Penang Day 1 (27th December 2014)

Planned this Penang year end makan trip way since beginning of last year right after YZ received an invitation to attend his friend's wedding dinner in Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang. 

Both being the gluttons that we've always be, we jump right at the opportunity as we couldn't resist the temptation of Penang's food especially the super short trip we've had in year 2013 which brings back the good ol' memories of the Pearl of the Oriental. So, this time around, we made it into a 5 days trip whereby extensive research was done so that more eateries are able to be savior without any regrets of the places we were to miss out. (in which we were so wrong about that! Penang is an island full of good food to the extent we couldn't finish trying out everything before we left!). Not only that, we also brought an additional army (who self proclaims himself as a big eater) to help out with our food journey.

On the first day itself, the three of us woke up in the wee hours of the morning just to rush to Ipoh for our first stop -- Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant. （富山茶楼香港点心). The journey itself from KL to Ipoh took us about 2 1/2 hours to arrive. 

Upon arriving at our destination, we quickly rush to find a table at the second floor of the restaurant since it's already fully packed with not only locals, but also people coming from outstation.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, we managed to get ourselves a table and took turns to go over to the food station to make our food selection. (To side track a bit, on Sat, Sun or public holidays, diners are given a piece of ordering sheet and required to bring along that piece of paper in order for the waiter or waitress to jot down the items ordered)

So, we had quite a feast over there, however, all of us ended with disappointment over the quality of the food that day.

Siu Mai with Prawn

Century Egg with Minced Meat

Prawn Dumpling

Charcoal Pau with Yam filling

Chee Cheong Fun with Char Siew

Chee Cheong Fun with Prawn

Egg Tart (a total disappointment as compared to last trip!)

We ordered many other fried stuff as well, however, no photos were taken as all of them were not worth mentioning given that our anticipation towards the food gone down the drain. Sacrificed our beauty sleep for nothing. 

The bill comes to about RM90. We're definitely not coming back any sooner especially on weekends or public holidays. 

Anyway, for those who are interested in giving it a shot, following are the details pertaining to the restaurant:

Address: 51, Jalan Leong Sin Nam, 30300 Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan
Tel:  +(605) 254 0308
Operating Hours: Monday to Sundays (except Tuesday) 
                             6.30am to 2.30pm


We depart to our next destination-- Funny Mountain Tau Foo Fah 

This place is said to have the best tau foo fah and soya milk in Ipoh. You may choose to dine in or another alternative which is --- drive through!

Bought tau foo fah and soya milk each to share as we are already stuffed at that moment.

Verdict:  Both not up to our expectation. Texture of the tau foo fah is very rough and the soya milk is very watery. Tasted much better versions in KL. 

Address:
Funny Mountain Soya Bean
49, Jalan Theatre,
30300, Ipoh, Perak.
Telephone No: 04-546 9968
Contact No: 012-516 1607 (Cliff Tan)

Business Hours: 
Daily
1030am – finish