Great Chee Cheong Fan in Gopeng (15 min from Ipoh)

This is definitely not what Chee Cheong Fan looks like to a Singaporean.

Here we are today in Gopeng basking under the mid-day sun, waiting for an illusive chee cheong fan man to arrive. Plastic tables have been set up where the stall functions, but it's all empty except for a steamer. As the clock ticked, more and more people congregated at the area. Where the hell is he?

Finally, we see this super lao pok white car come by, its back seat loaded with all kinds of fried yong tau foo. He backed into the lot in front of the plastic tables and proceeded to off load whole trays of food onto the table. Turned out that the steamer contained the actual chee cheong fan and here in Gopeng, Yong Tau Foo was part of the deal.



Everyone scrambled to the food grabbing whatever looks good. I also realised that the Chee Cheong Fan here came with a light curry gravy similar to that of Lontong.

So was it good? Yes, especially the soft texture of the chee cheong fan. It sent CK raving and raving. But I found the Yong Tau Foo very oily actually but other than that the taste was fine.

More importantly though, this place also had the 'fun' element. You have fun choosing what to go with your cheong fan and of course, the waiting thrown in also created a nice buzz in your stomach as it anticipates the arrival of the goods. Yumm.