Taiping has some really good food, this trip, we went out hunting for food so often Zaria actually asked if that was an Eating Trip or a Holiday.
♥Larut Matang Food Court/Medan Makan Larut Matang♥ (Jalan Panggung Wayang)
Although the food court has lots to offer, we really only like the deep fried radish cake and the tong shui (dessert) there.
The deep fried radish cake or lo bak kou is very different from the ones in KL. This one is plain white and deep fried. Yums.
No 40 dessert stall at the Larut Matang Food Court should not be missed.
Our favourite, the red bean soup and the peanut soup.
♥Restoran Kakak 家家茶室♥ (111, Jalan Pasar, Taiping)
The place is famous for its noodle, where you can pick your own topping like pork ball, fish ball, fish cake, stuffed tofu etc.
But what we came here for was really the Kakak Ping 家家冰; which is a drink made with Nescafe added into barley water. A smooth and creamy drink. They sold off the 1st day we arrived at 10am, so we went back the 2nd day.
♥Restoran Kong Xing 港星粤膳楼♥ (150， Jalan Satu, Pokok Assam 34000 Taiping)
Our friend's husband brought us there for dinner the 1st night we arrived. It's a proper Cantonese style air-conditioned restaurant which serves pretty refined dishes. No photos taken during dinner, but the food was really good, especially the steamed whole chicken! Zaria and I had so many pieces of chicken that night!
♥Mee Udang Mak Jah♥ (Kampung Menteri, Kuala Sepetang)
The outdoor restaurant was packed when we arrived. But seriously, I don't know what's the hype about. For RM11 per bowl, the noodle came with a generous amount of big prawns; to me, that's all. Don't like the alkaline taste of the noodle, and the starchy sauce.
♥Kuala Sepetang Curry Mee♥ (Jalan Taiping, Kuala Sepetang)
The stall is infont of the curve as you go into the town and is opened only after 3pm.
I'm a fan of curry mee, and boy, this one is goood! The soup has not much santan in it, but has a very rich prawn flavour. The prawn topping was so flavourful!
Curry Mee over the Mee Udang anytime!
♥Light House Seafood Restaurant♥ (10, Jalan Cina, 34750 Matang, Taiping)
Again no photos as we were chomping up the food so quickly. The popular dish here is the seafood porridge, and deep fried fish (Cai Yu Zhai), which were so well fried, even the bones can be eaten.
♥Simpang Fried Kuey Teow 新板华顺烟花炒粿条♥ (13, Medan Pasar, Jalan Taiping-Kuala Sepetang, 34700 Simpang. Opposite Simpang Mc Donald's)
The Chinese name of the stall 新板华顺烟花炒粿条 is translated to Simpang Fireworks Fried Kuey Teow. The uncle who fried the kuey teow is like a performer, with each plate of kuey teow he fried, he was sending sparks flying.
See the sparks flying?
We waited for about 30mins for the first place to arrive; being with friends, we didn't even feel it. The kuey teow was served on a heart shape leave, how pleasing.
It was wetter than the Penang ones but taste wise it was different too, but equally good.
♥Taiping Aulong Kaya Puff/Kaya Kok♥ (1106D Jalan Permaisuri/Lorong 4 Aulong, 34000 Taiping. Tel :05-8074136/0125635919)
No shop, just operating from their house, this Kaya Puff or Kaya Kok can be so popular in Taiping. We had our friend ordered them for us earlier (in case they ran out), and then we went to collect in the afternoon.
It was not easy to find. It's actually a single story house, with the front gate closed and latched. We only realised later that the back door opens out to a lane, where regular usually picks their kaya puff from.
The Kaya Kok/Kaya Puff were nicely (and uniquely) packed, wrapped in paper glued with starch.
We find them quite nice, especially when freshly out of the oven; it doesn't have the lard taste that we find in some kaya puffs, and the kaya is rich and fragrant.
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