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Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Let's Go Back To The 60's

HELLOOO~Dear cherished readers, here we are again! As we all know, students nowadays rarely get in touch with traditional food and are fond of eating Western , Japanese and Korea cuisines! So we will be recommending to you guys two old, traditional restaurants that have been running their business for almost 50 years in Old Town of Kampar. Can you call this as Old School? Yes. you can!

So, below are the two posts about the old established shops .

Let's get to the post.




Hi, Guys! In our 3rd blog post we're looking for Kampar famous piping hot steamed claypot chicken rice  restaurant CHAN SIEW HENG. Here is one of those stalls that stand out among it's other competitors, making it one of a kind with history spanning almost 50 years, Chan Siew Heng has been dishing out of million of goodness. The two brothers who run the shop now are the 2nd generation beginning from it's founder. The rice is cooked in a claypot over a charcoal stove and served in a single claypot bowl after 20 minute on the hot stove. If one is already hard  enough to manage, try imagining them running 21 bowls at the same time not to mention the different bowl size and cooking time they have to remember. Now that's  feat worth the salutes. 


One of the brother is in charge of cooking the charcoal claypot rice while the other is in charge of mixing the sauce. As show in the picture.

They are busying  prepare all those ingredients and the charcoal. Their mom was there to help them that day too. *They look so lovely*

Here is the main ingredients- chicken!!! It's marinated with salt, sugar, soya sauce, pepper, sesame oil, and some secret ingredient. shhhhhh~




Hey...~dear readers~~can you see that white uncooked rice,that's high quality one! Besides, there are over hundred and hundred claypots on the rack.










AWWWWW~we're so hungry~~Can't wait for the claypot chicken rice~~ =S








There're 2 types of claypot dishes, one is the basic claypot chicken& salted fish rice in sweet soya sauve topped with marinated chicken.The other one is non-sauce claypot chicken rice.
SURPRISE!!!!!! Here are all the legendary dishes!
1.Claypot Salted fish & chicken rice  . (Big-RM11 Small-  
                                                              RM5.50)
   There are so much salted fish in the claypot rice and it given the dimension of taste , the "boss" is just so generous!=D Besides,the sweet soya sauce has moderated the salty taste of the salted fish~ arghhh~~yum yum yummmyy!


2. Claypot Chicken rice (Big-RM9 Small-RM4.50)
    Fluffy grains of rice cooked by charcoal and served with the simple marinated chicken. There are some ginger inside the rice. How about the chicken??? of course, the chciken is so juicyyyy and smooth~mix them up, then, u can enjoy your meal!


3. oil cabbage (RM 3.80)
    Not forgetting about the vegetables that compliments the dishes and bring out all the flavour just waiting to burst out of the dishes. The vegetables is very fresh. We like with the cabbage is the fried shallots. The fried onion is not those ready packed fried shallots.




drooling~ Those claypot rices  is just so LUCIOUS! The price of these claypot rice is so reasonable and affortable too. 'SO GOOD'. We can almost breathe in air of nostalgia when we're having our dinner here.






If you need more persuasion, the shop has been reviewed as one of the best delicacies in town by one of the Malaysia's famous TV show "阿贤人情味"- "AH XIAN".
   










We also have interviewed one of the customer.(As the picture below)~MR Q~ He is really "cute-Q" haha~ He like the old friend of this shop, as he has been visitng this shop for 30 years!wow!! 







 The permanant customer of RESTAUTANT CHAN SIEW HENG"MR Q".
















cheeseeeeeee~Let's take a picture with the 2 claypot rice  brothers and thier lovely mummy.


P/S if you want to go and try out these delicious claypot chicken rice, you need to go early. According to the "boss", they can sell 50 bowls of big claypot rice & 50 bowls of small claypot rice.~Amazinggg~








Here is the map~














CONTINUEEEEEEE............


How can you dinner end with just the main course? It has to go along with the desserts . So we will recommend you one great dessert that will blow your mind.


That is ICE KACANG , one great news is that it is just opposite Chan Siew Heng Restaurant.




Well, we went to "Foong Mun Kee" to try out the most traditional ice kacang in Kampar.
 

Firstly, we had an interview session with Mr Foong.


Us: hello, Mr Foong, when is your business started run?

Mr Foong: In year 1964.It has been running for almost 50 years.

Us: So…….is this shop opened by your daddy?


Mr Foong: No No, It was opened by my grandfather, and this business has been running for 3 generations. I’m THE 3RD generation so it kinda makes us the oldest ice kacang restaurant in Kampar! Before then, our business just started as a really small mamak stall (the 2nd picture we have circled above).

Us: Okay, uncle, which type of ice kacang is highly recommended by you?

Mr Foong: Mmm….Original Ice Kacang! It was created by my father after my father handled this business. It was also the most popular one in Kampar during the 70’s. But now, there are more and more new recipes and there are many competitors and customer nowadays that don’t really appreciate these old recipes (he looked so disappointed).

Us: Awww…..cheer up uncle, you still got us! Haha! We will be sure to recommend this to our friends. Besides the ‘Original Ice Kacang’, is there any various type of ice kacang?


Mr Foong: Of course, Coconut ice kacang, Kopi ice kacang, special ice kacang, and Red bean cup!


Us: Okay~thanks uncle for your time and cooperation. Hehe~ So can we make an order now?


Mr Foong: Yes, of course.


Even though there is a variety of ice kacang to choose , our main pick was still the original ice kacang, but we order a special and coconut ice kacang to try out too.







Mr Foong shows his real kung fu in his kitchen when preparing all the legendary ICE KACANG!!!




Mr Foong: Althought my kitchen looks so messy and retro but it’s very clean! =D










Here are the main ingredients of the ice kacang. These ingredients play an important role in the ice kacang making~ without them, it’s pretty much dead~

1 1)Ice machine,and those cans which include: corn, instant milk
2.2)The QQ-Grass Jelly
3.3)The Sweety Gula Melaka
4.4)The Fluffy Red Bean
5. 5)The greenly Cendol







Before eating those refreshing and cold ice kacang, Mr Foong taught us to make the ice kacang ourselves. Jamie got first-hand experience in preparing a bowl of ice kacang."People, have you noticed that some of the steps are prepared by using your hand" OMG! @.@ 
P/S:  No worry~ My hand are clean! hehehe~ =P


After 10 MIN...
DANG DANG DANG~ ! Here is the COCONUT ICE KACANG~
C-0-C-0-N-U-T COCONUT, COCONUT…….
This dish is topped with juicy and succulent coconut flesh since the main ingredient is coconut. And the other ingredients are fresh as well. With all those awesome stuff, it is like having an explosion on your palate and mind!! One thing we are sure of : your mouth has never taste dessert like this before.(RM3.50)


Special ice kacang. What is so special about it? Ahah, special here means the combination of the ingredients like coconut, grass jelly and all the others main ingredients added with a scoop of ICE-CREAM. This has got to be the yummiest
ice kacang we have ever tasted! It really sounds amazing too. You just need to add these two dishes into your life goals because it is that good! Coooool!!!!!!
The price is reasonable too, only RM4.    

The historical ice kacang in Kampar. The origin of every ice kacang in this shop. It's made from all the main ingredients and you can taste more of the taste of Gula Melaka in this dish. It's simple n since the ice melted easily, one spoon in your mouth makes it literally melt with a burst of a thousand flavours.If you don't like having a bunch ingredients mixed together, then, i will strongly suggest you to try this out. 
-RM3-



 The place is simple, retro ans small      
 but the environment that it brings to it's    patrons is a sense of comfort and serenity    while dinning the dishes available there and it brings out the best of the food served.



WOWWWW~ The ice kacang is too YUMMY!!~~It's nice!



Thanks Mr Foong, for treating us the ice kacang!!! Hahaha~~XD

Promise that we will pay you a visit next time.




Location map of Restaurant Foong Mun Kee
Our lovely follower, u must visit this restaurant!


PEOPLE, our blog posts have came to an end. Wish you guys do really enjoy our blog posts. Thanks






~HAPPY HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI IN ADVANCED~


~END~










55 comments:

  1. WoW !!!! Niceeeeee !!!!

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  2. hey, i still do not know have this kind of old style ABC in kampar=) 50++ yrs? shud be vry niceXD i wil go n try it soon!=)) but, wat is the actual price for each?>< izit expensive? i stil a student lar..shud eat smth worth and affortable=) anyway, thanks for sharing.

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  3. Wow~ you guys have change your blog style.
    old school, very interesting.
    i can catch the feel from your blog post.
    Eating ice kacang and listen to country road.
    nice improvement , keep it on.

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  4. a new post again=) this time is air kacang? haha, vry suitable for we all! kampar is hot always@@ i wil date my friend n go to try it! wat kind of ice you will recommend us to try?

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  5. i like the background! n the top of blogXD nice! the song is very meaningful as well. i know this restaurant! i went it before=) vary and special! it vry cheaper as well. you guys done a good job!

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  6. the quality of photos were improved=) good. very clear. izit near by the bus stop thr? i here it before, but not really confirm it location. ><i wan go n try soon!!!!!! can wait anymore

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  7. oh gossh...
    i am a Kamparian , yet, i didn't mention that's such a old shop. izzit in old town?
    i gonna go for a try.
    hope it wont disappoint me.

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  8. the song attracted me! i m enjoying the visual n audio=D nice the content is different with the past. can c ur improvement clearly. MUN KEE is very famous actually=) i knew n tried it before. good n delicious! it still impressed it my mind. i will go and try it immediately.thanks sharing

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  9. wa..how a nice post! thanks for sharing. the process of making air kacang is quite amazing! ha, i dint c it before=P wawa, u all still provide some of the history, simple n nice as well as clear. good good good! u all attracted me lar=D go soon go soon

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  10. change song again? haha..nice! old style, make me feel free and relax. the price quite cheap=) suit us, studentXD. keep on!

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  11. u guys so lucky~ boss treat u all eat air kacang. haha. nice ar..no matter music, background or content.like it!

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  12. Jasyleen : I'm chicken lover! Thanks for introduce a new "chicken" to me as your last blog post. I have heard before about this shop before... Thanks for the information. I will pay a visit =)

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  13. Hei Hei~~The skin is so nice~ I wish the font will be bigger and Bolder, easier to see mah~~ I like this song so much~~Really have the feel~~

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  14. love the song 'country road'!!! classic feeling flow out! I'll go there try the food ya, by the way, I want to try do ice kacang myself, I love the read bean. Great Job =]

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  15. Foong Mun Kee huh? quite famous in Kampar, I went there before, the ice kacang really nice. I like the coconut ice kacang, the coconut flesh was fresh and sweeet, really love it much! I love the boss smile too~ so familiar~ The price of the ice kacang also reasonable, good recommed!

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  16. Hi! I see that you've change the style and background of your blog. SUPERB!!!!! I like it more than ever! Seriously, I'm a fan of claypot rice and ais kacang! And it's so much cheaper than those in KL. *I mean the ice kacang. Gotta try it someday. I must say you guys have improved since the last post. Keep it up! =)

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  17. Ur blog totally change all the style and background!!! wit ur this post make me feel like back to my childhood time....

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  18. OH MY GOD!!!got a lot delicious food here...feel hungry already...nice post.Keep it up~+U

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  19. whoa~~!! Delicious!! feel like wanna eat now! =D especially the Ice Kacang ! amazing~ nice work anyway~!! will try it nextime there xD Keep it up ^^

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  20. Hi all, Thanks first for viewed and comment our last blog post. I will reply your guys comment.
    First of all our main idea, uhm as you can see is our blog with the oldies background as well the song. It will bring us to the 60's and it was reminisce.

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  21. Kampar, a place where is peaceful. And the shoplots itself is old building and old food. thankiu for supporting our blog.

    Jason,Jiro,Anonymous: Oh yes, the ice kacang is the original self made recipe. And the price is so cheap. to those who never try this, you all must pay a visit someday :)Also,don't forget the claypot chicken rice.It is famous for many years because they are different(special recipes made) with others.

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  22. wa..hot and cold also have in Kampar..quite nice....like it badly.but, can i know whr is the location?because kampar still big for me....wait your reply and wan to try it soon!

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  23. Wow,,,u guys look sweet~~after read yours post, i wish i can having claypot chicken rice now althoug i just have my supper =P

    between,I like ur blog song,it bring me bek 60s...well donw =DDD

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  24. yee!you made me jealous and hungry again! I like the clay pot chicken rice, I can imagine the taste even from the pics itself! I am so hunger to try the ice kacang as well!! What a good 50's moment!! Oh my gosh!

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  25. I said to myself I will drop by there very soon to try all the delicious food!! Yummy!

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  26. hello~dear readers!
    Shu juan: yup...actually u can get more and more hot and cold food in kampar~ kampar is really a peaceful place and food heaven too =) opps~~we have forgotten to post the map fo you guys...okay~u can go for check it now~we have already posted the location map of the 2 restaurant, they are just opposite each of them, it's so convenience =) wish you can get to there as soon as possible =)

    jiyo: if u think you can, you can.haha.if you are not fat!hehe...yup..the song is suitable for our 3rd blog post theme~wish you can enjoy it =D

    Thanks for your guys's comment! goodnight =3

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  27. wah。。。。。hungry !!! what a nice delicious food you share with us !!!

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  28. i went to try this claypot chicken rice yesterday, from Ipoh. No offence. I also felt that the rice is so fluffy n better than the others! wootssss! and the ice kacang is the oldest 1, i knew, my mum always brought me here when i was young....your blog post does give me a good memory for me. *love*

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  29. i don’t think ive ever salivated on my keyboard more than i have reading this post lol.
    i miss kampar claypot chicken and foong ice kacang so much. cant wait to go back in my hometown again in december and hv a grand feast!

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  30. All of them look great! This list will prove useful for any upcoming trips to Ipoh, kampar. Speaking of which, I think it’s about time for one such trip! hehe.....may i ask about which day is the ice kacang shop going to close?

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  31. HELLO. Firstly, i want to say "THANKS YOU" for all of you to give us some comment. (big claps)

    ANONYMOUS 1: yea~it's great to know that our blogpost has been given you a good childhood memory~ it's so proud of us.

    Mr wong: We wish that you will have a happy n memorable holidays on this coming December.

    Ah moon: oh~~~the Mr Foong ice kacang shop will not be closed, it opened daily. According from the owner, it only closed on Chinese New Year, so, may be you can pay a visit to this restaurant on this coming hari raya holidays!haha! it's worth to get there.at least 1.

    wish all of you have a happy wednesday=)

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  32. nice blog post, nice theme, nice music!i do enjoy!

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  33. i wanna ask?do they wash their claypot?

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  34. The song is so nice~~This concept is totally great~~These two restaurants are famous is Kampar, and the food is so yummy!! ^^ Anyway, this blogpost really suits me, because i'm a oldies fans~~

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  35. hey there, thanks for enjoying our blog with the song.
    Anonymous: sure they do wash their claypot, thats why there are many claypot on the rack.
    no worry pals, although the restaurant look very old style yet there keep it very clean.

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  36. IC : Back to the 60's I like it.I tried before the claypot chicken. So nice 1... and the ice kacang is only opppsite the claypot. Niceee

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  37. hi=) me again! thanks for u share the address of it...haha, i can go thr now lurrrr=D thanks thanksss......

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  38. hahaa, it really clean! i went it before..many people like to go these shops actually as there have many type of food to choose...good! nice song, background and simple...good try!!

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  39. so sad, the blog wont continue anymore....all the post also seem like very delicious and nice....very like your post arrr...... D;
    i will go and try it today...hahaaaa...nervously...hope this blog will attract more people..i will try to help u promote ar=))thanks for sharing

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  40. the photos are clear than the previous....can can you make a lot of improvement...and put many effort in this blog.....good good=) like this badly!

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  41. hello....im here to reply the comments agn~~~

    shu juan~~u're welcome, wish that you enjoy the food=)

    anonymous1~~ yup..... it's so convenient for you guys~~~u guys can go for dinner after hving ice kacang~~haha~

    anonymous 2: thanks for you complliment =)

    chua yi ying~~ mm....~~may be it will be continue?haha~i will ask one of my member to be the owner of ths blog, as she is interested in it =) so don't be so sad~~=) anyway~~terima kasih, thank you, xie xie .

    anonymous3: yup, u r not using hp to take the pic, we r using digital camara to take it~so it will be more clear now. thanks for supporting ar


    anyway~wish all of you have a happy weekend=)

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  42. Gosh!! What a good post!! I like this so much!!

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  43. wow! i love your rice dish. haven't tried this yet, but i will soon, so happens i just bought a claypot yesterday. You have a very nice site!

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  44. That's a lovely claypot chicken rice. It certainly looks very delicious and hot rice added the cold drinks... wow! perfect

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  45. That looks pretty tasty. Do you have a recipe?

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  46. Yong keat :That looks like such a great meal all in one bowl!

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  47. nice=) like it badly...........
    i wil go wit my friend after utar exam...=>it shud be a great experience to us...thanks for sharing

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  48. hi~all big mouth blog's readers~ =)

    loh lui: thank you =)

    kaeh mun: yes, it;s good to hear tht u hv bought a claypot...so that u can cook it yourself.=D

    linda: No doubt!, Linda, the claypot chicken rice is really really so delicious, i hv been there for 2nd time after trying~haha~yeah~~the ice kacang is so icy too, you will be shout: "WOW" after eating it!haha...wish u can get to there when hari raya holidays=)

    claire: sorry..... we dont hv the recipe, but we suggest you to search in website or ask MR.GOOGLE, ahah~~there might be some recipe for you=)

    anonymous: yup, it is also nice ix it all to eat one times, you wont feel weired, but is keep adding rice =)

    ivy : u're welcome ivy=) yup, theer is a MUST GO place in kampar XD. besides, we will SUGGEST you to go early if u really want to visit there as there are many customer after 7pm.=)


    thanks all~=)good night!=3

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  49. Back to the oldies... one word- wow !!! I love you guys blog. i'm claypot chicken rice fans. I love chicken ~~~ you guys introduce so much details and i wish can try it someday. Somehow I can't find any nice 1 at KL.

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  50. wow classical theme with a famous claypot rice in kampar!
    good job~
    make me feel mouth watering right now!
    i think the pic should make it big so that we can see it more clear!

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  51. wow, thanks for recommending it, im gonna try it out later =D

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  52. So nice and I love the country road's song !

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  53. Nice photos with clear informative. I will try out the claypot chicken...

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  54. Hey guys, we appreciate your comments and we will continue work for it although this is our last blog post.

    viewers : Oh yea, the photos that we took is kinda bring out the oldies feel... and thanks for the like... Guys, you can try it out the foods and drinks someday for those who never try before :)))

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  55. oh and we already enlarge our photos as you guys wish can see more clear :)))) do enjoy viewing our blog post

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