On the 3rd day of CNY, we were free from carrying out all our customary CNY obligations. Since we had one more day in Ipoh before returning to KL, our 'Chor 3' was spent cafe hopping and binging in Ipoh. This is my hubby's ideal kind of holiday, where he doesn't have to do much except hunting for good eats and relaxing at the cafes. The hubby is a foodie who lives by the stomach and he gets upset should any of his loved ones reject his food hunts 😂. CNY is the only time of the year that the hubs gets to rest and have a holiday.
After our breakfast at Kong Heng, followed with coffee and camwhoring at Platform 9 1/2 Harry Potter themed cafe and a walk down Concubine Lane, hubs hunted for the next cafe on his list - Être Patisserie @ Canning Garden. As of typing this post, this cafe is temporarily closed as they have moved to another location and the new outlet is still undergoing renovation works. Être Patisserie will reopen in a new location in March 2020.
For pastry and cake lovers who get turned on by food aesthetics, this cafe is the right place to hangout where you can savor out-of-this-world exquisite cakes, so sublimely and thoughtfully crafted out that you don't have the heart to put them into your mouth! This is definitely a cafe to go to for some insta-worthy shots.
Check out hubs' picks from Être Patisserie:
Pink beauty with edible 'diamond'. By the look of the cream and decor on the cakes, we'd thought that they look cloy but they're aren't. They're not overly sweet and not only do they look exquisite, they're eye-rollingly delish too.
CNY themed tart.
Source - Être Patisserie
Dinner was at Restoran Yum Yum, a Nyonya Thai food eatery owned by hubby's erstwhile school mate's family. It's our first time to this restaurant and everyone, especially hubs enjoyed the food thoroughly. After 3 days of feasting on CNY dishes, having Nyonya Thai food was much welcomed to break the monotony of Chinese dishes. The Nyonya and Thai flavors gave everyone a nice jolt to our jaded taste buds.
Yum Yum’s extensive menu is an intriguing mélange of Nyonya and Thai flavours with Chinese influences thrown in. In operations since 1991, Yum Yum’s sister outlet in Kota Damansara, KL is called Little Yum. Both outlets are pork-free and offers almost similar menu.
Since it's a holiday, I acceded to the girls' request of bubble tea after dinner and hubs brought us to the Bubble Tea Street. It's pretty hard to choose which shop to walk into when almost every shop sells the same kind of drinks, so we randomly chose the shop below. This is not to be confused with Black Whale. I can't remember the name of the shop though. I must admit that after being on a boba tea frenzy (sans the pearls) for almost a year, our craze seems to have fizzled out. Before we even realize it, I think the boba tea bubble will burst and another kind of craze will be born into the money-making beverage industry! Just you watch and see...
Yum Yum Restaurant Ipoh (Pork Free)
5 Persiaran Greenhill (New Town)
Tel: 05-253 7686
Business Hours: 12 -3pm and 6pm-10pm
OFF: Wednesdays
Prices: GST applicable.
After our breakfast at Kong Heng, followed with coffee and camwhoring at Platform 9 1/2 Harry Potter themed cafe and a walk down Concubine Lane, hubs hunted for the next cafe on his list - Être Patisserie @ Canning Garden. As of typing this post, this cafe is temporarily closed as they have moved to another location and the new outlet is still undergoing renovation works. Être Patisserie will reopen in a new location in March 2020.
For pastry and cake lovers who get turned on by food aesthetics, this cafe is the right place to hangout where you can savor out-of-this-world exquisite cakes, so sublimely and thoughtfully crafted out that you don't have the heart to put them into your mouth! This is definitely a cafe to go to for some insta-worthy shots.
Check out hubs' picks from Être Patisserie:
Pink beauty with edible 'diamond'. By the look of the cream and decor on the cakes, we'd thought that they look cloy but they're aren't. They're not overly sweet and not only do they look exquisite, they're eye-rollingly delish too.
CNY themed tart.
Source - Être Patisserie
Dinner was at Restoran Yum Yum, a Nyonya Thai food eatery owned by hubby's erstwhile school mate's family. It's our first time to this restaurant and everyone, especially hubs enjoyed the food thoroughly. After 3 days of feasting on CNY dishes, having Nyonya Thai food was much welcomed to break the monotony of Chinese dishes. The Nyonya and Thai flavors gave everyone a nice jolt to our jaded taste buds.
Yum Yum’s extensive menu is an intriguing mélange of Nyonya and Thai flavours with Chinese influences thrown in. In operations since 1991, Yum Yum’s sister outlet in Kota Damansara, KL is called Little Yum. Both outlets are pork-free and offers almost similar menu.
Since it's a holiday, I acceded to the girls' request of bubble tea after dinner and hubs brought us to the Bubble Tea Street. It's pretty hard to choose which shop to walk into when almost every shop sells the same kind of drinks, so we randomly chose the shop below. This is not to be confused with Black Whale. I can't remember the name of the shop though. I must admit that after being on a boba tea frenzy (sans the pearls) for almost a year, our craze seems to have fizzled out. Before we even realize it, I think the boba tea bubble will burst and another kind of craze will be born into the money-making beverage industry! Just you watch and see...
Yum Yum Restaurant Ipoh (Pork Free)
5 Persiaran Greenhill (New Town)
Tel: 05-253 7686
Business Hours: 12 -3pm and 6pm-10pm
OFF: Wednesdays
Prices: GST applicable.