This is a very local dim sum place, and very popular with the locals here. The dim sum is more rough and old school, hit and miss. You can feel the vibe of a traditional dim sum place. RM 45.40 for..
Restoran Sun Kim Aik, one of the hidden gems in Ipoh. This restaurant only known for local for delightful and classic dim sum.
My favourites were the fried dumplings and the charsiewbao, which as nice and fluffy. Everything else was fresh and tasty, but I can’t say it’s the best dimsum I’ve ever had. Maybe because I’m used to the dimsum I always have in my native Puchong.
Steamed clams (lala) with lime RM24.
Deep fried pork rib.
As usual, we ordered fish curry in claypot. This is a must whenever we dine here.
Fish head curry
Nyonya assam patin fish slices - sweet sourish appetizing dish.
Braised chicken and pig's stomach in clay pot. This is a favourite and their signature dish. Even those with weak gums will enjoy this dish.
I ordered some fried bean curd items without noodle.
Hubby and I shared this bowl of assam laksa.
My friend ordered this mango jelly with dried sour plum as topping.
Hubby and I shared this plate of fried rice vermicelli with prawns, meat slices, and beansprouts. Just look at the fat, juicy and crunchy beansprout.
Our friend and her son enjoyed the food and few days later, they returned to this place for breakfast with other members of their family.
I ended up buying prawn noodle even though I have not tasted it before. I am glad because the prawn noodle was very tasty and is worth going back again.
After waiting for quite some time, our lobster dish arrived at our table. The lobsters were cooked in special sauce. The lobsters claws were as big as the lobster's body and contain as much meat as the body.
Sweet potato leaves in clay pot. It would be better and tastier if they had peeled the skin from the stem.
Very flavourful and different version tong po yoke.
Mapo tofu. Silky soft tofu with savoury and spicy sauce.
Assam prawns, fish slices and squid, very appetizing dish.
That evening, it was our usual Friday dinner with friends. We wanted to try a new place in Menglembu, we had the address but we need Waze app to direct us to the exact location.
Since it was a cool morning, I wanted something hot and spicy such as curry noodle or prawn noodle. I finally decided on prawn noodle. The sambal condiment is nice.
I ordered this bowl of Hor Hee tung fun (glass noodle). They even added crispy fried lard in the bowl of Hor Hee noodle. It was a satisfying breakfast with good food and good coffee.
They literally slathered thick sloshes of it on the pancake. And crushed peanut was aplenty. That's made my day. Just live and love it!
Wine Chicken Noodle with egg and wood fungus. This is my favourite choice whenever I am at Restoran Hao Hao.
This time I ordered fish noodle with bitter melon slices and special request to add wine. I enjoyed it very much.
Hubby ordered "wonton" noodle with bbq pork and roast pork.
This spicy chili pan mee is served dry. There is a half-boiled egg, minced pork with chopped mushroom, crispy fried anchovies, green veggie, spicy chili sauce and chili sambal served separately. I am very satisfied with this bowl of noodle.
This place is known for its Bukit Merah Prawn noodles.
A plate of thinly sliced pork belly. I can only remember that we enjoyed it very much.
Overall, if you intend to visit the hawker, you can try all items of the yong tau foo as they are so delicious and they are also very affordable. The dry noodles is the best in my opinion but the rest of the variety is equally good
Even though the taste to me was quite ordinary, it was a good experience to have sank into the local culture, experiencing the environment and food there.
Last but not least, you can’t just tell people that you went to Big Tree Foot (大树脚) without having their signature beverage – Red Bean Ice Smoothies (红豆冰) which costs only RM2.50 per cup. Tastes mild sweet, flaky and irresistible strong red bean flavor, this long-forgotten cold beverage is definitely the best duo with Yong Tau Fu (quench thirst and wash any greasy feel), not to mention it just feels awesome drinking cold stuff under any hot sunny days! 😉
The chicken had some bite like kampong chicken and was fairly fragrant. The taugeh was plump. The fishballs were qq and tasty, and the hor fun smooth and in a savoury clear broth. Not bad.
I personally will give this place a miss as chicken rice back home is one of our unofficial national dish and most stalls can beat this place hands down.
Beansprouts and Chicken. That is probably the major dish that people come to Ipoh to eat. If you come, you have to have it.
Verdict: I really imparted high expectation on this due to all the raving and positive reviews in the internet but it did not impress us as much as we thought it would.
说真的,吃了之后并不觉得它有多好吃,就是不明白为何有那么多人依然冲着它而来。
Just a humble staple of rice, curries, chutney and a piece of fried chicken but Yong Suan Nasi Kandar packs in the crowds daily and is famous well beyond little Ipoh town.
We came around 7.30am, so there was no crowd and park just in front. The dry curry noodle with chicken is the specialty, nice thick curry. The soup curry is nice too, but the thick curry sauce got..
For noodle, instead of ordering the usual chicken curry and bbp pork, I ordered koay teow which is flat rice noodle with bbq pork and roast pork with thick curry gravy. This is my type of delicious "messy" curry noodle.
This time, instead of my usual curry noodle (dry version), I ordered this curry noodle (soup version) for a change. This is just as good as the dry version.