Motormouth From Ipoh – Asian Food & Travel Blog

Weng Kee Gopeng Mee has a branch now outside of Ipoh old town and that is opened until dinner hours

After a lengthy period of hiatus between visits to Thum’s Western Food stall, the sweet memories of munching on their freshly deep-fried, crispy onion rings and chewing on chunky cuts of pork cutlets marinated with a dash of pepper, worchestershire sauce and probably a pinch of ‘passion’ came washing over me.

If you ask me where to go for classic, no-frills, locally-interpreted and somehow modified Western fares, then Ipoh Garden South should be your playground.

I previously wrote about Thum’s, Alan’s and Scotch Pub’s; all three stalls in the same league of cheap Western cuisine situated within walking distance from one another.

And hence on a rainy Saturday evening, when the entire family was not in the mood for adventurous food excursions (read: lazy to venture far), we settled for Sun Weng Fatt; the corner shop housing Thum’s in Ipoh Garden South.

But then again, you need to remember that Thum’s does NOT start operating until well after 7pm. 6.45pm if you’re lucky or they feel like it. And we arrived early about 6pm.

But this kopitiam is more than mere one trick pony. We shall see what Motormouth had despite the initial disappointment of not able to satisfy his insatiable appetite for sweet onion rings.
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