Ipoh City Food Guide

Restaurant Lou Wong Tauge Ayam Kuetiau

A visit to Ipoh won’t be complete without eating the famous Ipoh

Chicken Rice and Hor Fun.

49 Jalan Yau Tet Shin, 30000 Ipoh, Perak 

Tel: +605-254 4199

Aun Kheng Lim

Aun Kheng Lim Salted Chicken. It was Ipoh's famous salted chicken. Recommended by 8TV Ho Chak.

24, Jalan Theatre, Ipoh, 30300, Ipoh, Perak

Tel: +605-254 2998

Sin Eng Heong

The most famous Ipoh Kaya Puffs are found here. Seriously very

good, the puffs are soft to melt in your mouth. 

64 Jalan Mustapha Al-bakri, Taman Jubilee, 30300 Ipoh,

PerakTel: +605-243 9659

Ipoh Pasir Pinji 5 Chee Cheong Fun

Very famous Pasir Pinji Chee Cheong Fun, it was served with sweet sauce, green cillies, cilli sause, sesame and fried green

onions.

Chee Cheong Fun is located on Jalan Pasir Pinji 5 in Ipoh

Perak.

Restoran M. Salim

Restoran M. Salim has been serving their famous brand of Nasi

Kandar and Nasi Briyani in Ipoh about a quarter of a century

(since 1985).

75 Jalan Tokong, Taman Hoover,

31650 Perak, MalaysiaTel: +605 255 5786

Foh San Restaurant

Foh San Restaurant is the most popular Dim Sum maker in Ipoh.

Foh San can never be the place for breakfast. Come early at 6am or

7am during weekends.

Db12 Jalan Dato Tahwil Azhar,30300 Ipoh.

Tel: +605-526 4481

Ching Han Guan Biscuit Shop

Signature pastries:1. Meat floss lotus paste

biscuit (Ori, pandan, egg yolk)

2. Mooncakes

Opening HoursDaily (Close on Tuesday):

9.30am – 6.30pmAddress

145, Jalan Sultan Iskandar (Hugh Low Street), 30000 Ipoh,

Perak.GPS Coordinates: N 4∘35.607' E

101∘5.022'

Tong Sui Kai (Dessert Street)

If you fancy some desserts or a late dinner / supper, Tong Sui Kai

is the best place to be. It’s an open-air food court with a variety

of food (especially desserts) to choose from.

Address: Jalan Sultan EkramGPS: 4.5948, 101.0873

Happy Fried Dough @ New Hollywood Restaurant

An amazing array of snacks such as fried bread sticks or youtiao/yau

char kwai, batter-fried sweet potatoes, yams, and the perpetual favourite of ours – The Fried Nin Gou, or New Year Cakes. Price is

RM0.60/piece.Happy Fried Dough @ New

Hollywood Restaurant38, Jalan Lee Kwee Foh,

Canning Garden,31400 Ipoh, Perak.

Opens daily from 10am until 4pm. Closed on Mondays.

Funny Mountain Soya Bean

This is probably one of the most famous tau fu fah (soybean

pudding) stalls in Malaysia. The soybean curd was silky amazing

smooth,

49, Jalan Theatre, Ipoh 30300,Perak, Malaysia.

Tel: +6016-595 0369, +605-546 9968

Ming Court Hong Kong Dim Sum

Ipoh famous dim sum restaurant, Ming Court has been serving delicious Chinese delicacies.

Recommended by Astro Axian (Taste With Jason).

36 Jalan Leong Sin Nam, 30300 Ipoh

Tel:+605-255 7134

Thean Chun @ Jalan Bandar Bijih Timah

The legacy of coffee shops, this place is even famous for its pork satay, popiah, lobak and rojak!

73, Jalan Bandar Timah Ipoh Old Town, 

30000 IpohTel: +605-2553076

Kedai Makanan Nam Heong

Visit to Nam Heong kopitiam is a must for coffee-lovers, especially with its claimed Old Town white

coffee status.

2, Jalan Bandar Timah, 30000Ipoh, Perak.

Tel: +6016-5538119

Restoran Ayam Nasi Pak Kong

Restoran Ayam Nasi Pak Kong (白宮雞飯) is always crowded no

matter what time you are there. This non-halal restaurant only serve lunch (till 2.30pm). We

paired it with their achar and kai choy.

The spicy and sour kai choy is surprisingly very tastyIf you come

here for lunch, you can walk to Funny Mountain Soya Bean, grab a Aun Kheng Lim Salted Chicken across the road or go for second

round at Lou Wong and Onn Kee Bean Sprouts Chicken.

27, Jalan Theatre

Sin Yoon Loong

One of the oldest traditional Hainanese coffee shops in Ipoh

old town. They served quality hot and cold beverages, toasts with kaya, Chinese sponge cakes and other local delights. The white

coffee here is frothy and very rich. It has a slight bitterness at the end

but you can totally smell the fragrance of the coffee. Honestly, the combination of their toast and coffee is a killer. However, if the bitterness is too much for you to

handle, I suggest you pop by Nam Heong instead, which is just directly across the road. Nam

Heong’s coffee is slightly milder and sweeter.

15A Jalan Bandar Timah

Lee Heng Fatt

Virtually the only restaurant open after dark in Old Town, Lee Heng Fatt serves hor mee, your choice of dumplings (fish, pork, tofu) in broth served with wheat noodles. It also has a huge and delicious

selection of fresh fruit juices – try the cucumber and apple.

AddressJln Tun Sambathan

 Pricesmains from RM2.60

 Opening hoursdinner

Restoran Onn Kee

Onn Kee is widely recognised as serving the best ayam taugeh

(bean-sprout chicken) in Perak, if not Malaysia. The chicken comes

boiled, soft and fragrant, the sprouts are particularly fat and

crunchy, and the combined texture and flavour is surpassingly joyous.

Address51 Jln Yau Tet Shin

 Pricesmains from RM3 Opening hours

1:30pm-3am

Kedai Kopi Kong Meng

Ipoh eaters swear by the Hakka (south-eastern Chinese) cuisine in

Kong Meng, which has been in business for almost 70 years. Your

best bet in this scruffy, friendly little cafe is the beef noodle soup with some of the special home-

made chilli sauce.

Address65 Jln Bandar Timah

 Pricesmains from RM4 Opening hours

breakfast & lunch, closed Sun

Xin Quan Fang

You better come early (seriously, like 7:15am) for the curry noodles

and the pork and bean sprouts. Those two dishes, by the way, are

pretty much all Xin Quan Fang churns out, but ohmygod are they good, as testified to by the lines that stretch around the block for

this family-run favourite.

Address174 Jln Sultan Iskandar Shah

 Pricesmains from RM3.80

 Opening hoursbreakfast & lunch

Nasi Lemak Ayam Kampung

This popular restaurant is the place to come for fancy-pants – and

delicious – nasi lemak (rice boiled in coconut milk, served with fried

ikan bilis – dried sardines or anchovies – peanuts and a curry

dish). It serves a few variations on the dish, with sides ranging from

the house fried chicken to cockles. Don’t miss the deliciously tart and

peppery eel soup.

Address43-45 Jln Ali Pitchay

 Pricesmains RM5.50-30 Opening hours4.30pm-2.30am

Old Town White Coffee

This upmarket coffee house facing the padang seems to be forever crowded. Simple chicken rice

dishes prevail, and unsurprisingly, the coffee is pretty good.

Address2 Jln Tun Sambathan

 Pricesmains from RM3 Opening hours

breakfast & lunch Mon, breakfast, lunch & dinner Tue-Sun

Paris Restaurant Hakka Mee/Ipoh Famous Hakka Mee

This noodles weren't oily and the minced pork was seasoned

perfectly. You can also add your own extra seasoning as they've provided fish sauce, soy sauce,

minced garlic and chilli sauce. It's only RM2.60 per bowl.

164, Jalan Sultan Iskandar (Hugh Low Street)30000 Ipoh,Perak.

Opening hours: 7.15am until 12pm daily.

Kek Lok Tong

The Kek Lok Tong Cave Temple is a tourist attraction situated in the natural and picturesque area of Gunung Rapat in the south of Ipoh - the capital of Perak state in west Malaysia. The cave temple sits on a 12 acre site and was used as early as 1920 as a place of worship. In 1960, the cave became part of an iron mining site, this temple is set in a huge cave in

the limestone outcrops behind Gunung Rapat, about 5km south of Ipoh City. 

The Kek Lok Tong complex comprises a central altar featuring a number of Buddhist figures as well as various deities of the Chinese pantheon. The most unique about the caves is there are another great garden view once you get inside the caves. The limestone hill is made up of light grey to white crystalline Kinta limestone interbedded with about 5mm to 1cm

think argillaceous material bands. Primary iron can still be seen within the limestone. The award winning landscape garden features a jogging path circling two lakes and one of the longest reflexology footpaths in Ipoh.

Kok Long Tong Location Map

Opening hours:Daily, 7am - 6pm, including public holidays 

Address:Kek Look TongGunung Rapat,Ipoh, Perak

Tel: 605-312-81129 

Nam Tian Tong TempleNam Thin Tong Temple(Cave of the Southern Sky) is located in between Sam Poh Tong Cave and Ling Sen Tong Cave.

Nan Tian Dong Taoist Cave Temple ("Nam Thien Tong" in Cantonese) is sandwiched between Ling Xian Yan and the further inward, Sam Poh Tong Buddhist Cave Temple. It used to be ranked at par with the Sam Poh Tong and whenever you mentioned Sam Poh Tong, you will automatically associate it with the name of Nam Tian Tong. "Tong" is referred as

"cave" while "Nan" is South and the word "Tian" is sky; so if you translate that in English, it simply means, the Cave to host the various Buddhist figures from the southern Sky (heaven). As illustrated with the various colorful personalities and characters at the lower portion of the temple entry section. This is a Taoist Temple in its nature and its another alternative

name is Nan Dao Yuan ("Nam Tou Yun" in Cantonese), means College of Southern Religious Principles).

Legend says it was discovered by a Chinese Taoist priest named Kuong San Teik back in 1867 which means to say this temple has a long history of more than 120 years old. In fact, according to a well kept historical journal maintained by the

temple management committee, this current chief Taoist priest is at its fourth generation management.

Nam Tian Tong Location Map

Ling Sen Tong TempleLing Sen Tong is a beautiful Taoist cave temple located at the foot of a limestone hill in Ipoh, Perak. The name is literally translated as the Rock of Heavenly Spirits. Ling Sen Tong cave temple is located next door to Nam Thean Tong and Sam Poh Tong just off Jalan Gopeng on the southern outskirts of Ipoh.

The main compound of the temple is adorned with many statues of various designs - there are various animals, deities, and other characters from the Chinese folklore. The garden in front is decorated with colourful statues of characters from Chinese mythology such as the Monkey King from the classic tale Journey to the West.

Ling Sen Tong Location Map

Sam Poh Tong Temple

Sam Poh Tong Location Map

Gua TempurungGua Tempurung is a cave in Gopeng, Perak, Malaysia. It is popular among spelunkers, or caving enthusiasts. About 3

km long, it is one of the longest caves in Peninsula Malaysia. Part of it has been developed as a show cave with

electric lighting and walkways and there are a range of tours of different lengths and difficulty. A fine river cave, the

river passage runs about 1.6 km through the hill. There are three very large chambers and some spectacular

stalactites and stalagmites.

Located in Gopeng, about 24km south of the capital city of Ipoh in Perak, this limestone cave is one of the largest in

Peninsular Malaysia. Although not as big as Niah Cave and Mulu Cave in Sarawak, beginners to caving exploration will

be glad to know that this cave is easy to explore. The tunnel of the cave runs from the east to the west covering a

distance of about 2km under the limestone hills known as Gunung Tempurung and Gunung Gajah. It is made up of 5

large domes and is believed to have existed since 8,000 B.C., about 10,000 years ago. It comprises of five huge

domes with cielings resembling cocunut shells. Each of these domes has different calcium formations and marble

there exist in differing temperatures and water levels. These caves are famous for its breath-taking gallery of

stalagmites, stalactites and other amazing rock formations that are superb speleological wonders, found only in this

part of the world.

There are various tours into the caves being the main attraction here. These caves are located under the limestone

hills and form tunnels that runs from east to west, nearly 1.9km in length. Visitors can experience these tours with

specific requirements of prior preparation. Certain tours such as the River Adventure Tours require visitors to bring a

change of clothes and shoes. Torch lights and safety helmets are available for rent.

For Gua Tempurung Dry Package Tour (tour 1)  1. Dress comfortably (consider T-shirts and long pants) and wear comfortable shoes or sandals with straps and   good

grip. Hiking boots are the best as they provide better support for the ankles.   2. Bring mineral water. It is best to carry the bottle/s and other personal stuff in small backpack. 

  3. Camera and torchlight are optional. Your guide will bring a torch so you don't need to bring one. But if you come in a big group, additional torchlight will come in handy.

Other must bring:   A change of clothes, towel and shoes/sandals (you need not bring these into the cave. Leave them in your vehicle as you

will need them only after the tour). Torchlight. Optional:  

  1. Camera. Don't bring expensive ones. Put camera in watertight plastic or container. It is a good idea to put everything in water-proof plastic bags so items won't get soaked. 

  2. Caving helmet.   3. First aid kid. 

  4. Extra torches and back-up batteries. Other Pointers 

  1. You don't have to bring food as there are stalls selling food, snacks and drinks outside Gua Tempurung.   2. Other facilities available include toilets, changing rooms, convenience store and prayer rooms (surau) for Muslims.

3. Cavers should be free from allergies related to limestone and bat guano.

Kinta River FrontThe Mini I-City of Ipoh which called the Kinta Riverfront Walk in Ipoh. There's not only some beautiful LED lights on the

trees (Just like I-City in Shah Alam), this Riverwalk also have some beautiful restaurant that faces the Ipoh river and frankly speaking, the river is not smelly and it's a good place to visit. Majority of the Ipoh people have a new spot to hang

on as Kinta Riverfront is a great spot to visit too with it's superior night LED lights on the trees and real trees too.

According to the developer it will be completed somewhere in 2010. The river walk at Kinta riverfront is a romantic place by the river bank.  With the kaleidoscopic neon trees, superb reflection into the water, oldies in the air (from live band at

The Sands Bistro & Cafe), it is a perfect place to enjoy an evening stroll. On one side of the riverbank, the canopy is studded with twinkling sapphire and white lights, almost creating an illusion of a mini meteorite shower.  A really stunning

place to be.  Enjoy the photos below. Head towards another side where there lies a mini Palong Tin Mining Gallery Museum.

Open Time: Everyday Address : Jalan Lim Bo Seng,               30000 Ipoh City,                Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Art of Old TownErnest Zacharevic, the Lithuanian artist in Penang who has made quite a name for himself from his interesting wall murals in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and even Singapore, has done it again. This time, he has left his mark in Ipoh.

OLDTOWN White Coffee has teamed up with Ernest Zacharevic, a renowned Lithuanian artist to create the ‘Art of OLDTOWN’ as a celebration of the heritage and history shared between Ipoh, Old Town and OLDTOWN White Coffee. OLDTOWN is the leading white coffee manufacturer in Malaysia and in conjunction with this collaboration, Zacharevic will use his unique artistic creativity to paint 8 murals to celebrate Ipoh, Old Town, the birthplace of white coffee.

Ernest Zacharevic Completes All 8 Murals In Ipoh:

1. A Paper Plane (4.598776 N, 101.077827 E)2. An Old Uncle Drinking Coffee (4.59843 N, 101.078542 E)3. A Yellow Hummingbird (4.596715 N, 101.078483 E)4. A 'Kopi' Break (4.596771 N, 101.078612 E)5. A Bag Of Coffee (4.595918 N, 101.078195 E)6. Girl On A Wall In Bandar Timah (4.59691 N, 101.078152 E)7. Old Town Relives Nostalgia With Trishaw (4.59531 N, 101.078511 E)8. Tin Mining Town With Chinese-Style Painting (4.5964 N, 101.079252 E)