Category: Musings on Food
SeeFoon dishes out her dragon favourites
By See Foon Chan-Koppen As I welcome the year of the Dragon, I can’t help wondering what unexplored taste treats await my ever eager palate in the coming twelve months. Yet the memories of past food explorations linger in the recesses of my mind, ever ready to spring into active service whenever a particular food [...]
SeeFoon converges on Cowan Street and eats from morning till night
I have never ceased to be amazed at the plethora of food stalls and restaurants in and around Ipoh. Restaurants open and restaurants close, some move and are never to be seen again and some perennials just stay put, serving the same old, same old.
SeeFoon falls into a big basin in Gunung Rapat
My foodie friend Ginla Chew never ceases to amaze me with the treasures she digs up in the way of eating places. And this time she has surpassed herself with the discovery of the restaurant called Eastern Cuisine.
SeeFoon Goes Grazing in Bercham
By See Foon Chan-Koppen The one lament I have as I find myself adding yet another year to my age, is a constant reminder of the admonition from my beloved grandmother of “wide eyes, narrow stomach”. This is happening with increasing frequency, especially as many friends keep inviting me to try this and try that. [...]
SeeFoon Heads for The Hills
While most of our energetic Ipohites head for the Kledang Hills for their early morning workout, I prefer the more ‘couch potato’ route for a visit to its foothills in the evening. The later the better.
SeeFoon explores Chaozhou cooking
I have always loved Chaozhou or Chiew Chow cooking. Though similar in taste in many ways to Cantonese, the Chaozhou kitchen is known for their ‘Lo Tsui’ dishes, in particular goose, pork and intestines which are braised in a dark soya sauce
SeeFoon stumbles upon Halal Dim Sum
There is a certain predilection amongst those of us who have grown up with a Chinese palate, to be disdainful of Chinese food that is cooked without pork. ‘Chicken doesn’t have the same flavour as pork’ they say and ‘where is the fragrance informed by slivers of Yunnan ham and a dash of Shao Tsing wine’ they argue.
SeeFoon explores a ‘Different Taste’ in Bercham
It never ceases to amaze me how people in Ipoh love food. Perhaps that is one of the compelling reasons why a foodie like me chose to live here.
SeeFoon goes ‘grazing’ in Chemor
“to graze – to eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal” (dictionary.com) Food stalls all over Asia are a natural grazer’s delight and particularly in Ipoh where there is a cornucopia of available outlets. All one needs to do is gather a group of friends, hop into the car and whizz off, not [...]
SeeFoon discovers authentic ‘Mah Lat’ taste in Ipoh
Most readers will have discovered by now that my taste in food is somewhat eclectic, and while not as adventurous as Very Serious Foodie Andrew Zimmern in his programme called Bizarre Foods, where he will pop live worms and insects into his mouth and apparently enjoy them




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