Perak Herb Garden

Another interesting place we visited which was unscheduled was the Perak Herb Garden. At first we were doubtful whether it was worth visiting, but we were glad we did. The garden was full of interesting plants.

Of particular interest was this plant below - said to be able to boost the male libido !! Well, we have this plant back home.

Below, on the left is the so-called "Lidah Jin" or "Devil's Tongue" but it sometimes being called - the "Mother-in-law's Tongue" . The plant shown below at right is called Sabah Snake Grass and is known to have some effect in treating cancer.

Another garden plant is the 'Garden Croton" or "Daun Puding" shown on the lower left below - the leaves are said to be good for skin problem. It helps to ease urination and constipation. We used to have plenty of these in our garden. The long yellow leaves on the right can be used to treat gall stones.

Interesting Foods

Sight-seeing without savouring some of the local food would be incomplete. We searched out for the many publicised outlets to satisfy our taste buds.

Lou Wong Bean Sprouts Chicken (Nga Choi Gai), Jalan Yau Tet Shin, Ipoh

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Chan Siew Heng Nga Pau Fan, Kampar

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Bukit Mertajam Yam Rice

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Wan Tan Mee at Pun Chun Restaurant, Bidor

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Pasembor (Indian Rojak), Restoren Ansari Famous Cendol, Taiping

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Kap Pian (Peanut Pancake) at backlane stall, Menglembu

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Ng Yam Huat Food Court, Bukit Mertajam

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Chicken Rice, Restaurant Wang Kee, Kampung Koh, Setiawan

Taufu Fah

Besides cendol, we did stop at taufu fah stores whenever we found one. This Woong Kee Beancurd along Jalan Ali Pitchay in Ipoh is reputed to be 4th generation maker of taufu fah. It's texture was smooth and silky and it was served with gula Malacca syrup. Even better than the one sold in our Taman Tun Fuad Park.

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This roadside seller in Pusing offers a variety of syrups: normal, gula Malacca and ginger syrup. We opted for ginger syrup and it's not bad but the texture was a bit coarse.

Engineering & Architecture

Prai Bridge, Bukit Mertajam

Raja Permaisuri Bainun Bridge, Lumut

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Mengkuang Dam, Bukit Mertajam

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Grand Kampar Hotel

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Sentosa Villa, Taiping

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New Church Complex of St. Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam

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Museums & Historical Sites

Tin mining used to be Perak's major economic activity that enabled this state to develop up to its current status. One man who is very passionate in preserving this part of Perak's history is this man, Tan Sri Hew See Tong whom we met by accident when visiting the partially completed Kinta Tin Mining (Gravel Pump) Museum in Kampar.

This Tan Sri who called himself an old man in Kampar came regularly to check on the construction of this Museum. He was very friendly and chatty and fort-coming with his idea and intention to build this museum to ensure the preservation of this cultural heritage. We also chatted in Hakka as he is a Hakka himself.

 

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Perak Museum at Taiping, Jalan Lumba Kuda - It is said that this is the oldest Museum in Malaysia !

 

Ngah Ibrahim Fort & Museum, Matang, Taiping

This used to be the residence of Ngah Ibrahim, the local leader of Larut and son of Long Jaafar, the man who discovered tin in Bukit Gantang, setting off the tin industry in Malaya.

 

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Kellie's Castle, Jalan Gopeng, Gunung Rapat, Ipoh

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Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan

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Old shops in Ipoh