Was my first time in Ipoh and my sis booked us a room at
Ipoh Downtown Hotel. We travelled from Kajang to Ipoh Station via
ETS train. Journey was about 3.5 hours from Kajang Station. Think it was less than SGD30 for a return ticket.
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| arrived - Ipoh Train Station |
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| ETS Route |
Reached Ipoh Station at about 1pm. The station was constructed in 1894 and it has a nice exterior painted in white. From there, one could take a taxi or Grab to downtown. If you intend to get Grab, most of the grab cars are not that big and could possibly fit at most 2 luggages of 23-24" in its boot. We had 7 adults with us, thus it took us 3 vehicles to transport all of us and our bags to the hotel.
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| Ipoh Train Station |
It was just a 10 minutes ride from the train station to Ipoh Downtown Hotel. This hotel is located near "Tong Shui Kai" (糖水街) or also known as "Dessert Street".
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| Ipoh Downtown Hotel |
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| hotel sign |
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| hotel lobby |
We were given rooms at Level 5. There's a small sundry shop at the hotel lobby where you could get instant noodles, chips, bread, or ice-cream but with a higher than market price. Good for rainy days where you don't want to walk out but there's a convenience store just a few steps away from the hotel.
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| hotel room with 2 double beds |
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| view from room |
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| minibar with complimentary drinks |
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| instant coffee |
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| complimentary bottled water |
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| bathroom |
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| bathroom supplies |
After checking-in, it was about way past lunch time so we decided to try the nearby coffeeshop. We went to Hua Nam Coffeeshop.
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| Hua Nam @ Jalan Leong Sin Nam |
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| fried noodles stall |
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| char kway teow with cockles @RM5.50 |
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| cockles 螄蚶 |
The char kway teow was good. Savoury, well-fried and had a hint of wok-hei. The cockles (seahum) was of a decent size. On another day, I tried their "Kap Dai" (及底) noodles and it was essentially just fried noodles. Preferred the char kway teow over that anytime!
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| Kap Dai" (及底) @RM6 |
Also tried the curry mee but think there was a mis-commucation. Ordered a bowl with additional roast pork, and when it came, there was no other ingredients in the bowl except roast pork! Hahaa.
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| roast pork curry mee @RM6 |
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| roast pork curry noodles |
My dad ordered the "lam mee" (淋面) from the Penang Noodles stall. Hmm, no particular liking for this dish as I still prefer the lor mee back in Singapore.
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| Lam Mee (淋面) |
The iced coffee from this coffeeshop is pretty good. Not too acidic, strong coffee and milk that's not too overpowering. They also have a plum drink which they soak the plum in a large container to steep out the flavours.
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| iced coffee |
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| housemade preserved plum drink @RM2.60 |
Also tried fruits rojak at the coffeeshop, and it was good too. Just that the turnip slices was a tad tough. Other than that, the rest were ok. Tasty.
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| rojak |
The caramel custard from the coffeeshop was not bad but it wasn't made in-house. They got it via a supplier. First one that I had, it disintegrated rather quickly as the custard had not solidify enough. Informed the lady-boss and she changed another one for me.
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| caramel egg custard |
Kedai Minuman & Makanan Hua Nam 華南白咖啡茶室
Address: 45, Jalan Leong Sin Nam, Kampung Jawa, 30300 Ipoh, Negeri Perak, Malaysia
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