Off the Beaten Track : Good Eats near Taiping Town
May 28, 2014 | 14,947 viewsThis article was originally published on The Malay Mail Online. Click HERE for the feature.
Mee Rebus from Pokok Assam Market Food Court is a delectable treat for breakfast; the crunchy prawn crackers studded with sesame seeds added oomph to the yellow noodles in sweet and spicy broth.
The previous story on Taiping’s amazing street eats stirred up a whirlwind of emotions inside some of us. If you’re a Perakian and wondering how in the world you missed all these delectable treats, don’t blame yourself.
It took me a good deal of travelling between Ipoh and Taiping a few years back to discover these incredible eats in Taiping.
And that explains the expanding girth of one hungry soul plying this route constantly.
But there is more; the suburbs of Taiping are no pushovers when it comes to housing great food finds. Kamunting, Pokok Assam and Aulong are smaller towns around Taiping that require almost next to none travelling time. The entire Larut-Matang-Selama district may be large but the populous towns are adjacent to one another.
Let’s start off with Pokok Assam; the third largest town after Taiping and Kamunting. A short distance away from town and in fact nearer to the North-South Expressway’s Taiping toll exit, Pokok Assam is primarily a serene neighbourhood without any high-rise buildings or commercialised retail outlets. Read the rest of this entry »