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Claypot Crab Glass Noodles @ Different Taste Restaurant, Bercham, Ipoh

December 3, 2010 | 26,783 views
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Claypot Crab Glass Vermicelli Noodles

Famous Claypot Crab Tang Hoon (Glass vermicelli noodles/Bean thread noodles) – This pot is supposedly for TWO pax. But definitely more than enough, since the five of us were struggling to finish the two pots.

Rasa Lain Restaurant is definitely one of the most famous Chinese seafood restaurants in Ipoh; renowned for their crabs in claypot (served with either rice or ‘tang hoon‘), claypot cheese prawns (sinful enough?) and homemade fish balls the size of a golf ball.

Then Same Taste came along not long ago, and the storyline got convoluted somehow. Which one was the original “Tung Fun Hai” in Bercham?

And now ….. for the past year or so, Different Taste Restaurant arrived at the scene. A single shoplot located inconspicuously within some residential area a short distance away from the famous Shine Noodles (Bercham famous wan tan mee with prawn dumplings), the owner is the elder brother of Rasa Lain’s owner. And this man’s wife was previously at Same Taste.

Confused and tearing your hair out? Don’t be. For this, my dear readers ….. may just be the BEST among the three. Read on for the full review ….

Collage of Claypot Crab Tang Hoon

Absolutely sumptuous; with a distinctive umami taste (without the incessant desire to gulp water like camels after the meal), the Claypot Crab Tang Hoon at Different Taste mimicked the other two outlets’. Just that this was much cheaper.

We had two pots to be shared. One pot with a ‘normal’ crab (meat crab, or ‘yuk hai’) for RM33/USD11 and another premium pot with a so-called ‘Planta Crab’ (look at the sweet golden roes in the picture above) for RM47/USD15.

The difference was indeed obvious, even from the aesthetics alone. The one with the prized crab had a huge, meatier crustacean with very sweet flesh, and absolutely scrumptious creamy, golden roe. Pity the amount was not plentiful, yet the glaring difference between this pot with the other ‘milder’ version with the usual crab was of paramount prominence. Even the gravy was tainted with a golden hue, thanks to the leeching of cholesterol-laden roes into the flavourful broth. I certainly don’t mind paying a little extras for this, but take note that they only serve a few crabs per day. On that evening, they had only TWO. 🙂

Steamed Clams, Glass Chicken Feet, Nai Baik

Thai style Chicken Feet salad (Glass Chicken Feet), Steamed La-La Clams, and stir fried Nai Bak with fried minced garlic.

Pak Cheok Har aka Boiled Prawns

“Pak Cheok Har” aka Boiled Prawns in a soy sauce-based gravy (RM16/USD5.30)

The uncle was certainly of great assistance. To the extent of standing real close to us while we were tucking in, and explaining about the crabs and then some. He told us about his younger brother in Rasa Lain, and that Different Taste does NOT serve claypot crabs with rice, or the Rasa Lain’s fusion of a Claypot Cheese Prawns.

And he was indeed pushy when it came to his highly recommended “Pak Cheok Har”, a lightly boiled (or blanched?) prawns served in a very simple manner. Meant to be dipped into their signature chili sauce with a garlic nuance, the medium-sized fresh and succulent sea prawns actually needed no dipping sauces nor condiments to begin with.

Yes, we were glad that we succumbed to his relentless tirades. For the prawns scored on all grounds, definitely on par with some of the pricier, restaurant-classed seafood.

The feast came to RM26/USD8.70 per person, a reasonable sum considering the amount of food ordered and the quality of the cooking. Recommended.

HUGE Crab Claw

A Gargantuan-sized claw fit for a King.

Pardon the shorter than usual post. This is being typed while there are so many other stuff left undone. Yes, this is officially my LAST POST created while Motormouth is still in Ipoh. By the time you’re reading this, I would have relocated down south somewhere in the Klang Valley, possibly opening up infinite options in terms of expanding this little space of mine on the blogosphere ….

DIFFERENT TASTE RESTAURANT
No 72, Persiaran Bercham Selatan 2,
Desa Kencana, Bercham,
31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Telephone : 6012-502 1132/6016-558 6499 (Arun Tan), 6016-791 4711 (Elven Lok)
Business hours : 11.30am – 9.30pm daily. Closed on Fridays.

GPS Coordinates : E101 7′ 40.3″ N4 37′ 58.4″
Google Map to Different Taste Restaurant

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18 Responses to “Claypot Crab Glass Noodles @ Different Taste Restaurant, Bercham, Ipoh”

  1. Che-Cheh says:
    December 3, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Oh my! Even from the post title… already prepare to ‘lau hau sui’. Hahaha

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  2. leong says:
    December 3, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    I have been following your posting daily since i am working in Shanghai for past 2 years!
    Your postings are my inspirations to work harder here so that i can go back to Ipoh to retire soon!
    Will surely miss your postings… all the best!

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  3. LiLian says:
    December 4, 2010 at 1:17 am

    didn’t eat their ‘tau tai’ porridge? i love it. natural sweetness from the fish.
    bye bye…looking forward to your food hunt around klang valley.

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  4. foodbin says:
    December 4, 2010 at 11:15 am

    i think the soup in the glass noodle with crab is too mushy-would be more flavorful if it’s drier

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  5. Nicole says:
    December 4, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    Not so nice, but so so so expensive oh….

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  6. ck lam says:
    December 4, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    Love that bowl of tanghoon with the crab claw fit for a King.

    Anyway, will be looking forward to your food review from down south 🙂

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  7. wyyv says:
    December 5, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    Wow, that claypot sure is big enough to fill the tummy of 3 person.. I like the seafood feast you had back there, the crabs and prawns look so delicious 😀

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    December 5th, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Yeah, indeed. To imagine we had two such pots to ourselves, plus the prawns, etc. Really having a tough time finishing everything!

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  8. steve lee says:
    December 5, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    Now you are blogging about my favourite food –Seafood– I see the food I will eat it all day long. That shop is near my brother’s house so I better ask my brother to book at least half a dozen big claw crabs for the 31/01/11 when I reach Ipoh. Our AUD is almost parity with the USD so I can eat almost like a KING. Before Ipoh I will be staying at the ‘Berjaya Times Square Hotel’ from 15/01/2011 to 22/01/2011,so lets paint KL red with lots of ‘Makan Sessions’ as I have 53 years to catch up. I will email you my mobile number privately as soon as my relatives in KL can get me a new Sim card. Thanks for a wonderful post. I will use your “ULITIMATE IPOH FOOD LIST” to devour IPOH. See you next year and have a “Merry Xmas” less than 3 weeks from now.

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  9. iamthewitch says:
    December 6, 2010 at 9:44 am

    The crab claw is gigantic! I would be a happy girl just eating these claws even without the tanghoon LOL!

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  10. ignatio103 says:
    December 6, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    ahh…mate….great slurpy tang hoon crab…well just say u have gone central and
    not down south. coz to us klang valley is central ipoh/penang is northen as for southen
    well….let`s look into melaka/johor to be more suitable….As these regions prepare
    foods differently dont u think..

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    December 9th, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Yeah …. somewhat true. For me, this is going south right? 🙂
    Maybe a food trip all around KL-Selangor will be in the mix very soon.
    You know I can’t sit still ….

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  11. meganlee says:
    April 20, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    hi motormouth..just wan to check wit u if the GPS u put here is correct or not? coz i tried to locate the restaurant, but it brought me to nowhere…also the phone number that u posted, it’s not available too…is there a mistake somewhere? it’s quite misleading..

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    April 21st, 2011 at 12:21 am

    Hi megan, the GPS I got from my device; a rough estimate though.
    But the numbers from their business card woh. Couldn’t be wrong.

    You want further directions to this place?

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  12. Steve says:
    February 11, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    service sucks, food sucks, I’ll never go again and won’t recommend my friend going.

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    Yoong Tet Wong Reply:
    February 14th, 2013 at 6:37 pm

    Agreed that services were terrible.

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  13. Jeff says:
    January 28, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    Love their crab tang hoon
    We wanted to go back there for dinner yesterday but it was not open
    Is it closed down? (hopefully not) or off yesterday?

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  14. Yap Soo Hoeu says:
    February 3, 2019 at 6:57 pm

    HI .Have open Food today?
    Pls me give ur moblie number.
    Coz need resive. Thanks.

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