Canning Dim Sum Express

Finding a cool cafe that serves halal Chinese food in Penang can be rather difficult. This is why Canning Dim Sum Express is such a blessing! Famous for its delicious steamed buns and bite-sized Cantonese delicacies, this vibrant cafe is strategically located in D'Piazza Mall in the Bayan Lepas area.

Halal certified

Ipoh Hainan Chicken Rice

You can't leave Ipoh without having the dish that's synonymous with the city – taugeh (bean sprouts) with chicken rice. And at Ipoh Hainan Chicken Rice, which is a halal-certified eatery, you can! You will love the flavoursome poached chicken served with light soy sauce. The dish is best eaten with a serving of boiled bean sprouts together with a bowl of smooth and fragrant rice. The icing on the cake? The delicious chilli sauce to dip your chicken in!

Laksa Telur Goreng Bersarang

If you love laksa, you need to try the laksa telur goreng bersarang served at Cafe Setinggan. The traditionally cooked laksa noodles and spicy fish gravy is topped off with a unique style of fried egg that makes it look like a bird’s nest, hence the name ‘telur goreng bersarang’. With just the right amount of flaked fish and traditional garnishing of cucumber, red onion and pineapple, the strange-looking but melt-in-your-mouth fried egg topping is the perfect complement to the sour and spicy dish. The homey kampung-style restaurant also has stalls right next to it serving special drinks and a variety of pau that you can have on the cafe premises as well!

Muslim owned

Mee Daud Mat Jasak

Mee Daud Mat Jasak stall dates back to the 1970s when the owner started selling his food from a pushcart. Now his mee kicap and kari laksa are well-known in Ipoh! It's one of the few places to serve good mee kicap with yong tau foo, as well as mee kari with succulent fishballs in coconut curry gravy. Have the mee kicap with either flat rice noodles or yellow noodles!

Dimsum Cafe Greentown

With favourites on the menu like siew mai, prawn dumpling and bbq chicken pau, you can't go wrong at Dim Sum Cafe Greentown! They also serve meals like fried rice and wantan noodles or other Chinese favourites like Lor Mai Gai (Chicken Glutinous Rice) and Lor Bak Gou (Fried Radish Cake) on the menu.

Miker Food

Miker Food is your new local cafe located in the heart of ipoh town with cool ambience and serving delicious local & western food.

Deen CT Corner Cendol

There's nothing more refreshing than an icy bowl of cendol on a hot day, and Deen CT Corner serves up cendol with just the right balance of sweetness and flavours. Operating for more than 20 years, you know you're in the right hands to serve you this famous Malaysian dessert, with its worm-like green jelly, decadent coconut milk and the perfect drizzle of palm sugar on top of finely shaved ice.

9. Nasi Kandar Ayam Merah at Kedai Kopi Yong Suan

Nasi Ganja Ipoh (Nasi Kandar ayam Merah)

The mark of a good plate of nasi kandar, in my opinion, is when the smell of curry and gravy still lingers on your fingers even hours after your meal. There are several nasi kandar places in Ipoh, and Kedai Kopi Yong Suan is arguably one of the best! Also known as ‘Nasi Ganja’ (because it’s that addictive!), it’s actually a stall located on the premises of a Chinese coffee shop. This Indian Muslim stall has purportedly been in operation since 1956 – That’s a good 60+ years of finger-licking good food!

Halal ingredients used

Funny Mountain Soya Bean


At Funny Mountain Soya Bean, you can either park your car somewhere and savour the silky and sweet dessert by the side of the shop (there are no tables here, only limited seats) or drive up to the shop and their workers will come by your window to take your order. Eat the delectable bowl of tau fu fah in your car and hand back the bowl once you’re done, or take it away. They also have fresh soya bean drinks and soya with cincau (which is frankly, the best thing ever!) - definitely a delight to have especially when the weather is scorching hot!

Vegetarian

Funny Mountain Soya Bean

Bits & Bobs

Bits & Bobs serves the ais kepal with a combination of classic flavours like sarsi, gula melaka, rosella, lychee or asam, wrapped up in greaseproof paper; brings on the nostalgia with its old-school decor.

Restoran New Hollywood

It’s not easy to find halal Chinese food in Ipoh, so if you’re in Ipoh early enough for breakfast, Restoran New Hollywood, more fondly known just as Hollywood, is THE place to be for a variety of halal local delights! A mini food court of sorts, you'll be able to savour halal Chinese hawker favourites like freshly made chee cheong fun that’s made to order on the spot with either prawn or chicken filling, char kuey teow with succulent prawns, an assortment of fried yong tau foo, hearty curry mee, classic half-boiled eggs on toast and fluffy chakoi! There are also Western dishes and nasi kandar, if you're there later in the day. Don’t forget to down your meal with a cup of Hainanese coffee, served in an old-style cup and saucer!

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