Restaurants in Perak

Kong Heng restaurant is my favourite visit every time I am at Ipoh. This changed one day wheny family arrived at the restaurant late at 3pm and many of the stalls were closing. The chicken rice stall owner welcome us and we ordered from him. Bad experience started when the chicken rice stall owner deliver the food and my wife questioning the price inconsistency. The chicken rice stall owner clarify the price and become agitated, started raising his voice and claimed that we unfairly accused him charging excessive. I have to calm him down! He keep on raising his voice on us for a minute. I did not choose to quarrel with him as I do not want to show bad example to my daughter. His chicken rice is okay but the very poor service and attitude toward customer make us stop visiting to Kong Heng again. Other stalls in the restaurant services are good by Malaysia standard. The chicken rice stall leave a very bad name to Kong Heng restaurant Ipoh. I do not think I am the first customer to get bad experience from him. I advise future customer not to question or argue with him in order to have peaceful meal.

Have to go early though to catch the Chee Cheong Fun, the Hainanese Pau or dumplings and to try their famous Lenggong Fried Noodles.....

With this visit, now I know why some called them the best curry noodles in Ipoh. The best? Maybe not to me but they sure are amongst the good ones that I’ve tried.

Some other notable dishes here include the boiled baby octopus, duck’s offal, steamed or deep fried fishes, and of course, you must always sample a bowl of their plain rice porridge which has been cooked to a creamy consistency and placed in a giant claypot; almost resembling a huge flower pot.

Reasons to visit: an Instagrammers heaven – so many nooks and crannies to capture; hearty value-for-money meals; fish and chips; good coffee; gelato with local flavours; berry-berries cheesecake.

Delicious woodfired pizzas with a wide variety of flavours, each with generous toppings!

We had an utterly memorable experience here at The Happy 8 and we'd certainly recommend to anyone who's making a trip to Ipoh. Remember to also check out their boutique hotel!

Come here if you miss grandma’s cooking or authentic Hakka fares that are slowly disappearing from the generic menus glorifying fusion fares and ultra-complicated flavours.

This is one Halal eatery comes highly recommended if you happen to be in Ipoh.

There are many coffee shops in Ipoh which are famously known for its curry laksa. And this coffee shop is one of them.

久闻新源隆的咖啡很好喝猪肠粉好吃,可是每次来到怡保都碰巧没开门,这次一看道店们大开,老吴和我高兴得冲去尝美食。 这次我们只有两个人,所以我们决定放弃烤面包,点了炸料,咖喱面,猪肠粉,炖蛋,还不忘打包叉烧回家。哈哈!!吃到两个人撑死了><

The meal came to almost MYR120/USD40 for the 3 of us; a premium price to pay for ‘chu char’ in Ipoh no doubt, but most of the amount was contributed by the fish (MYR72/USD24). Still, this should be a place to look out for; especially if you’re craving for a dish of steamed pak sook gong or Sultan fish.

My share of Mi Udang Special - sweet, fresh & delicious. At last I got to savour the original Mak Jah Mee Udang. Yummy indeed!!!

Reason to visit: gorgeous setting, healthy meals, culinary cocktails.

When all else failed, you can still take comfort in their food. Was really tempted to try the Roasted Lamb Chop (about RM25) or the Australian Tenderloin steak (about RM32), yet I have had enough of red meat for the entire week’s quota.