NOT a food blog
Ipoh Old Town has two prominent kopitiams which are located side-by-side: Thean Chun (House of Mirrors) and Kong Heng. When we arrived at about 1.30pm, Thean Chun was closed, so maybe that explained why Kong Heng was PACKED.
Getting a table at Kong Heng is no easy feat. Like playing chess, there is a strategy involved. And we learnt, 30 minutes later and no table in hand, that one has to be ruthless.
The steps are as follows:-
So we got our table. 🙂
Kong Heng has several stalls serving a variety of food including asam laksa, hor fun, lor bak, popiah, wantan mee and sotong kangkung. One of the more popular items to order is pork satay. Basically, the satay man dumps a plate of satay on the table, and when he sees the number of sticks dwindling, he tops up the plate with more satay. You pay for what you consume. Which brings us to the question of hygiene….
Unfortunately, this time around, the satay man was nowhere to be seen. We saw a plate of popiah on every table, so we ordered the popiah which was absolutely delicious. The hor fun in soup was also very good, but Barbie preferred Pretty Pui’s asam laksa. The asam laksa is very much like the Penang version.
Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.
Lainie
July 10th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
i know this is an old post, but Kong Heng is one of my favourites back home, and…usually packed to the hilt like this, regardless of whether the other coffeeshop like yip heng are open or not.
there are two hor fun soup stalls competing, i usually order from the one on the right (if you’re looking into the coffeeshop).
Mouse
December 30th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
About the most expensive place nowadays. 1 bowl of beef kuayteow + ngow chup cost RM$10!
Pak kopi sheet + cham orr sheet + 100+ =RM$4.90
Price increased some 40+% since I last visited in 2008.