Motormouth From Ipoh – Asian Food & Travel Blog

Hainanese Chicken Chop – At RM7.50/USD2.30 per portion; this is a throwback to the glory days; the colonial times when our ancestors were great cooks, whipping up lip-smacking dishes in the kitchens in the British residences.

Sin Kok Thye, or New Cathay could possibly pass off as another run-of-the-mill coffee shop in a part of Klang town that has obviously seen better days. Port Klang on a Sunday is deserted; you don’t even see the ‘foreign army‘ scrambling around, making ends meet at the main gateway by sea into Malaysia. Just before you reach the port, you will bear witness to rows of slightly dilapidated shophouses; in no way a haven for food hunters.

But wait, then there’s the almost century old Sin Kok Thye on Jalan Kem in Port Klang. A corner lot at the end of a row of double-storey shops facing a flyover (still operational?); a pork-free establishment reminiscence of the other Hainanese coffee shops like Yut Sun of Taiping and Yut Loy of Kuala Kangsar. Read on to find out more about the Hainanese cuisine served at this charming coffee shop ….. Read the rest of this entry »

Mee Hailam Parit – Is this YOUR worst nightmare? Or potentially enticing you into a drooling overdrive? 🙂

With a name like Mee Hailam Parit, it does get you wondering about a few issues. Firstly, where in the world is Parit?!! (Parit means drain in Malay language) Parit is a small town within the Perak Tengah district; near to towns like Seri Iskandar, Batu Gajah, Bota, Tronoh and Pusing. To get to Parit, you can use the Lumut Highway connection Ipoh-Lumut and turn off to Parit about 20 minutes after departing from Ipoh. The second query is; what is “Mee Hailam”? … Read the rest of this entry »