Gerai Makanan dan Minuman Rahamath

I wonder if any of you know this place behind the State Mosque in Ipoh. Its called Gerai Makanan dan Minuman Rahamath. When I was still working in Ipoh, I would frequent this place with my friends and colleagues for lunch. Everything is fresh and lunch is served from 11.30am onwards. The crowd starts to pour in from noon. This is a 'no-frills' restaurant and you might have a bit of a problem getting a place to sit. Most people will pack or tar pau their lunch and head back to office but if you can, try to get a place as its nicer eating there.  I was there a bit late and some of the vege was sold out so I had to make do with the basic stuff.
They don't have many curries like the other restaurants but their best selling and daily menu are dry mutton curry, deep fried chicken, fried chicken in chilly(ayam masak merah), fried fish and cabbage with kunyit. The main dishes are laid out on the table and customers will choose the chicken or fish of their choice or mutton and the guy serving you will dish out the cabbage and cucumber salad on your plate of rice and pour the curry gravy on it. You can have it there if there's a vacant seat or choose to pack it home.

This is the place located behind the State
Mosque and opposite the old Labrooy Building

Plates of rice ready with the guy dishing
out your order.

The Ayam Masak Merah laid out on the table
where customers pick their choice.

The Ayam Masak Merah freshly cooked

My plate of rice with chicken and potatoe. I
was there late so no cabbage left.









When you arrive at this place, you will normally find a queue right up to the road beside the gerai. Have patience and wait your turn to be served. The lunch goes well with a cold Iced Syrup or any drink of your choice.

Maxwell Road's Famous Mee Goreng

If you ask anyone from Ipoh which is their favourite Mee Goreng, they will tell you the various places in and around Ipoh where they usually have it. Majority, however, will point you to this place in Maxwell Road where you will find a few stalls selling food from noon till evening.
I have a friend there selling his wonderful pisang goreng and fried cempedak but my main aim to go there is for the mee goreng. There are no tables here so if you order your food, you can sit on the plastic stools along the pavement beside the shop. Most people pack or 'tar pau' the mee goreng. I love having it there as I can have my favourite cendol or mun tau long (a seaweed jelly drink) with my food.

This is the mee goreng stall in
Maxwell Rd.

The goodies used in the mee goreng

The mee goreng ready to be eaten.
It is served on waxed paper.

Cendol to go with the mee goreng

The Wan Tau Long. Very refreshing and
goes well with the mee goreng









If you happen to be in Ipoh and fancy some mee goreng, just head on over to Maxwell Road.  The crowd picks up momentum from 1-2pm and goes on till evening.