the world according to jonolism: Ipoh, Malaysia

So we took a bus from KL to Ipoh on day 3, the day after Barcelona beat Arsenal.....Molly wasn't feeling that well, probably because she believes that Henry and her have this french connection and that when he is down so will she. Anyhoo Chinwei, local Ipoh-kia who is from my current studio, kindly brought us around and as promised introduced me to the good cheap food in Ipoh town. Seriously, one quarter of what I weigh now is made in Ipoh.

Kway tiao uncle, originally uploaded by jonolist.

Best Kway Tiao I ever had, and its in a kopitiam. The noodles just melt and slide in your mouth and lets not go into details about that clear mouth watering soup....ah...

Then we walked around with our heavy packs (we haven't found lodging yet) to some kitschy looking series of temples. Think Haw Par Villa without the water rides or ang moh tourist. It was interesting though. We saw this mother big fish...then a humongo Shitake mushroom shelter and then the highlight of the after lunch temple tour....tortoises!!! woohoo there were hundreds of them and some so huge their heads were the size of the little tortoises.

Mother big fish being fed, originally uploaded by jonolist.

Shitake shelter, originally uploaded by jonolist.

abit of ...ahem....homemade discovery travel nature progamme here.

Tortoise on tortoise, originally uploaded by jonolist.

So after the visit we went around Ipoh town looking for a place to stay for the night.........

Hollywood Hotel, originally uploaded by jonolist.

Its just one of the many dodgy hotels here in Ipoh town. We stayed opposite this one for a night at a Hotel called "Lucky Hotel", which has it own shady KTV lounge on the ground floor. No Hotel 81 or famous tau huey store here though.

Later on we took a walk around town and Chinwei recommended us the famous Ipoh white coffee.

Famous Ipoh white coffee, originally uploaded by jonolist.

White coffee isn't white but just with alot of milk which at any rate is good. Also serves the best toast with egg in the world. fullstop.

Eggs & Toast, originally uploaded by jonolist.

one of the best breakfast i ate (in the afternoon) ever!

To walk away the eggs (which was an impossible thing to do considering the amount we had) we went to the town centre which does remind me of our own old town centre with its own city hall supreme court and padang. Charming place it is.

Ipoh Railway station, originally uploaded by jonolist.

Chinwei also introduced his alma mater, ACS Ipoh. Which one first look has no real link with the ACS i came from, but the compunds did remind me of the old ACS primary down at Coleman street which i spend a few years in before we moved to Barker Road.

Ipoh ACS, originally uploaded by jonolist.

Even though it's founded by a different person and has a different school motto, some things are still the same like this statue on the dustbin. yes i said dustbin.

At night we went to have Tauge Ayam, which is simply a plate of freshly fried Tauge (or Tau Ghey not gay) and chicken with chicken rice. Simple good and very satisfying. At this point of time i would just like to share with you guys that it's good to backpack with prawn and xinjia when it comes to food. Prawn never really finishes her food and so i usually get to have her half her share. Xinjia is kinda different, she loves rice and every where we go we share the extra bowl. This kinda explains why I have a big ass now.