Posts Tagged ‘street food’
Kedai Kopi Kong Heng, Jalan Sultan Yusuf, Ipoh
This past Chinese new year (I know, another late post…) my family and I went down to Ipoh and ate at Kedai Kopi Kong Heng on Jalan Sultan Yusuf in Ipoh for some good Ipoh hor fun.
My dad is from Ipoh and since I was a kid I’d make a trip down there for their hor fun at least once a year (each time I was back from Dubai) and we’d always go to the same shop to eat.
OK truthfully we were actually looking for the shop next door (Restoran Thean Chun I think it’s called) but it was closed and we were hungry… so we went to their next door neighbour to see how their food compared.
First thing on the menu was a plate of fruit rojak. I thought it looked a bit strange because there was no sauce on it, but then I noticed that they gave a little bowl of sauce on the side.
Before I could tip the whole sauce over the fruit, my relatives started dipping the fruit bits into the bowl. That’s how it’s eaten in Ipoh and I must admit it’s a good way to do it because it keeps the fruits and crunchy fried bits dry and not soggy because of the sauce.
Next was the squid legs rojak in a peanut sauce. I’ve eaten similar in KL before but the peanut sauce did taste a little bit fresher.
When this bowl came I thought, yum beef ball soup! But actually it was beef ball soup with beef tendon balls… an acquired taste due to the very soft and chewy texture but it was definitely a nice change. The broth had a strong beefy taste probably due to a gigantic stock pot in the kitchen cooking away all day.
The lobak was nice and crispy on the outside and by this time I was getting quite full due to all we had ordered. But there was yet more to come.
The popiah was fantastic. It was slightly larger than normal popiah you get in KL and had some nice crunchy bits on the inside. The soft vegetable filling with the savoury crunchy bits was a great combination. The sauce added a slightly sweet flavour and the chili a little kick.
At first taste, the bowl of Ipoh hor fun was already alot better than any of the kuey teow soup I’ve ever ordered in KL. I think it has something to do with the water in Ipoh (it comes from the limestone mountains or something… or maybe it’s just made with more love?) and it made the soup have a really fragrant, almost sweet taste.
The kuey teow itself was softer and tastier than what I’m used to and tasted almost home made.
We ordered some bean sprouts to round up the meal and added into our soups for some much needed fibre.
All in all a good start to our short trip to Ipoh… but there was much more where that came from, will post about it at a future date.
Kedai Kopi Kong Heng
Jalan Sultan Yusuf,
30000 Ipoh, Perak
Cuisine: Chinese (Ipoh hor fun)
Non Halal
