A “Happy” Dim Sum Place @ First Garden, Ipoh (Zui Le Xuan Restaurant)
August 10, 2013 | 8,092 views
Zui Le Xuan Dim Sum Restaurant – The Affable Ladies in Orange casually working their charm around the relatively cramped premise; capacity to seat a crowd of 50 at most.
By now, you must have noticed that I love breakfasts in Ipoh more than the other meals of the day. The sheer number of delectable options; ranging from simple noodles (fish ball noodles or fondly referred to as ‘liew fun’, Hakka mee, my absolute obsession with dry curry noodles) to elaborate/creative Western style of breakfast sets (thanks to all-day cafes sprouting like mushrooms all over town), there is seemingly no shortage of options upon waking up to the bright, cheerful Ipoh sky.
Sweet & Sour Rolls; finely-chopped pork rolled with beancurd sheets and studded with sesame seeds on the exterior, braised in a delectably tangy tomato-base sauce.
If you’re a fan of dim sum, and your guess-timate is that there could be probably 101 choices in Ipoh (hop over the my Dim Sum list for an idea of where these are) and you’re falling back upon Foh San, Ming Court or Yoke Fook Moon for fear of traveling to unknown names and disappointed, then shame on you.
There are great dim sum establishments scattered around Ipoh that you should NOT miss, especially if you’re in Ipoh for the umpteenth time. This morning, I discovered a new addition to the pack; and this is one dim sum restaurant that deserves the off-track detour to First Garden. Read the rest of this entry »