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Best must-eat noodles in Ipoh
We really egged this on as a favourite. – HungryGoWhere pic, February 8, 2016.The famed limestone hills of Ipoh are often touted as the mystical reason for the city’s pretty lasses and fantastic local food. Here HungryGoWhere takes a closer look at the best noodle dishes that you can’t afford to miss out on the next time you make a spontaneous drive to the city!
Mee Goreng @ Sin Lean Lee
The hungry crowds are bound to spill over onto the roads around Kong Heng Square whenever Ipoh favourite Thean Chun is packed to the rafters. We strongly recommend making the short stop across the road to Sin Lean Lee instead to bust your insatiable hunger with one of the best fried noodles in town.
Famed for its “golden egg” treatment, each plate of fried noodles (we chose mee hoon for a change) comes topped with an over-hard fried egg.
What makes this a must-have apart from the glorious plate of noodles laden with "wok hei" and cockles, bean sprouts and breakfast protein is the sheer energy emanating from the cook when he fries up each plate for your dining pleasure.
Hakka Mee @ Restoran Paris
Pig out with this bowl of lardy noodles. – HungryGoWhere pic, February 8, 2016.The Hakka community has contributed vastly to the development of our nation, through the likes of Kapitans Yap Ah Loy, Chung Keng Quee and even Datuk Jimmy Choo!
A sentimental favourite of ours when it comes to Hakka food remains to be the Hakka noodles at Restoran Paris. Choked with lardy goodness, the noodles are silky, slithery smooth with fried minced pork, chilli oil, Ipoh taugeh, and come with a serving of yong tau foo in soup.
Wet Curry Mee @ Xin Quan Fang
These noodles really curried favour with us. – HungryGoWhere pic, February 8, 2016.Just a few doors down from Restoran Paris along Jalan Sultan Iskandar is none other than Xin Quan Fang. It can be easy to forget that there’s far much more to Ipoh than its crunchy taugeh and clear soup noodles, but we assure you that the Silver state can serve up a bowl of mean curry noodles.
Be prepared for a mountain of char siew, roast pork, sliced prawns and mandatory bean sprouts to be served on your table. It even comes with a side of spicy dipping sauce because they understand how to ramp up a curry mee dining experience like no other.
They’ve been in Ipoh for more than 50 years – have you stopped by at least once?
Kai See Hor Fun @ Thean Chun
You’ve been hit by a smooth criminal. – HungryGoWhere pic, February 8, 2016.You didn’t think we would leave out Thean Chun, did you? Thean Chun, or House of Mirrors is a hive of activity every day in downtown Ipoh.
The most popular dish ordered here by far is none other than the kai see hor fun (kway teow with chicken slices), and almost every patron inside the kopitiam is either slurping up a bowl of this hawker delight or waiting to be served.
No joke, average waiting time is a solid 45 minutes at least, but it’s well worth it especially if you’re in Ipoh for just a brief whirlwind of a weekend.
Dry Curry Mee @ Yee Fatt
Thick, curry gravy unabashedly coats this pile. – HungryGoWhere pic, February 8, 2016.Remember how we said Ipoh can dish up top-notch curry noodles? Also known as "the curry mee facing Methodist Girls’ School", Yee Fatt has been wowing fans of curry mee for many a year with its variety of non-soup-based noodles.
Keep your eyes wide open as the thick, spicy, curry gravy is absorbed by the heap of noodles with a generous portion of char siew thrown casually on top. Don’t forget to order their famous Wu Yi herbal egg to soothe your throat at this laid back kopitiam too.
Ipoh will have you canoodling with noodles – we even have a list of our favourite 10 noodles in Ipoh! Or just get down to the basics with the famous four chee cheong fun in Ipoh. – February 8, 2016.
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