Food Crawl : Ipoh (1)

Everytime I go home to Ipoh, I bound to binge on the glorious Ipoh food. During the recent two weeks school holiday when we stayed in Ipoh, we went out looking for good food three times a day.

On one Saturday night, we went to try out this tea bar-cum-restaurant, A'Shore. I have read some good recommendations but none of my Ipoh cousins/nieces have heard of this place. Apparently, A'Shore originates from Sunway Mas Commercial Centre and has just opened this Ipoh branch three months ago. It is located in a rather isolated area, by a quiet side street between Excelsior Hotel and UOB Bank.

By the time we reached there it was getting dark, and hence the reason not capturing on pics the exterior of the restaurant. Just realized that the restaurant has a beautiful chinese name 岸廷食坊.

Housed inside a colonial building, fitted out with nostalgic decor, wooden furniture and pretty-looking chandeliers. The place seemed deserted, we were the only one there.

While nagivating through the menu, we had two pots of refreshing Green Tea and Sweet Osmanthus. The menu is quite extensive, with bright, brilliant, big pictures indicating the signature dishes. Hmm, it is tough choice when you have eight other person round the table. Save me the hassle, I just pointed to most of the signature dishes.

First came the Milk and Cream Chicken. The milk and cream did give the chicken a marvellous taste.

The 'must order' prawn dish for my son. Oops, there is a nice name to it, but I cannot recall now. The batter was too thick it spoilt the freshness of the prawns.

The spare-ribs laced with salad cream. Yet again forgot the name of the dish. Heck, I am starting to show the Alzheimer syndrome. The ribs was kind of tough for old folks, but it tasted not bad.

Steamed fish Teochew style. The fish was fresh and the zesty sourish sauce made it very appertising indeed.

The Claypot Taufu. Love the brinjal.

The 'Yin Yang' Hong Kong Kailan. The leaves were deep fried until crispy, and sprinkled with dried shrimps. Whereas the stalks were cooked in clear broth, hence the 'Yin' and the 'Yang', a very 'in' dish.

My son insisted on having a mocha ice-blended to wash everything down.

Patrons started to flood the place while we tucked into our food.

The bill came to slightly under RM200 for 9 person including rice and drinks. Very reasonable indeed. They are doing a promotion right now, giving out vouchers for 10% discount on next visit within a month.

Overall, the ambience was good and homely, food was fusion and tasteful, price was reasonable, but service was a bit slow. Will definitely come back especially for their noodle dish. My girl spotted the table next to us ordered the colourful cold noodles. Must try.