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The Hainanese Chicken Chop

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What I like about this unique Malaysian dish is that no two restaurants cook or serve it the same. Some come with mashed potato, some with chips and this one with wedges. Others may have fresh garden peas on it, while some use pulpy canned ones (which I like). The signature is in the gravy which should contain Worcestershire sauce but then again, it varies so considerably.

This version is from Auntie Kopitiam in tiny Kuala Selangor town. The eatery is halal and wi-fi enabled.

See also my earlier post on Yik Mun’s Chicken Chop.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 800, f6.3, 1/100 sec.

The Hainanese Chicken Chop

Burps & Giggles

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Wagyu Beef Burger from Burps & Giggles.

A quick visit to the quirky and fun Burps and Giggles and adjoining Buku Tiga Lima in Ipoh.

Call me lazy or old-fashioned but I rather have a printed menu with pictures than to walk all over the place to look for several chalkboard menus. I know is a hip thing but it is not helpful at all.

The mechanical waitress, at first, said everything is good when I asked for a recommendation. She then suggested the Wagyu Beef Burger as a signature dish. I had to ask the price.

As I was photographing the fish and chips, a staff member brought an egg which they forgot while preparing the burger. It was a nice and honest touch but we wouldn’t have noticed anyway. We were ordering blind. It is OK for a hawker-style place like Williams in SS4 to just put the menu and prices on a white board. Wait a minute. Williams charges even more. Haha. At least, he puts it all in one place.

Turns out to be a pretty decent burger (@ RM 28) but not spectacular. Your taste may differ. Try their Fish and Chips, if you don’t take beef.

Wagyu Beef Burger from Burps & Giggles

Olympus OM-D, ISO 500, f4.2, 1/30 sec.

Burps and  Giggles and Buku Tiga Lima is at 93 & 95 Jalan Sultan Yussuf, 30000 Ipoh, Perak. Tel: 05 242 6188.

That Hashtag Place In Ipoh

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Burps & Giggles and sister cafe Buku Tiga Lima in Ipoh specialise in serving eye candy for food bloggers. While the food is stylish and tasty, it is the unique ambience that attracts. Imagine dining in a dimly-lit junkyard or besi buruk shop. Mismatched furniture, dilapidated walls, graffiti-like menu and rusty antique items. Add clever naming of menu items to the arty decor and the restaurant soon became a hipster’s wet dream. As a result, the place is showered with explicit hashtags on social media; foodporn, foodgasm, mouthgasm, eyegasm, vintageporn, besiburukporn, etc.

Even their take-away window, facing a rustic but smelly side path, is photogenic from the outside. Pictures of the interior and food coming up next.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f3.5, 1/30 sec.

Burps & Giggles and Buku Tiga Lima