The New Vietnamese/French Kid in Town – Alex House
June 29, 2013 | 6,782 views
More Vietnamese street food than haute cuisine/fine dining, Alex House sits at a corner of this quiet (well, almost) neighbourhood where the vegetarian restaurant used to occupy.
With the haze all but gone, it’s time to go food hunting/day-tripping again. The Friday evening traffic was horrendous in PJ, a positive sign that people are indeed on the road, going home, traveling to malls, sucking in the fresh(er) air compared to a week ago where all we had was dust and smoke.
Catching up on lost sleep over the past week (on average of 4 hours per night, seriously), the precious minutes of relaxation were all invested in short naps and lengthy periods of apathy.
A new restaurant in town, Alex House opened to low fanfare, until a reader dropped me a mail on this interesting concept of French-Vietnamese cuisine. A stone’s throw away from home, of course Motormouth’s interest was piqued. Here we go … an Ipoh food review that was way overdue. Read the rest of this entry »