This mangrove nut with blackish flesh inside, when mixed with tamarind paste and other spices make a very unique local Singaporean dish. Cooked with chicken, pork or even duck meat. Sour sweet taste with a little pungent overtunes, makes it a very exotic dish to try. [20/01, 13:12] Colin Tan: Where did you buy the mangrove nuts from to make the buah keluak? [20/01, 20:04] Lee JERRY: Little India mkt. At the back near stairs going down to bus stop. Be careful , a lot are empty nuts. Sgd 10 per packet. Boil then break the lips [20/01, 20:18] Lee JERRY: Tekka Wet Market
Warrens of Gastronomic delights in Kinta Valley, Ipoh. Lee Heng Lye ,Jerry . On my trip back to JB from Perlis during my Jan 2021 trip , I decided to break the journey at Ipoh because I wanted to see Ipoh as well as to get a good night rest. I told the taxi driver at Amanjaya Bus Interchange in Ipoh to bring me to a hotel smack in the centre of the best restaurants in Ipoh. He lamented that this is not his job but I threatened not to pay him if he brought me to a bad location. He brought me to Jalan Seenivasagam in Ipoh. True , there were many Chinese restaurants there and Excelsior Hotel stood majestically at the end of the road. Opposite it is the famed, Overseas Chinese Restaurant. I couldn’t get a room at Excelsior so I checked in at Belmorris Greentown Hotel. I crossed the road and took in my dinner at Restaurant Soon Fatt.The ambience was not superb but the service was immaculate. Every customer is precious to them . I ordered ...
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