by SeeFoon Chan-Koppen When you name your restaurant Sedap, you’d better live up to your claim and your menu items had better be “Delicious” or you’re going to get loads of brickbats. Thankfully Gary Soh and his gorgeous wife Penny…
It’s that time of the year again: mooncake time. The time when all the shops vie for the most extravagant or most unusual mooncake accolade of the season. The dough is simple enough; made of flour, oil and sugar—but it’s…
SeeFoon gets seduced. I have never been a fan of desserts or kuih or anything remotely sweet. However, when coconut comes into the equation, I can be easily seduced, especially when the sugar level is minimal. I was certainly seduced…
Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon Loves Laksa I am a big fan of Laksa. In all its manifestations, be it Lemak (with coconut milk), Assam (with tamarind) or as I have recently discovered, even a dry variety without soup. All…
Pictures by Gisele Soo Makan Nyonya SeeFoon goes back to old favourites Makan Nyonya has always been one of my favourite ‘go-to’ places whenever I felt the hankering for a mix of local dishes. At Makan Nyonya, I get dishes…
Pictures by Gisele Soo Help the small Businesses Now that MCO is over and RMCO is the new normal, most of us can dust off the cobwebs of the past 3 months, bid a fond farewell to our hobs and…
The eponymous restaurant has been around almost 30 years and Bee Gaik is still at it, preparing and serving her famous Nyonya dishes to an appreciative clientele. With recipes handed down from her mother, Bee Gaik has been cooking up a storm…
I know that Ipoh is a food and foodie paradise but oftentimes, I have to trek to different places to satisfy either my, or my visitors’ insatiable appetites for all the iconic foods that Ipoh is renowned. A recent discovery…
My first fish head curry on arriving in Ipoh more than 20 years ago was at the Up and Up restaurant on Jalan Yang Kalsom. Then I used to traipse up the dingy steps or take the rickety lift to the top…