moment) maybe because of the 2 pretty models! :)
And also many Bank promoting their Credit Card which I always ignore!

Pretty models from P1 booth

After I settled the notebook computer, we went to the KFC behind the Conventional Centre for a drink and it's so pack with peoples!! It took me about 30 minutes for me to queue to the counter!

Anyway, PIKOM PC Fair is the Computer Fair everyone waiting for. And so far it's the biggest Computer Fair for the moment at Johor Bahru.


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Meei Shih Seafood Restaurant at Kulai, Johor

Meei Shih Seafood Restaurant (N1°39.889' E103°35.543') is located at the junction of Jalan Bunga Ros 3 & Jalan Anggerik 3 of Kulai. The name 'Meei Shih' is direct translate from Mandarin, meaning - Good Food.


The restaurant was almost full when we arrived. We believe the foods they serve should be nice! My advise is go there earlier than dinner time, you might not have a table of you are late! :)


We visited this restaurant because of their 'Salted Egg Crab'. It's recommended from my friend - 'Mr Lok'.

Our order :-
1) Salted Egg Crab
2) Steam Kampung Chicken (low fat)
3) Pork Belly Hot Pepper Soup
4) Vegetable

Salted Egg Crab - MYR48.00 per kg

Steam Kampung Chicken

Pork Belly Pepper Soup

Vegetable

The Damage : MYR116.00 for 3 adults and one child. (The price was reasonable)

The crab cost MYR75.00 (MYR48.00 per kg)

The foods serve in less than 10 minutes! That was fast! Overall, the Salted Egg Crab was really good and delicious! The pork belly was just nice (not over cooked), the chicken was tasty and the vege was fresh!

I will make the Salted Egg Crab as a Benchmark for myself, it's better than we had it at Hong Guan Restaurant Permas Jaya which is Famous with their Seremban Marmite Crab. If you are looking for good salted egg crab, please try this first! :)

Meei Shih Seafood Restaurant
69, Jalan Anggerik 3,
Taman Kulai Utama, Kulai, Johor.
Tel : +607-6624549

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Related topics :-
* Seafood Restaurant Hong Guan, Taman Permas Jaya - Johor Bahru
* Jade Garden Seafood Corner at Sungai Rengit, Johor
* New Storey Restaurant at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru
* Grand Straits Garden Seafood Restaurant, Johor Bahru
* Long House Seafood Restaurant, Batu Kawan - Butterworth
* Dinner at Restaurant Asli, Taman Perling, Johor Bahru
* Famous Authentic Seremban Baked Crab
* TKK Restaurant, Teluk Jawa (a.k.a. Megah Ria Seafood Village)

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