Due to some personal reason, I'm still happily in Taiping now! Woo~hoo~! And as usual, I enjoy my time eating in my dearest hometown. Of course, I'm controlling myself since this is already the second week...
This time around, I'll be introducing some new places that I went for the first time and found them really interesting. Oh before I forget, here's the pork bone porridge I told Mr Khoo earlier... I don't know if any of you have try this before, but I believe it's my family's recipe. My mum would go to the guy who sells Siu Yok to buy these big bones and cook porridge with them. Trust me, its SUPER DELICIOUS!!! Vivian and I like sapu the whole pot that night! :p
Lemon Tree Seafood Restaurant, Matang
Matang is like a must-go for people who love seafood! We always go there whenever we want some nice and fresh seafood. But hor... This Lemon Tree Seafood Restaurant visit was really my first visit after so many years lor. I've been to the restaurant opposite it, next to it, yet, not Lemon Tree itself...
My biggest recommendation would be the special fried eggplant! Anybody who is going to Lemon Tree MUST ORDER that dish! They fried the eggplant with some flour and then put some dried prawns kinda gravy over it... Really unique and tasty! 5 STAR for this one!!!
Okay, with the above dishes, and chinese tea for 5, how much do you think the dinner cost?
I give you 5 seconds...
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The answer is... RM77.50!!!
Can you believe that???
I'm sorry but I didn't take a picture of the bill, but I remembered it says: Seafood porridge RM28, the rest RM46, and tea RM3.50. I was so freaking shocked! I mean, there are crab and shark in the porridge! And we had Lai Liu Har! For only less than RM100??? Now you understand why I always complain about food in KL are too expensive compared to the quality or even quantity???
Anywayz, the same night, I couldn't help but got myself some Chee Cheong Fun from Siang Malam! Yes! My recent favourite supper in Taiping!!! Yum~~~!!!
Hong Kong Dim Sum Corner @ Tai O(太湖)
I've heard about this place from my mum long time ago. It's not easy to find real Hong Kong Dim Sum in a small town like Taiping. Most of the Dim Sum here are pirated versions lar, like there is never prawns in a Har Gao, but just plain pork in it. That is why as I grow up, I don't like having Dim Sum in Taiping. Some people would actually drive to Ipoh to have Dim Sum!
Until my mum told me about this Dim Sum stall and I of course went to try it one morning.
Well, you cannot compare this to the ones I had in Perth or even in Hong Kong. But I can assure you this is the BEST Dim Sum you can get in Taiping, simply because there are real prawns in the Har Gao and Siu Mai(my mum insisted it's called 'Har Mai' in stead) lar! Of course you pay more than the ones with pork in it. But then it's worth it lor.
La Promise Bakery & Cafe, Jalan Panggung Wayang
If you remember the Piano Cafe, La Promise is the new cafe replacing that particular cafe which wasn't such a success in Taiping. If it's not XT, I wouldn't know about this place. Her father loves buying cakes from the cafe for her! And the boss is actually our senior back in Hua Lian, she was once the President of choir, so we all know her well.
Yesterday XT and I had our own catch-up over there.
Unlike most of you girls, I'm not really a fan of dessert. But I love cheese cake and some cakes that aren't made with too much of flour. So that day I picked the green tea cake while XT got the baked cheese cake. They were both yummy! I especially love the green tea one. It tastes a bit like the one at RT that is still my favourite cake of all! I later bought their special durian cake home and totally fell in love with it, even though I'm not a durian lover! The taste of the durian isn't too heavy, and it's not too sweet. Best of all, there are durian flesh in it! Oooohhh... LOVE IT!!!
XT ordered the Le Cordon Bleu which was not too bad but the mashed potatoes I ordered was awesome! Trust me, it's not whatever Maggie mashed potato you get at the cinema or 7-11! Once you eat it, you know it's completely homemade! Really nice lar~~~!!!
La Promise might not have too much varieties of food in their menu, but the cake itself, which are homemade are already enough for you to visit the cafe! And mind you, those cakes are made with less sugar and less whatever bad stuff you can think of lar! XT and I were already thinking of having our next CNY gathering here!
8 comments:
Hey, do you know La Promise opened by kheng wei's sis? I dun think you know Kheng Wei... I haven try before. How was it. must be expensive right
I don't know who is Kheng Wei, but I know Hooi Ling, the boss lar. She was ex-president of choir ler!
Cakes really not bad, not very expensive lar, compared to the ones in KL...
hi, shirlexia, I hv read ur article about La Promise, actually the boss is my good friend : Mr.Loh Chi Fa, I lost his news after he went to irlend working for last feww years. Last week i found newspaper recommending the La Promise and saw my good friend, i am going to give him surprise, but i dun know how to go there, "jalan panggug wayang", can u tell me where the excact place of taiping, if i drving from penang to taiping. hope u will reply my message, thanks....Sam
Oh Sam...
Just saw your comment!
Urm... It's hard to tell you how to get there just like this. I can tell you the landmarks.
When you arrive in Taiping, ask around where is the Bomba Taiping. From Bomba Taiping, Jalan Panggung Wayang is a street just next to the Bomba. La Promise is situated apposite a famous Kopitiam called Taiping Dao Jui (as in Taiping Soya Bean), I can assure you it's not hard to find cos its located on a main road.
If you have any more questions, you are welcomed to email me at shirlexiatan@yahoo.com
:)
Thanks for this post. I do remember Piano Cafe, but I never knew they closed down already.
I'll go hop over someday. :)
How to get to the siang malam and dim sum @ Tai O?
Thanks for so many reviews on Taiping
I heard there is a new dim sum restaurant just open in Taiping. If I'm not mistaken the name is Ren Dim Sum
I would like to know the name of the restaurant (open air concept) which is opposite Lemon Tree Restaurant. This open air concept seafood restaurant is next to a Tokong. Thank you.
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