Half day trip to Ipoh

Bare in mind this happened the week BEFORE CNY, so it's really very backdated. What? Don't judge me, I just got my dropbox. =P Finally got pictures to blog with. I've been bugging the boyfriend for not bringing me anywhere after I submit my dissertation. So he planned a last minute trip to Ipoh. Thus we did not ask anyone nor meet up with anyone there.

 

Early in the morning, leaving Penang.

Love the clouds and the orange sky

 The weather was clear, there wasn't much car on the road and we were cruising down the highway.

 God's really amazing. Can anyone create anything more magnificent and magical than Him? Look at how beautiful the sky was. And the sun, peeking through it.

 Woooo...scary mist ahead. Suddenly, that part of the road was so misty. But gorgeous!!

No car in sight. We were practically driving on our own at one point with no cars around us.

 Misty again!! But mad gorgeous!

Our first stop was Nam Heong Coffee Shop. The boyfriend cleverly left his itinerary 300km away from where we were. T_T So he was at the back googling for his itinerary again. Well, to cut the long story short, we missed a few places he said was good.

 Ipoh White Coffee. Not that I'm a coffee person and it was so early in the morning. I was with an empty stomach so I took a few sip. The boyfriend enjoyed it though.

 We also had toast. And the Kai Si Hor Fun (Chicken with Koay Teow) =P Awesome much but morning isn't my best time to eat. After eating, we had.....some problem and went to the nearest mall (Ipoh Parade). Their parking is EPIC I tell you. Normal underground parking right? With RM1.50 per entrance fee which you have to pay at the entrance. Now comes the epic part. You pay to a machine which only accepts COINS! We were fumbling for coins cause we didn't see that coming. Thank God we had just enough to pay. The boyfriend had RM1.40 and I contribute my one and only 10cent coin! My 10cent coin saved the day. =P

After settling our 'business', we went walking around the mall.

 The bench was cleverly placed right in front of senQ facing the huge television. So we can sit and watch some shows. At about 12something to 1, we decided to proceed to the famous Dai Shu Kiok (Big Tree Foot =P) to have our 'yong tau fu' lunch.

 Ordered this RM3.50 mix fruit juice which is the famous drink there. Really, it's just a glass of drink with lots of fruits like papaya, watermelon, longan, dragon fruit, mango and such.

All the yong tau fu are fried stuff so I took a little to share with the boyfriend and I got to eat my bee tai bak (called Lo Shu Fun there). Not my favourite food there although everyone has been talking about it. I would like to try their normal hor fun with chicken and dimsum the next time. This one may not be my choice again since I love my yong tau fu to be a mixture of fried stuff and non-fried stuff.

We also went to tapao some kaya kok, pohpiah and satay (all of which can be found in Penang). Will visit Ipoh again cause I believe I have not seen Ipoh enough this time around.

On our way back, we witnessed something only seen on TV. A couple in the car in front of us were fighting and the lady controlling the steering was going left right with one hand at the steering and another hitting her husband/boyfriend/another guy (not sure of his status). After swaying for some time...finally, at a fast moving road, the guy opened the car door to jump off the car. Damn drama. He did not jump off but she drove to the side and they continued fighting at the side of the road I think. We left Ipoh already as the road was heading to highway. I've never seen live drama like this. So that marks the end of our trip to Ipoh and we head back to Penang. The next day we started selling fruits in Lip Sin market which will be in the next post.