Saturday 21 May 2016

Silky Smooth Tau Foo Far At Concubine Lane, Ipoh.

After our lunch at STG Boutique Cafe, we wanted to visit the newly opened Ho Yan Hor museum since we were in the same area.
But we found it closed. A notice said it will reopen on Wednesday.
Don't know why it was closed on a Tuesday because it states here it is open from Tuesday to Sunday.
And next to it is the Tin Mining museum. We didn't book for a tour, so we moved on in search of some desserts.
The old buildings for the 2 museums are well preserved.
A sign along Concubine Lane, Ipoh.
A shop lot going under renovation along Concubine Lane.
A miniature windmill outside a shop.
Found this wall painting along a very narrow path.
Advertising for boat noodles. We may come back to try these noodles on our next trip.
This is the place we were looking for....
Creative signage (in Chinese).
The famous soya bean curd - tau foo far.
We need to place our order here and wait to collect our orders - self service. The business was good even on a normal weekday.
Simple decoration on the wall.
Tau Foo Far with ginkgo seeds & something white that looks like bird nest.
Tau Foo Far with brown sugar & black sesame seeds.
And 2 bowls of plain Tau Foo Far (original version).
Everything tasted good and the tau foo far was very smooth.
But this original version is still the best.
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These following photos are for joining "Today's Flowers".
Beige or light orange hibicus flower from my garden.
White Jasmine from my garden.
Purple Balsam flowers from my garden.
White Lily from my friend's garden.
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The following photos are for joining "Saturday's Critters".
A Green Beetle clinging upside down onto the leaf of my lime plant.
The underside is copper red.
Finally, it managed to climb onto the leaf.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough
food in my Temple. If you do," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
"I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a
blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in!
Try it! Put me to the test! Your crops will be abundant,
for I will guard them from insects and disease.
Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,"
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
"Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land
will be such a delight," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
(Malachi 3:10-12, New Living Translation-NLT)

58 comments:

  1. Thank you for this interesting photo tour Nancy! The green beetle is great, as everything else - enjoy your weekend!

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    1. Thank you, Riitta. Enjoy your weekend too!

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  2. I love reading and looking at photos of the rich heritage of Malaysia...the old buildings, paintings of past era, and even the food containers, bowls and utensils where they serve the tau foo far - all so beautiful to me:) Thank you for sharing them in your blog post Nancy! Have a blessed weekend!

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    1. Thank you, Annie. Have a beautiful weekend!

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  3. The street is looking nice.
    Your flowers are lovely, always like hibiscus.

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    1. Thank you, Margaret. I love hibiscus too.

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  4. The buildings and signage were amazing, you took us on a beautiful tour.

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    1. Thank you, Mamas. Have a beautiful weekend!

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  5. Such a pity the museum was closed, the buildings are very nice there. But you still found lots of fun things to photograph!
    Have a lovely day!

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    1. Thank you, Christine. I hope to visit the museum one day soon.

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  6. Beautiful buildings in the 4th photo Nancy. Great shots of the beetle too.

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    1. Thank you, Tony. These old buildings are well maintained and preserved.

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  7. I love to look at those old Chinese shophouses. The museum buildings are still standing tall and good.

    Tau fu fa! Yum yum. My favourite.

    Even a green beetle did not escape your eyes. Nice shots you took there.

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    1. Thank you, Rose. Now these old Chinese shop houses and the museum buildings are drawing crowds during weekends and holidays.

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    1. Thank you, Vildana. Have a lovely weekend!

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  9. The windmill is great!

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    1. Thank you, Ralph. The windmill is very colourful and attractive.

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  10. this lane and the taufoo sure looks inviting

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    1. Thank you, Thomas. This place is drawing large crowds during weekends and holidays.

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  11. Hello, pretty streets scenes. Beautiful buildings. I love the flowers and the green beetle. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!

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    1. Thank you, Eileen for hosting and happy weekend to you too!

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  12. Tau foo far...a childhood favourite!

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    1. Thank you, Angie. I only know how to enjoy tau foo far when I was an adult.

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  13. Such a great tour, Nancy! Beautiful, thanks so much for sharing.

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    1. Thank you, Linda. Have a beautiful new week!

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  14. Very interesting post. The food looks very interesting and I may try sometime. We have many Chinese, Japanese and Asian Restaurants here. Not in such an interesting place as where you are.
    Love the beautiful flowers in your garden.
    MB

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    1. Thank you, dear. This is a popular tourist attraction. I too enjoy visiting here.

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  15. Hello Nancy!:) You found some interesting narrow streets and shops with neat signs, and the flowers are lovely. That pretty green beetle looks huge. Thank you for sharing all these great images.

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    1. Thank you, Breathtaking. During weekends and holidays, many tourist came to visit this narrow street.

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  16. Fabulous post love it all. That beetle looks like it will eat your leaves and young buds to me!!! Have a good weekend. Diane

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    1. Thank you, Diane. So far it hadn't done any great damage to my plants.

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  17. Dessert is always a good thing. I would love to have some too. Yummy.

    The flowers are so pretty.

    Have a fabulous day. ☺

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    1. Thank you, Sandee. This is one of our favourite desserts.

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  18. That looks like a pretty big beetle!

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  19. I would love to try the tau foo fa with ginkgo!

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    1. I think the ginkgo tasted like frozen ones. I prefer the original tau foo far.

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  20. Great post Nancy and thank you very much for sharing with Today's Flowers. Beautiful blooms and impressive macro of the little beetle. Super museum, street scene and delicious food. I like drinking soy milk and am sure I would enjoy these dishes. Happy weekend to you.

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    1. Thank you, Denise. I think you will surely love this sweet soya milk desserts called tau foo far. Happy weekend to you too!

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  21. What a wonderful tour! This is just a beautiful place, everything made for looking. I wish I could walk through. The beautiful buildings with the architecture and colors, the wall paintings, lanterns and little windmill. All are wonderful!

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    1. Thank you, Ginny. We have busloads of tourists visiting this place. It is a very interesting place.

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  22. I love tau foo far and definitely want to try this!
    It looks like a great place to visit too, and I'm keen to check out the museums. I've bookmarked this blog post. Thanks, Nancy! ^.^

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    1. Hi Sharon, yes, do come and visit this place, enjoy the tau foo far and for photography.

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  23. That downtown area is really starting to look lively.

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    1. It is getting more and more lively especially when we are promoting the Visit Perak this year.

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  24. I loves the windmill, hehe... colourful... hehe...

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    1. Thank you, Sharon. Yes, the windmill very colourful and attractive.

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  25. Surely I love the tau foo far. Interesting place to visit.

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    1. Thank you, Irene. Nice to stroll along the lane and take photographs. You will love the tau foo far. Have a beautiful new week ahead!

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  26. Beautiful green beetle.

    Concubine's lane sure looks worth a visit.

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    1. Thank you, Stacy. I would love to go for another visit and to try some of the desserts there.

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  27. A Green Beetle is very big!!

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  28. Hi Nancy,
    I love soya bean curd too and like it with soya milk instead of sweet syrup. The miniature windmill is so colouful and cheerful looking. Oh that big green beetle! I love the sweet fragrance of jasmine flowers and remember that my late mom used to buy the flower buds.
    Have a great week ahead.

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    1. Thank you, Karen. Both mixture of soya bean curd I like. My Jasmine plant is growing very well now.

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