Yoke Fook Moon @ Ipoh
It was an impromptu one day trip to Ipoh with my family during last April. We purposely skipped our breakfast at KL and kicked started our Ipoh food trail at the famous dim sum street ~ Jalan Leong Sin Nam which houses 3 most popular dim sum restaurants at Ipoh, Foh San, Ming Court and Yoke Fook Moon.
Occupied 2 shop houses, Yoke Fook Moon was swarmed by breakfast crowd as expected on that Saturday morning. I noticed that there are many workers here and the service was indeed quite attentive during my visit.
We were ushered to the another section which was more vacant. (Photo above was taken after we finished our meal where most of the diners had left)
Har Gao (Prawn Dumpling) & Siew Mai (Pork Dumpling)
Both were decent served pipping hot to our table. The prawn filling of the Har Gao was plump and generous however the thick skin missed the mark.
Both were Char Siu Bao (BBQ Pork Bun) but with different outlook >_< Put aside the appearance problem, the bun was good nonetheless. The skin was soft and fluffy encasing the generous portion savory Char Siu filling with hint of adequate sweetness.
Lao Sar Bao (Salted Egg Yolk Bun)
If you are big on Lao Sar Bao, Yoke Fook Moon does a pretty satisfying version with luscious flowing salted egg yolk filling. Savor it pipping hot, the bun was such a treat!
Pan Fried Carrot Cake
This carrot cake left a lasting impression and was my favourite sim sum of this meal. The carrot cake had a beautiful pan fried crust, the texture was soft and studded with bits of Chinese sausage (Lap Cheong) and shredded white radish. The flavors was sublime and really struck a chord with us. If you’re here, do not attempt to miss this!
Porridge and Braised Chicken Feet were decent too.
Verdict: A pleasant dining experience without annoying table waiting time. Food were mostly above average, especially the carrot cake and will definitely come back for it on my next trip.
Restoran Yook Fook Moon
67 – 69 Jalan Leong Sin Nam, 30300 Ipoh, Perak.
Tel: +605-241 6589
Operating Hours: 6.00am to 10am, 6.30pm to 11.00pm
Not too bad but VERY expensive, i think i’d prefer ming court
Ming Court is cheaper? ok, next time 🙂
Everything served there is really good. They are always packed.
Too bad right? I hate waiting for table but I was lucky this time 🙂
This is my default dim sum place in Ipoh too….and Hi 5, I thought the pan-fried radish cake was a standout too (and my favourite dim sum item). Yeah, I heard their char siew pau is very good but I always seem to forget to order it! >_< But I'm also wondering why they look different…inconsistency with the dough? The one on the left looks fluffier…hehe 😉
Forgot to order char siu bao when dim sum? How come!!!
i love pan-fried carrot cake, so your description definitely won me over for this place 🙂
Definitely can’t miss for a carrot cake lover!
I went there twice since getting seats at the two other competitors can be painstaking especially Ming Court. I thought their dim sum is not bad too. Like you said, I also like their carrot cake.
I went directly to this place because I know other two will be extremely crowded =.=”
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