Good Eats at Taiping, Wan Tan Mee

to conclude my series of blog post on my trip to Taiping,

My memories of Taiping for food is a Kai Si Koey Teow Thng,( Chicken Meat Flat Rice Noodle in Soup) located some where in town. I thought i knew where it was but this trip i cannot find it.

So for food after the long walk at the Zoo, I when food hunting, What funny is that there is no food court over looking the Taiping Lakes, the closest is this Restaurant Taman Tasik, a food court located a little a away from the lake but with no view of the lake.,

It has a car park over looking the lake though. and it look like it cater for a evening and late nite business. There were a lot of stalls offering thypical Hawkers food, but most were close at around 4pm.

GPS Location : N04.51.059 E100.44.764

Food Court Interior .

Wan Tan Mee

The Wan Tan mee was surpricingly nice, done exactly to my specification. So nice that the whole family ended up having Wan Tan Mee. The Char Siew could do with a improvement though.

Rojak

Well not bad for Taiping.

Taiping Temple

There is this small Temple located in the Taiping Cantonese Association that according to Taiping Travel Guide is worth a visit. By coincidence I park beside it, while hunting for lunch in Taiping, its located near the district office.

It is call Temple for the Immortal Girl, supposedly dedicated to the worship of the Immortal Woman Ho, one of the Eight Immortals, a group of fairies. So i drop by after lunch to take a look

Taiping Museum

A trip to Taiping is not complete with out a visit to the Taiping Museum, the oldest in the country! completed in 1886! to me it a look like White House or a white icing decorated cake! Any way this post is photos of the exterior exhibits as unfortunately the interior is close during my visit here for refurbishment.

Saber Fighter (malaysian)

Statue of Colonal Walker

Tin Drager Buckets

Cannon

Port Weld Train

Detail Photo of Train Carriage

Fire Engine!

Form Fire Engine!

Taiping Prison, in front of the Museum

Rattan Basket, use by elephants to transport passangers.

Elephant Skulls

A vist to Taiping...... after 20 years

This is Taiping

Taiping, Perak

The Town,

Taiping is call the Heritage Town of Perak, and after spending ½ a day here, I indeed do find it a heritage town, there seems to be more effort here then other places to restore and to maintain the old houses to their former glory. However new buildings have been built and have overshadow the old land marks such as the old clock tower which has a modern building built almost enclosing it.

Heritage Buildings at Taiping

Taiping Church

Clock Tower (now the tourist information office)

London telephone booth at the Old Clock Tower

Another View of the Clock Tower

Taiping town centre is indeed well plan thank to its colonial masters, dual carriage with center divider for main roads and lots of parking indeed. But Taiping is not just some old folks town with old buildings. It’s is an Army Town. The Army camps stretches from Kamunting town (near the highway) right to Taiping Town itself a distance of 7km.

View of Waterfall from town center.

It is also now getting to be a Town of budget hotels, all at very reasonable price, Near the Lake there is Seri Malaysia, Kamalodge, and Flaminton Hotel, 3 very reasonable well built properties...... not to mention the hotels in town or the new SSL Trader Hotel at Kamunting town near the Taiping Express Bus Station.

And of course there is the Famous Taiping Lake Gardens and The Taiping Zoo with its night safari, The Only Zoo in the Northern States and the Oldest Zoo in Malaysia, Perak Museum which is also the oldest in Malaysia and Maxwell Hill (Bukit Larut).

Lake Gardens

Memories

I use to stay in Taiping, for two years in a government bungalow, near one of the army camps and attended King Edward Primary when my father was posted there some 40 years ago. Now the government bungalow is completely overgrown by nature and is no more in use. There was this Koey Teow Soup that my mother use to bring me for lunch. Tried to find it but cannot. However my alma mater is still around.

King Edward II Primary SchoolThis was my house.

Malsing Maps Directions

I use my GPS Phone with Malsing Maps to get to Taiping and to wonder around town, I find the data base comprehensive and quite accurate in general.

Taiping Zoo Animals 6 of 6 - cats, big cats

In this post are the various type of Cats, Big Cats and others found in the zoo, Sorry i cannot remember all the names of the various animals but if any one can help? To see the complete set to Taiping Zoo please click on the taiping zoo tag.

Tiger, Tiger

Sleepy Cat! Big Cat!

African Lion

Rhino

Camel

Taiping Zoo Animals 5 of 6, Giraffe, Elephants and Others

In this post are the various type of Giraffe, Elephants and Others found in the zoo, Sorry i cannot remember all the names of the various animals but if any one can help? To see the complete set to Taiping Zoo please click on the taiping zoo tag.