Welcome to Ipoh
very good
good morning from Ipoh the third largest city in Malaysia we are starting our day at a local
kopitiam which means coffee shop we are here for some traditional Malaysian breakfast and
to try the famous Ipoh white coffee
this is the place Nam Heong
it's totally full yeah maybe we can sit here
are you sure you can share a table I think so
better ask right yeah
we can sit here okay thank you thank you there's kind of no uh menu it's like everything is
just on the wall so I need to go up there to order so he only gets the drink orders
from me oh thank you thank you
she asked you to open it
do you want chicken noodles instead she said it's very famous okay
really good do you want me to give you the ultimate bite yes please
noodles chicken prawns
it looks quite simple but it's very flavorful because the prawns make the broth really sweet
like that sweet seafood taste that's why that lady was like you have to try this
so this is the famous Ipoh white coffee you see a lot of these like Old Town white
coffee franchise in Malaysia but apparently this place is home to the original white coffee
so let me give it a try see if it's really good [Music] this is really nice it's very
smooth and it's not overly sweet why is it called white coffee I think because there
is milk in it maybe that's why it's called white coffee well yours doesn't have milk in it yours is
called Kopi O and of course I have to pair it with their famous egg tart I saw those
ladies eating this it looks so good egg tarts have always been my childhood favorite every
single time we go to like um a Chinese style cafe I always get this and ovaltine but now
that I grew up I have it with coffee [Music] oh you ordered some soft boiled eggs too yeah
I know you like these I already added the white pepper and soy sauce in there we have
this in Thailand too but we eat it differently they put in a like a clear glasses
and you drink it like a shot yeah
and you can dip the kaya toast oh really in the egg yeah
look at that soak it all up [Music] oh wow this is the ultimate breakfast
look at the people lining up there yeah the line is starting to form I guess we should eat quicker
there's a huge line outside
it is my first time seeing people write this
on the street for Chinese New Year what is this for like to hang in the house and stuff
yeah it is for Chinese New Year to hang it um like in front of their door or something
like that on the side of your door to bring in like good luck for the year can we ask
you what this means it's like spring bunny invites the sun like the new sunlight like
the year of the bunny brings in the new year and brings in the New Year
the spring bunny brings in the New Year
wow that's not "nid noi" that's a lot of Thai that he spoke wow I'm very impressed
he put my Thai to shame
you work is beautiful thank you
so you may not have heard of Ipoh but it is an up-and-coming destination for tourists because the CNN recently
released an article saying that it is one of Asia's most underrated places so it's kind
of a food and cultural Hub they even call it penang's little brother and I can see why
because it kind of has that feel of Penang it's a very big city but it has like a small
town feel to it because there aren't a lot of skyscrapers it's mostly a lot of lower
buildings older buildings and even just walking down this Main Street here we can see that
there's a lot of old stores mixed with some new shops but the older ones are doing the
best yeah yeah I think people like to keep to traditions here a lot [Music] who's that it's Choi Sun
he's the one who's gonna give you all your fortune for the next year what is he saying
he said take a photo together
wow look at this street is he giving out red pockets
i don't know
what's this for temple for temple
for the temple oh okay okay oh okay
up to you okay up to you okay thank you very much thank you thank you thank you I want
to see what's inside this is a little bit different usually Choi Sun gives you money but
this Choi Sun asked for money but what did he give us in return is that a number for
the lottery yes three one five three wait what does it say here just a temple address
and some saying in Chinese I don't know it could be not sure but we should take it as a sign
to buy the lottery [Music]
so there are three streets in this old town area that have a
very interesting story I was reading the sign over here this one is called Market Lane and
there's another one over there called Concubine Lane and then another one called Wife Lane
so the story behind these three lanes was that there was a very very rich Chinese mining
Tycoon and his name is called "Yao Tet Shin" and he gave each of his wives one lane basically
they own the lane they were able to like collect rent from tenants from the shops and then that's
why these three lanes are based on his first wife his concubine and his second concubine
I think it's pretty smart of him that he split them up so they don't fight in the one lane
yeah [Music]
so this is the second wife Street concubine Lane I read on the other sign out here that
said that this street used to be home to a lot of mining tycoon concubines so that's
why it's like a bad street it's where people hide their second wives it's where people
come to gamble but now it's just a nice souvenir street with some nice shops and food places
the second wife definitely knows how to run the business here yeah so busy the wife's
Lane is not this busy no the first and the third was quiet
babe that flower is so beautiful should we get one when was the last time you had
cotton candy oh 20 years ago let's get one let's get one which one should we choose
she's going to make us a special one okay okay how much is it eight ringgit
make it very special okay
this is also art you know this is not easy to make
and she learned when she was probably already older
because she only started what eight years ago so beautiful wow look at that a flower and a heart
oh I haven't had cotton candy in years
I feel like a kid again
oh what happened to my thing oh no it melted all over your hand oh no
it's too hot
I think the vendors here are very smart they sell colorful snacks yeah that attract
children like us yeah so that people buy them and take photos with them what is that crispy
baby crab oh that actually looks yummy yeah can I try one yeah
it's a baby crab put sauce on it put mayonnaise and thai chili sauce
it's a soft shell crab you can eat the whole thing
that's really good
so I just asked one of the vendors and they said that the street usually isn't so busy
they are really busy during the weekends so all the vendors are open and kind of have
their stalls out selling souvenirs but if you want to experience this street on a weekday
it will be a bit more quiet than this did you play this when you were young all the
time yeah I put it down the stairs the staircase and let it fall what do you call that again
rainbow spring
haven't seen that since i was a kid
thank you okay I'm really proud of us that we can speak so many languages I think coming
here is like a great use for all of our languages yeah because so far I get to use my Thai you
get to use your Mandarin your Cantonese and most of the time English
so we're heading outside of the city center now because there
is one more place we want to check out in Ipoh today we saw a lot of pomelos being sold
in the city and they look really really good we heard that they are famous in Ipoh so we're
gonna go straight to the farms to try a pomelo today we're here
oh my goodness I think some are really really big yeah this one's huge I wonder if we can
pick them off the tree so here we prepare the pathway you can just follow the walkway
the oldest tree we have is 70 years old tree oh wow so you can go now okay it's now the
season for Chinese New Year so if we see the pomelo we like just take it no cannot take because always
you have to pluck on time but inside the flesh is not big yet so it's not good it takes six to seven months to harvest
thank you enjoy thank you that's so cool so the official name
of this farm is Go Chin Tambun Pomelo Agro Farm it seems like quite a big place here
and we start walking through the farm from this entrance here
so i read that Ipoh has some of the best pomelos in all of Malaysia because it is in an area that
is prime for growing pomelos as it is surrounded by limestone mountains and limestone has a
lot of minerals like calcium that help the trees thrive and that's why the fruits here
are extra sweet and extra juicy
when we don't know we always like to tap it like that but the skin got oil oil is bitter in smell
always when you peel off the skin it's really good smell but the taste is bitter
so if you tap to heavy the oil will go into the flesh and you will be eating bitter pomelo
so always when you are choosing pomelo just touch the skin is hard or soft
if the skin is hard it means it's fresh if the skin is already soft it means this one already plucked a few days
ready to eat because the fresh one will feel a bit bitter and spicy so always
you must keep until it become soft then more juicier there's a difference only I did not
know that
oh it smells so fresh look at this oh my goodness wow [Music] it's almost has
no sour taste at all just sweetness
it tastes so good and it's also so hydrating because it has so much moisture like there's
so much water content in this you can see how juicy it is I'm just pulingl it apart for
those of you who have never tried pomelo before it kind of looks like grapefruit but the taste
is not as bitter as grapefruit it's more like lighter and sweeter but the texture is a little
bit like grapefruit is it from the same family I think so yeah and they're usually pretty
big this was only around 15 minutes outside of the city center and even the drive to come
up here was really really beautiful you would see all the limestone mountains there's also
some cave temples that are worth visiting so it's really cool to be able to see the
city side of Ipoh but also this nature side of Ipoh since we have a lot of pomelos to
finish we're just gonna wrap things up now thank you again for coming along and explore
Ipoh with us and we also hope that you will add Ipoh to your list next time you're in
Malaysia Have a Wonderflo Day and we will see you in the next one bye-bye are we buying
these to take home we going to buy some to take home for sure
Bloopers
is it healthy for one person to eat a whole pomelo by themselves it's okay right
I think so
oh heavy
smell the other one too
sorry
walk away put it down and walk away