Monday, November 19th, 2007
It has been awhile since I updated this blog, because I went back hometown for my cousin’s wedding dinner and came back with some decent photos. Will take some time to edit, so in the meantime let’s talk about salted chickens!
If you are visiting Ipoh town, don’t miss this delicious salted chicken from Restoran Aun Kheng Lim! Despite the self proclaimed restaurant status, this place does not cater for dine in, so you can only takeaway a box of salted chicken and be on your way.
Basically these huge vats fills the whole place, leaving some walking space and places to put the boxes.
What’s in the vat? Chickens stuffed with some herbs and wrapped with baking paper, salt and more salt of course!
You tell him, and he will pick a chick for you!
With so many delicious food to choose from in Ipoh, most of the time I will be stuffed full come departure. Fortunately, I can still bring back the takeaway salted chicken from Aung Kheng Lim to devour before leaving this food haven. I usually buy them back for own consumption or as gifts. After all, they come in nice boxes and taste great!
P/S: I even keep the carcass to use them as stock for making congee like what I did with the roast chicken leftovers the next day!
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Every now and then when we drop by Ipoh, we would go to this place for lunch. I am not so familiar with the road, so I just know that this place is behind Ipoh Parade. It took quite awhile for me, my mum and sis to get to this place the other day when we were in Ipoh, due to a premature turn, but that aside, we reach nonetheless.
The wooden double door opens into a dining restaurant of Chinese origin that is heavily influenced by Thai tastebuds. In fact, if you look from the outside, the upper storey of the building is designed to resemble Thai architecture. Sorry, no pics.
Architectures and designs aside, let’s talk about food. We ordered this mango kerabu as appetizer. The crispy dried squid on top makes this kerabu very yummy!
Since it was lunch time, we ordered a few dishes to go with rice. This is their plum sauce tofu. Cubes of crispy fried tofu drizzled with plum sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds. Very, very crispy!
An appetizing dish of petai and prawn sambal, with additional brinjals.
Crispy chicken in sauce made of garlic, spring onions and chillies. The scent of garlic and onions might be too overpowering for some people, but otherwise they taste great.
Easily the best dish on the table, this basil fish fillet is so refreshing that a fish hater like me keep wolfing them down.
Complimentary dessert of sliced watermelons.
I really have no idea the exact location of this place in Ipoh, but the entrance looks like this, so do check them out if you want to taste some Chinese-Thai fusion food.
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