Pictures by Gisele Soo Grove Diner SeeFoon makes merry in a marble manor When your family is in the marble business, it’s natural that all your decor highlights would be in marble. But when your floors, table tops, bathroom basins…
The sign Butcher’s Table intrigued me. I made a mental note to check it out but my friend William Balasingam beat me to it and so a subsequent invitation to lunch was accepted gratefully. The name Butcher’s Table has a homey ring…
The genius Leonardo da Vinci received inspiration on Lake Como, that breathtakingly beautiful part of northern Italy that also inspired writers like Goethe and Longfellow to make the name Como evocative of all that is artistic and creative. Now Ipoh…
I have never been much of a pub person and if there is one pub in Ipoh that I have been to most often would be Healy Mac’s in Greentown. And the reason is not because it’s across the road from the…
A first for Ipoh and a first for the Dome Restaurant at Meru Valley Resort, celebrity chef Greg Farnan fired up the kitchen as well as invited guests at an exclusive dinner hosted by Dorper Lamb Malaysia and Meru Valley…
I usually don’t expect good food at a club. A simple bowl of noodles or fried rice is about all I allow myself and with some luck it’s served in an air-conditioned environment. When it comes to gourmet food, I…
I am a self-confessed insatiable Foodie. And curious to boot. Therefore when a new eatery opens, I make it a point to visit and explore. But as my dear readers may be aware, I am totally focused on quality of…
Whenever I get a hankering for western food, I find myself wishing that there were more restaurants here in Ipoh where the food quality was of a consistently high standard and where I won’t have to mortgage my house to…
There is something so comforting in a sandwich. Take two pieces of bread, slather on the butter, the mayo, mustard or whatever appeals to your taste buds. Stack on the meat, fish, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, salt, pepper and again whatever…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen Where I used to be the doyenne of pubs and nightspots with loud music I now shun places where the decibel level is higher than 65 (the decibel level for normal speech), seeking instead,…
