Ipoh – Kafe Wah Nam (Day 1 : Stop 1)

02 Friday Mar 2012

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Our first food-stop in Ipoh is kafe Wah Nam. We were really hungry and decided to head to somewhere close to where we were staying. It’s at the corner of Jalan Raja Ekram and Jalan Leong Sin Nam. (Opposite Foh San Restaurant – Dim Sum)

We reach the cafe at about 2:30pm and it is super pack with humans !!! I was a tad bit shock since most of lunch crowd would have dispersed by then (if we are in KL).

Good thing mom was pretty good at finding a spot for us to settle down. After that, we all ran different direction ordering food we want to try. So hungry !

We had popiah which was really good. The fillings are very nice and juicy but not wet. I hate wet popiahs. The only thing which I find interesting is thatIpohspread the sweet and spicy sauce all over the top of the popiah (interesting).

I ordered the Chee Cheung Fun and everyone agreed that it was fantastic. The texture is super smooth and has a really nice chewy consistency. The sauce was a bit sweet but it seems to compliment the rice noodle quite well.

We had it together with some Yong Tau Foo, which was also sold by the same stall. The way they make the beancurd skin yong tau foo was really interesting to me. Most of the time in KL, the skin wrap the meat fully. I find that this method actually taste better. Perhaps it is because some of the exposed meat is also fried which makes it more aromatic.

I couldn’t resist ordering the Fried Kueh Teow. It was quite good. But, the penang duck egg was better.

On top of what I’ve mentioned above, we also had the 3 bowls of ipoh hor fun (soup noodle –  was really really yummy too) and Chicken Rice between the 5 of us !!! It was really a great start to our ipoh food journey…

I can’t wait to try other food in 3 days that we will be staying in Ipoh.

God’s gift to me – Leap Day

29 Wednesday Feb 2012

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Since young, I have always find leap day to be fascinating. Perhaps it was because I was still young and the math concept behind this whole extra day business was just too complicated. 

To me, the extra day felt like God understood when I needed extra time. There’s just so many things to do and so little time ! I am sure everyone out there face the same problem.

I know Leap day is only 1 extra day out of 1460days (365days x 4 years). But, think about it, it is almost a full minute extra per day (1460 / 24hrs). 

And then it strikes me, whenever I am faced with problems, I would moan and whine for hours. Allowing myself to let the issue swim around my mind and manifest. When that happens, hubby would asks me to pray about it and remark that it takes less than a minute for a prayer.

I was reluctant since I give myself the excuse that it takes time to pray. And, the time took for prayer could be efficiently used to solve the problem (most of the time, it is to continue to whine and mull about the problem. Hehehee).

And, you know How amazing is God?

He knows how we always give ourselves the excuse that we have no time. And so, He gave us the extra time. Almost a full minute a day !!!

And true enough, with the less than a minute prayer, God’s presence comfort me and I always found solution to the problem quickly after that. If not, there’s always a feeling like I am wrapped in a blanket of peace knowing God is in charge of the problem.

For many out there, I know leap day is probably just a calculated compensation. But for me, God is so generous that He even gave us the extra time to fit Him in to our ‘busy’ schedule. The gift of the extra time which in return helps us with our daily life. Amazing. Thank you Lord.

God is Good indeed ! Amen.

The Blue Cow Café

24 Friday Feb 2012

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Hub and I was not very hungry, so we decided to take our time driving around and choosing random restaurant instead of heading straight to our regular haunt. 

So, that’s how we ended up finding the Blue Cow café in plaza damas, hartamas. When we walk in, it felt like I was back in Melbourne’s butcher shop. Huge varieties of meats are stack neatly behind clear glassed refrigerated cabinets. I fell in love even before I sat down to dine. 

Since it was our first time there, we decided to try their Meat Platter. They have a few platter sizes which you can choose from and take note that their portions are quite generous.

We decided to try the medium platter, with the choice of 1 sausage, 1 burger patty, 1 kebab (for the sausage, patty and kebab, you can choose between beef, pork, lamb or chicken), 1 pork chop and some bacon, serve with mustard, mint sauce (if you choose lamb) and apple sauce. The platter comes with 2 sides. We chose coleslaw and chips.

*** YES – they serve pork even tough the cafe is call blue cow.

The sausage was nice, but a tad bit salty for me. LOVE the burger patty. (we had the lamb). I didn’t like the kebab but hub liked it. The bacon was normal. The pork chop was yummy !! I like that it is cook well but yet retains the juiciness of the meat (especially since it’s quite a thick cut). The apple sauce was a little bit disappointing. It’s too undercook in my opinion. I would have prefered if they cook it abit longer, add a dash of honey and maybe add some thyme. (but then, it’s just me. ;p)

Worrying that it might not be enough (hub is a HUGE meat lover), we ordered an additional side of Stir-Fry Roast Pork. I like this dish as the flavour has more punch to it. It’s stir-fried with some garlic and chilli padi. Hub was not really impressed with this as it’s quite common to get this dish in typical Chinese restaurant. The price seems a little steep too for a small bowl if compared to the platter we ordered.

 

While eating, we note a lot of Aussies dropping in for dinner. They have Aussie burger on their menu !!! oo.. how I miss aussie burger and beetroot. *drool*

Hub even remarked that eating here reminds him of Lygon street in Melbourne.

 

After we came home, I did some googling and found (with no surprise) that the café is owned by Australian couple. Cool. I foresee hub and myself returning there again for some of their juicy burgers. 🙂