When we talk about breakfast in Ipoh the first thing that will cross your mind would be DIM SUM.In Ipoh, to have Dim Sum for weekend’s breakfast is a norm where most of the people flock around the Dim Sum street (Jalan Leong Sin Nam).
Prior to the gathering of MfM Anniversary, myself and Andrew woke up early at 6am and drive to Ipoh for Dim Sum. I was thinking to reach there at 8 plus where you can still able to try out the new Foh San Dim Sum outlet.
We are so dead wrong! The place were packed! You can see the que goes out till the main door and road. Same for the take away corner where it is dedicated just for take away orders.
The second floor were flooded and fully packed as well …..
We look around and waited for 5 mins ….. Hell no we will get a table that morning …. all come in family size and all the tables were fully loaded. We headed to Ming Court Dim Sum which is right opposite of the new Foh San which also packed.
Judging by the view of the crowd waiting outside, we didn’t even bother wanna go and try our luck and straight heading to Yoke Fook Moon.
Again we were disappointed by the crowd. We gave up and went to old town for White Coffee Breakfast. My personal favorite since the old days were Sin Yoon Loong. Unfortunately this shop were off on Sunday. So I went to the one next door instead which is Sun Yuan Foong.
Before we cross the road, there’s something which caught my attention. Apom Balik stall! hur hur hur …… that’s one of my fav snack.
I just like mine with extra corn and peanuts!
The pancake come with RM0.70 each and 3 for RM2. All come with corn and peanuts unlike in KL, just plain peanut already RM0.90 at least. After that we cross the road heading to Sun Yuan Foong. Then we saw a roast pork stall and a confectionery stall which we couldn’t resist and tar pao some roast pork.
Location: Jalan Bandar Bijih Timah. Right opposite of Kedai Makanan Nam Heong. Notable landmark is the tall flat across the road which pretty special looking. It comes with grill for 3rd floor onwards. This flat is famous for people go there commit suicide.
If you wanna eat dim sum on a Sunday morning in Ipoh, you better reach there around 7am.
Sun Yuan Foong coffeeshop is my usual makan place. Used to buy the kuih from the stall infront of it…many yummy snacks.
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i love the chee cheong fun in this uncle’s stall…always good..have been eaten for so many years…since my childhood..
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Yea …. it is sold out around 10am.
this CCF seller had been at it for YEARS now!
since i was in primary school in fact, we used to go all the way to old town for dinner/supper.
he’s opened at night back then.
haha, your dim sum crawl was similar to mine, the 1st time I tried to sample NEW Foh San.
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Wow! Must try this when I get into Ipoh next month. Sure looks very good and very nice pictures all round. BTW, I am planning to rent a car for 5 days but cannot find any at the Ipoh airport. Can anyone help me?
Checkout the internet to look for car rental.
gosh…so many people up for dim sum. I’ve only been to the old foh san, the new one looks huge and packed.
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Eventhough the building is huge, the tables were fully packed.
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They shifted from old building to new building.
we ate here late the other day around 1.45pm, so the good stuff was pretty much sold out. The dimsum was ok. Im sure if were had been earlier the selection would have been better.
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At least you get to taste it. Me go there eat dust only …. see ppl munching ….
curry lai fun! I want i want!
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wah crazy dim sum town!!!
better to go have some good coffee and hawker food!!!
Looks amazing, pity you didn’t get to sample the food there.
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The dinner at Danny’s was excellent!
new fu san even though so big also stil jampack wif people… no point!!
Yeah, you’d think that by having a bigger place it would be able to accommodate more people but still it is jam pack. Ken didn’t even take a picture of the people that was quieing for take-away. Imagine it is like a long queue of ladies lining up to use the toliet at various shopping malls on a weekend.
I guess Foh San has been over-evaluated. People go there because of the reviews by food-bloggers and food guide travellers. Last weekend I travelled from kuantan to ipoh to try the so-called best tim sum in ipoh. I tried Ming Court first and 1 hr later crossed over to the opposite side where the new Foh San is. My opinion…..I prefer Ming Court. First, it is much much cheaper. Second, I get better service in Ming Court. In Foh San….self service. Third, no servette or tissue paper in Foh San. They expect you to bring your own….or wipe your mouth with your hands. If you really need tissue, you buy them from the counter. Foh San is very pricey!!!!!!! There are other tim sum restaurants in Ipoh where you can find good tim sums too.
just visited Foh San at new building, i think their Dim Sum is better than before and environment is definitely much more better.