Motormouth From Ipoh – A Malaysian Food Blog

A Love Story – Of Nuptials & Food, Glorious Food @ Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, Ipoh

1. The dashing couple erm … dashing through the aisle. You know lah … how ‘punctual’ Chinese wedding dinners can be.

2. And then the Four Seasons/Four Happiness/Four-whatever was served, predictably. After the relentless wait. (But seriously, it was not that daunting)

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Two years ago, I was fascinated by the wonders of food blogs on the Net. Seeking for a good restaurant (or avoiding a bad one) was at the tip of one’s finger. Or rather … at the click of a mouse. I still remember vividly, how I was deeply engrossed by the articulate writings of masak-masak’s, the wondrous food shots from WMW and Lyrical Lemongrass, as well as the down-to-earth reviews from Precious Pea and the now inactive Mei Yen, whom had since found her destiny in life.

Two years ago, I wondered aloud, how on earth did these people manage to maintain such discipline (and maybe, physical well-being, with that much eating and all!) … NOT only providing great information and insights on food hunts in every corner of Klang Valley, but also honest, unbiased opinions unlike those food shows on TV, or paid reviews published in the papers.

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It’s midweek, and I bet most would be having the midweek blues by now. I sure am having them, for I did not touch my work for a good 2 weeks throughout the entire Chinese New Year season. And can’t really remember how long has it been since I worked a full FIVE days in one week. To top things off, today our job had us working overtime, going through the mundane routines once again.

Laughter and Cheers @ Pappa Rich, De Garden, Ipoh

I previously wrote a snippet on the new Pappa Rich outlet in Ipoh, the first outside of Klang Valley to be exact. If you had noticed, I never even touched on the other famous kopitiam (which has since dropped the Kopitiam moniker, retaining the Old Town White Coffee signatures only), nor any other kopitiam-style of outlets to be exact. Not to say that I DON’T go to these places for a drink, in fact I frequent them more than the barrage of street foods I commonly write about.

Fragrant & crispy coffee-crusted bun toasted to perfection, with velvety rich butter fillings ….Pappa Bun (aka Mexico Bun) (RM2.80)

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Have I lost it? Come on …… 24 days had soldiered past, and I’m still doing Top 10 Eats of 2009?!  Yeah, blame it on procrastination, blame it on utter laziness. But the sands of time wait for no one, and in a flash January is almost coming to a closure! Work is starting to pick up steam, many new changes in the office, yet I’m still the same old Motormouth From Ipoh. Though that scary period of abstinence (from FOOD okay …. don’t think otherwise!) had me seriously considering should I continue my almighty bulldozing, devouring & Motormouthin’ eating habits? Hmm ……

Here goes, in NO particular order, my TOP 10 PICKS OF 2009. Enjoy.

10. DIRTY DUCK DINER (BEBEK BENGIL) @ UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA

Back in October of 2009, the ten of us (yeah, TEN!!) went on a week’s worth of vacation in Bali. Out of the many, many meals we had on the island, the dinner at Bebek Bengil in Ubud stood out in particular. The charming ambience resembling a cluster of wooden huts with an open paddy field setting  (wait, there WAS a vast paddy field at the back portion of the restaurant) coupled with the beautifully smoked duck, and deep-fried crispy duck, rendered the dining experience one of our most memorable.

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I snorkeled. I got tanned, but not as bad as Bali (surprise, surprise). I ate. I  bargained, albeit failed miserably at times. I ate again. I shopped like mad, NOT in shopping centres, nor retail outlets, but at 7-11 (yeah, LURVE their milk, Lay’s potato chips, cheap burgers/hot dogs, etc). I got mighty pleased with the friendly mannerism of the Thai people, though I am no farang. I ate again. I was appalled once touching down in LCCT, for the ultra rude taxi driver was more obnoxious than all the politicians combined. The bad ones, at least.

But I got lethargic from all the travelling. The blistering heat was probably too much for Motormouth to handle. But I persevered, and I came back in one piece. And I got online. And then …. I decided, in a most devilish smirk, to present some of the most teasingly tantalizing shots of the foods that I devoured over in Krabi and Phuket of Thailand, over the last 6 days.

Khao Jam. Khanom Jeen. Massaman. Fuji Japanese Restaurant. Sizzler’s. Swensen’s. Khao Pad. Khao Man Kai.

Or I could be rambling way off my senses. After all, I did not recognize most of the street foods I ate over in Krabi and Phuket. But really, who cares when they’re surrounding you, almost 24/7, and 365?

Okay. Now …. I’ll see where to start off. You like the day by day account, ala Hanoi and Bali travelogues?

OR, I might just post some highlights here and there, like the Bangkok foodhunt, or the more recent Malacca excursion?

Hmmm ….. now for some well-deserved R&R ….. Zzzzzz.