Howling Fury: Road Trip

Boy, I do love those road trips...

The open road, the nice scenery along the highway, the feel of speed in your hands...

Aha, but there's a catch. If you do it on a weekday, you get those. I got that on a Wednesday (15th May 2007), mind you..

The ride was a Volvo S80 (OMG, it was such a beauty to handle). Mine you reckon? Nah, It belonged to Lilian. Now, this is Lilian...

Lilian needed to go to IPOH for some of her personal matters and since it was the school holiday week (10th March 2007 to 18th March 2007) Shyuan had no work and I don't work on Wednesdays...so both of us decided to accompany her (tag along I suppose).

Ipoh is not that far from KL, we started our journey at 7.00am and we got there around 9.00am, just 2 hours. We exited the North South highway at Simpang Pulai and the 1st thing we did in Ipoh was to head to Ming Court near Hotel Excelsior for.................Dim Sum!!!

Eating Dim Sum in Ipoh is an experience that is somewhat enriching...

ENRICHING you might ask? Why? Because you will just take that nice little dumpling and put it into your mouth continously thus enriching your tummy...Ha Ha Ha!!!

Those stuff were really delicious and we were so grateful to have had such a scrumptous breakfast much to the chagrin of the guy that was sharing our table. But we were quite guilty for indulging as we are all gym members and had to watch what we eat....But we threw that RULE out the window as soon as we stepped into the car.

After attending to her matters, it took around 1.5 to 2 hours, Lilian then took us to eat "Tow Foo Fah". Why would anyone want to eat "Tow Foo Fah" in Ipoh when you can get that anywhere back here in the Klang Valley...I quickly threw that notion out the window when I placed that white piece of floating soya bean thingy into my mouth....It was the smoothest "Tow Foo Fah" that I've ever tasted. It must have something to do with the water here in Ipoh. !!!Seriously!!!
It it only costs RM0.70 per bowl....RM0.70? RM0.70? RM0.70? If I remember correctly, it costs like RM1.20 per bowl here back here in the Klang Valley.

We continued to stroll around in Ipoh and to kill some time before we went back to attend to Lilian's matter, we went to Ipoh Parade (the place where that girl got abducted in her car and taken for a joyride a while back; that news was like spreading via sms like hot cakes back then - slightly inaccurate in timing though, you might want to ask me to tell you the story some other time). Just like your typical "Parade" shopping complex, it was more of a practical shopping complex than those really plush ones like One U or Mid Valley Megamall.

We just strolled around to hoping to find some bargains. I really wondered what I could find there, but Shyuan was looking for some semi-precious stones trinkets and Lilian just wanted to find a hairclip. Me? I wasn't intending to buy anything? What can I possibly find in Ipoh?

Actually, Shyuan and I did buy ourselves a semi-precious stone trinket to adorn our hand and Lilian got her hairclip....all rather cheaply. But you have to really look for the bargains otherwise you might just get that situation where you are viewed as not local and someone will try to rip you off (Lilian was offered a plastic handphone protector for RM15!!!).

Later, it would be "Makan" time again after completing Lilian's personal matters. And we just headed into old Ipoh town for some "Kuey Teow Soup". The way "Kuey Teow Soup" is served in Ipoh is so different from here in Klang Valley. You had to choose your add-ons to go along with your soup. I like picked a total of 15 different types of pork balls. Lilian was giving me the funny look (you sure that brown thing is pork ar?). Yes, it was pork. One of those pork ball varieties that you can find at the Lok-Lok van.

You think we might we back after that meal excursion....No! We won't leaving Ipoh without the famous Hup Kee "Hiong Piah" Charboiled Aroma Biscuits. But not immediately we headed to Gunung Rapat, where the HQ is located. We went back for "Tow Foo Fah" as Shyuan needed to get another fix. Ha Ha Ha!!! I think next to Vitagen, "Tow Foo Fah" would be another one of her weakness.

10 packs of Hiong Piah was what we got. I got 5 and Lilian got the balance. RM5.50 per pack of 10 biscuits. You could feel the heat in the packs...really freshly baked from the oven. Tell you a secret, I can actually finish the whole pack in one sitting.

After that, it was the drive back to Subang Jaya and it was like already 5.00pm. I was like so exhausted, since I drove and walked...and walked...and ate. If you ever get a chance to go to Ipoh, you really shouldn't missed those food stopovers..