Our Travel Adventures: 2024

Sunday, September 1, 2024

2024 - Ipoh

3D2N Ipoh

15-17 Aug 2024

Day 1 - 15 Aug

We took the ETS train from KL Sentral at 8:55am and arrived at Ipoh station at 11:30am. We then took a Grab car to Hotel Cheqinn for our two nights stay

ETS train ride from KL Sentral to Ipoh

For lunch we planned to have it at Restaurant Thean Chun but it was closed on that day. We then walked to the nearby Restaurant Sin Kin Kok for our lunch

Lunch at Restaurant Sin Kin Kok

After lunch we too a stroll along Concubine Street which is one of many tourist attraction sin Ipoh.

This lane’s past is notorious because this is where a rich tin mining tycoons (such as Yau Tet Shin) once kept their mistresses. In fact, in Cantonese, Concubine Lane is Yee Lai Hong which directly translates to Mistress Lane. That was over a hundred years ago.

Today, the lane is full of small stalls squeezed together. Most sell quirky snacks, souvenirs, and trendy clothing.

Concubine Street

Lam Fong Biskuit

We then walked to Market Lane, also known as the Second Concubine Lane. Unlike the popular Concubine Lane, Market Lane did not have as many shops / stalls and was quieter. The lane was always colourfully decorated and featured a number of beautiful murals.

Our highlight for the day is the visit to Ho Yan Hor Museum and the Han Chin Pet Soo, which is the Hakka Miners' Club and Museum. They are next to each other.

Ho Yan Hor Museum

Han Chin Pet Soo

Day 2 - 16 Aug

We had dim sum breakfast at Foshan Restaurant

After breakfast we took a Grab car to visit Mirror Lake

From the Mirror Lake we took a Grab car to Sam Poh Tong Temple

From Sam Poh Tong we took a Grab car Go Chin Pamelo Farm

We had afternoon tea at Thean Chun Restaurant which was closed yesterday. We tried their signature egg tart

We had dinner at Tuck Kee Ancient Taste Restaurant and tried some of their popular noodles

After dinner it is time for some shopping

Day 3 - 17 Aug

This morning some of us walked to the Ipoh Central Market and bought the famous bean sprouts (Nga Choy) to take home

We had dim sum at Ming Court Restaurant which is not as good as the dim sum in Foshan Restaurant

After breakfast we walked to Aun Kheng Lim to buy salted chicken, had Tau Fu Fah at Funny Mountain and bought some biscuits at Sin Eng Heong which is famous for its Kaya Puff.

We had lunch at Restaurant Sun Yeong Wai, which serves its signature smoke duck before we checked out from the hotel