Yong Tau Fu @ Kwong Hong (广丰) Gunung Rapat, Ipoh

Hi reader(s), finally we are on holiday after some struggles in our exam. We can finally have some time to go around Ipoh for some food hunt again :)

This time we were at Gunung Rapat, Ipoh.  After reading a post from Motormouth, we got attracted and went there.

What's so attractive?

We feel that it's kinda special to have almost all vegetables being stuffed with the fish paste.. It really turn our eyes to became like this when we first saw the pictures--> O.o

Believe it not?

Check this out..

This too...

See carefully at those fish paste being stuffed or sticked to the vegetables.. Have you seen any yong tau fu like that before? Haha.. Creative isn't it?

Despite of the unique appearance of the food, it tastes better than we imagine.. They were boiled which was a healthier choice compare to Dai Shu Geok. We personally prefer Kwong Hong's version :)





We had our breakfast earlier before we went to this place so we just ordered the the yong tau fu.. Total bill of the 3 bowls of yong tau fu above was about RM 20.00. It was very reasonable we could say as all of use the tummies of 4 of us were fully filled.
(You can serve this with choices such as curry noodles, soup noodles and so on..)


Wide selections of yong tau fu were placed in front of the restaurant. As we were early on that day and there were still a lot of yong tau fu were yet to serve.

Overall, the food was good and the soup taste delicious as well. The only downside is that we waited kinda long for the food to be served.

Do drop by to the houses nearby to grab some souvenirs (Heong Piah 香饼) and other traditional confectionery for friends and family too :)

Location : Kedai Kopi Kwong Hong
 Jalan Gunung Rapat, Gunung Rapat, Ipoh.
We are unsure on their operating hours but we went there at around 11:30am and more yong tau fu are being placed on the tables.
(This shop is located just opposite the morning market/pasar pagi of Jalan Gunung Rapat)

Map:

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Healy Mac's Irish Bar and Restaurant@ Ipoh- The Pre-graduation Outing!

Congratulations to Yv for finishing her study at UTAR~!! Wuhooooo~~ Such a memorable day in life, we had our celebration with at Ipoh, with Yv's coursemates :D
Where we went? It's Greentown~ We had a wonderful time here.

Yup, there are beers and pizza~ This is such a great place to hang out with friends don't you think?


Ahhh.. such an eye-catching leprechaun on the Guinness beer barrel..It made Yv reminisce her Guinness stout at Dublin.. LOL..


How bout some beer, mate?


The two great pizza makers who made our delicious pizza of the night~ pizza pictures coming up!


We ordered two pizza, the first one was "The Fisherman's Catch" @ RM 22. Homemade thin pizza dough. Tomato sauce and Mozzerella cheese imported from Italy, topped with fresh tuna. Unlike stingy serving of some commercial chain restaurant, the cheese on this pizza was oozy and the fish was juicy, for us, it was perfecto!



Second one coming right up which is the "Healy Mac's Special - The Mighty Meaty" @ RM 25. Homemade pizza dough. Tomato sauce with Mozzerella cheese imported from Italy, topped with Lean sirloin minced beef and some red onion.

It taste not bad but just isn't that special. According to Yv's friend, this pizza tasted a little bit different from the one she had here on few weeks ago. Ordered the same thing again but different taste. Hmm..


"Eating dessert alone won't fat" in Cantonese. If you know what I mean here. Haha. Thus, we opted to share!The dessert of the night, Strawberry Shortcake @ RM15. Not an impressive desserts ask we didn't clean up the whole plate. It was a very photogenic dessert though!



Cranberry, tomato, orange and mango juices! Healthy choices, we made :D

Since that day was Thursday night which was the Ladies' Night, they are serving free cocktail for the ladies ~

Cocktail.. Well, we don't really know the name :/


I enjoy eating with you, Yv~ Credit goes to Theressa :)

A picture before leaving this place k?



Irish bar with great ambiance accompanied by Irish oldies. Relaxing, we would say. It was way more comfortable compared to those similar bars we have back at KL with ear deafening music . Just our two cents thou..


Man, I do really like this picture very much. Just look at the guy's expression... A pizza you can't refuse huh?

It's Friday night, let's hang out there again!

Name: Healy Mac's Irish Bar and Restaurant
Location: No. 2 & 2A, Persiaran Green Town 4
               Green Town Avenue, 30450 Ipoh, Perak
Operating hours : 1pm – 1.30am (Daily)
Contact : 05 - 249 3627
Website: http://www.healymacs.com.my

They do have few branches at around Malaysia :)


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Yv's Birthday 2012!!!

It's been busy days for us and we couldn't update our blog that much lately. (Busy preparing for final exam) Hope that our readers are still there when we update our blog every once in a while.

Both of us are busy but still this upcoming post is a must to write.

Well, we have a special, simple yet meaningful post here, guess what?

Today is Yv's birthday!


Thanks to JC, YS, HS and J for planning this surprise birthday celebration ;)

Picture means a thousand words~ let's view some pictures, shall we?


Beautiful cakes brought by JC, YS, HS and J (Yv's friends) ^^ The cakes taste really good, yum yum!


Firstly, take a picture with the cake okay?


And she started to make a single wish wishes~


Now, how bout another picture with zi muis? :)


Last but not least, myself with Yv <3

Happy Birthday to Yv~~ :) Hope you like this present and let's collect more of these D.I.Y Miniature House in future~!

From,
Wy

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Butter Sauteed Pasta @ Kampar

Having thought of cooking pasta lately? There are many ways to cook it and different kind of sauce can be used to serve along with. WyYv had tried many different combinations so far and we have found this is one of our favourites. Have you try this before?

The butter sauteed pasta~

Photo courtesy to Theresa :)

Ingredients

Ingredients (modified from noobcook’s recipe)

(Serves 6)

500 g spaghetti (we used angel hair)

300 g cherry tomatoes, cut into half (1 box)

3 tbsp chopped garlic

300 g broccoli (diced)

200 g asparagus, sliced 

1 can of button mushrooms, sliced

15 large prawns shells and veins removed

150 g butter

salt

black pepper

Directions

1. Bring a pot of water containing some salt to boil. Cook pasta in the boiling water according to the package instructions till it’s almost al dente (about 1 minute before recommended cooking time). Drain the pasta and rinse with cold water, set aside.

2. In a heated (medium flame) saucepan or wok, melt the butter, add in garlic.

3. Add button mushrooms, asparagus, tomatoes, and broccoli and stir fry for a minute or two.

4. Add prawns and stir fry till they are cooked.

5. Reduce to a lower flame; add the previously drained pasta, cherry tomatoes. Toss evenly.

6.  Add ½ tsp salt and black pepper to taste. It would definitely taste better if cheese is added!

This recipe went very well with the HP sauce- Pork Chop by Theresa! Not to forget, we had potato salads by Jacy as the appetizer and the red bean sago soup by Jojoba as desserts :)

We had fun cooking together on the last semester. Will definitely miss you girls and all the food…

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Mokuren Japanese Cuisine @ Ipoh

Mokuren was highly recommended by one of Wy's Ipoh friend. It's 6.10 pm. Without a reservation, we're lucky to be the first customer of the night. Almost all the tables were being reserved and the peoples were arriving slowly after we're seated for a while.

It was started in Prague years ago and now they are back in Ipoh, supported by family and friends. This was written on their menu.


As usual, green tea was ordered. Green tea was served in a pot, with miniature cups for each. RM 1.00 was charged for each person.


Today, we didn't order our favourite edamame as we had our "appetizer " at Zakka Loft before our dinner here.

Let's see what we had that night.

The first don is Chirasi Don @ RM25.00, the assorted seafood don. We were very much impressed by the well-garnish and the generous amount of sashimi. Shrimp, salmon, octopus, and various unknown name neptune's life was served. Each slice of the sashimi was finely cut and the freshness can be felt. Unforgettable, we could say.


The second one is the Sakeikura Don aka the Salmon and roe don @ RM20.00. Salmon slices were arranged in rose shape. The salmon roe was really fresh that they were literally jumping and popping in my mouth while I munch. Awwhh, dear all Japanese restaurant, please learn from this sifu!!! This is the first time that I felt that there was too much salmon on my bowl. It was a great sashimi rush for me :) Not to forget, hidden marinated mushroom can be found in the rice!


Saku Saku Kyuri Roll aka Reversed roll@ RM15.00 was also ordered as our side dish. It was a composite of crabmeat, salmon, ebiko, shrimp wrapped by thinly sliced avacado and cucumber. Interesting roll! It was very rich but yet to reach the "zai" feeling.

 

Overall, the dining experience at Mokuren was really great! At first we thought we would order more after our initial order, but we were so full after eating the food on our table. The food's portion were large enough for Wy eventhough he is a big eater :P

Mokuren Japanese Cuisine (pork-free)
Address:
20, Jalan Medan Ipoh 1B,
Medan Ipoh Bistari,
31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Telephone : 605-545 6513
Business Hours : 12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 10.30pm
Closed on Mondays.
GPS Coordinates : E101 7′ 2.7″ N4 37′ 6.8″


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