Halal Ipoh Food | Rebecca Saw

IPOH: Nostalgia Eats @ Durbar FMS (Pork-free)

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Post published:March 1, 2019
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I would recommend Durbar at FMS as a dining choice mainly for nostalgia and its history, second for the food.

It would seem that I’m implying that the food is bad, but trust me, based on what I’ve tried, the food isn’t remotely bad, but neither is it mind-blowing.

It is comfort food. The very building is a relic.
Durbar FMS is the oldest bar and restaurant in Ipoh and possibly in Malaysia. The grand dame was revived from her 11-year slumber by Seow Wee Liam, an Ipohan and he can be seen here daily managing the restaurant.

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Restoran New Hollywood – pork free hawker dining in Ipoh

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Post published:March 1, 2019
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I have to admit that pork-free dining isn’t high on my list.
Like, why would I want to eat chicken when I enjoy pork more?

But beef and lamb?
Sure!
More so when the meat is cooked in thick, rich curry. I’m particularly smitten with lamb, pork or wild boar curry.

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Dim Sum in IPOH 2019: Pork free dim sum at Canning Dim Sum

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Post published:February 22, 2019
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Verdict: Great option for PORK-FREE dim sum in Ipoh, undoubtedly better in taste than Greentown and not as expensive as Weil Hotel.

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Best dim sum in IPOH Part 2 – Greentown Dim Sum Cafe (HALAL)

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Post published:May 8, 2016
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If you are abstaining from pork, a Muslim or you are living in or a tourist in Ipoh, I would recommend Greentown Dim Sum Cafe for your dim sum fix.
If you not any of the above, then I’ll like to recommend much better dim sums in Ipoh, of which you can find the list HERE.

Meanwhile, let me go into details of our halal dim sum lunch yesterday.

For halal dim sum, Greentown Dim Sum Cafe is your best bet at the moment.
Most items are decent but hardly memorable.
Credit where it is due, none were particularly terrible either.

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IPOH best restaurants Part 4: Yum Yum for halal, delicious Nyonya Thai food

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Post published:April 4, 2016
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Eating Thai food in Ipoh? Why?? Well, I had similar reservations when my trusted Ipoh guide Brian bought the topic up. However over the years, I’ve learnt that if Brian recommends it, it will…

Halal food in Ipoh – Thumb’s Cafe @ Greentown, Ipoh

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Post published:June 2, 2014
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It was by a funny stroke of luck that we stumbled upon Thumb’s Cafe in Ipoh.
We were not in Ipoh for a food excursion. It was in fact a photography skewed trip, with a trunkload of clothes in the boot of the Volkswagen Passat, heading to north for landscape inspiration shoot.

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