Monday 11 July 2022

Kopisan Lai Fun In Gopeng

We woke up early on a Tuesday morning. We started our morning walk early and finished early.

It was a nice day and since we didn't have much to do, hubby decided to drive to Gopeng (hubby's hometown) for breakfast. We haven't been to Gopeng for a long time. When in Gopeng, we usually go for "lai fun" for breakfast in Kopisan village. "Kopisan" in Cantonese means coffee hill.
Wall mural: I LOVE YOU U KOPISAN (Kopisan written in Chinese character).
Kopi = coffee, san = hill or mountain.
Part of the mural was shaded by shadow, part with the sunlight on it.
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The noodle shop is opposite this wall mural.
Here, customers have to pick whatever ingredients we want and then queue to pay at the payment counter. I did the ordering and paying, and hubby went to get a table and order drink. Surprisingly, at 8:30am, there weren't many customers.
Lai fun (rice noodle) with fish paste and pig's head skin for hubby. (Sorry, Pig's head skin may sound gross to some of you.)
Plain "lai fun" (rice noodle) in clear soup with fish paste for me.
I picked some fried stuff consisting of fried meatballs, fried stuffed bean curd skin and 3 pieces of special fried items which is hubby's favourite.
I was told that the ingredients in these special fried item consist of fried anchovies, crispy fried lard, and etc. etc.
No wonder there weren't many customers eating there. We understand the increase in price but we realized that the quality of the soup has dropped. After breakfast, we drove around to see if there is any new changes.
Some of the older village houses have been torn down and rebuilt like this one here. More of these new houses are replacing the older houses.
Next, we drove to Gopeng town to look see, look see.
Then we saw this stall here.
Oh! It is a durian stall.
Most of Gopeng's durians are from the nearby hills. I love hill durians especially those brought down by the natives. Even though we just had breakfast, we stopped to buy one durian and ate it there and then. It was selling at RM10 per kilo and the durian we bought was RM15. Feeling satisfied, we drove back to Ipoh.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied,
so human desire is never satisfied.
(Proverbs 27:20, New Living Translation-NLT)

32 comments:

  1. Do you love durians as much as Claire? We do not have them here.

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  2. Yes, Ginny... Nancy loves durian as much as I do or more than I do... hahahaa..

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    1. Lol! I have had my fill of durians already.

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  3. Your noodle dishes look great! I love noodles in clear soup, like the one in my blog today. I would love to try your hubby's though- never tried pig's head skin. Looks like the ears to me...with that layer of white cartilage.

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    1. Yes, it is the white cartilage of the ear.

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  4. The formula seems to be the same everywhere - increase in price, drop in quality.

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  5. Durians!! RM15 is quite worth-it! i would buy a few and keep in the freezer!

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    1. This season we get to enjoy cheap durians. I have been eating quite a lot of durians. Have to stop for awhile.

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  6. ...LOVE is always a good topic for a mural.

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  7. Thank you Nancy for showing us around Gopeng. I don't think I have been there. Hhmmm, so the quality of the soup sold by Kopisan Lai Fun eatery has deteriorated. I guess that means you both will not eat there again is it? Oh, durians! Eating durians there and then is the best way to enjoy durians! Yums yummy!

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    1. We will if they improve on the soup. Yes, yummy durians.

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  8. Naturally grown fruits always taste good, and I hope you enjoyed the durian, as well as the drive around Gopeng town!

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  9. Beautiful morning and you know how much I love your food and I would love to try a durian. Sound so good.

    Have a fabulous day and week, Nancy. ♥

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    1. Hope you will get a chance to try durian one day.

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  10. Ha,ha,ha, Nancy. Now you have me feeling ill this morning, pig's head skin. LOL
    Have a great day my friend.


    Cruisin Paul

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    1. Ooops! So sorry, Paul for making you feel ill with the pig's head skin. Have a great day too.

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  11. Nice mural find. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Nancy.

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  12. I don't want to have anything to do with a pig's head. LOL. No thanks. Sorry the soup didn't taste good. But the rest of the food looked okay. I don't remember what durians taste like, though I have eaten jackfruits a lot.

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    1. Durians have strong smell and mostly soft and creamy.

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  13. The food looks so good. The town is pretty too. Regine
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  14. I also like fried meatballs eat them with tomato sauce. In here we called them basreng or (bakso goreng). I like durian too. I usualy can eat a durian together with my spouse and we choose monthong varieties that have a good aroma and taste. Have a nice day Nancy ^^

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  15. It's always disappointing when the food looks better than it tastes.

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