TASTE THE RECOGNISED “YI OLD TIMES” CHINESE OLDIES CONCEPTUAL KOPITIAM’s RECIPES IN THE IPOH TOWNSHIP @ PERAK
“Oldies Conceptual Kopitiam” is a kind of the recent trendy chinese coffee house (kopitiam) which carrying the combination of local delicacy eateries in an oldies conceptual environmental dining condition, being famously practised in this 21st century on our nation with respective home recipes. Here in the middle northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Chinese Oldies Conceptual Kopitiam “Yi Old Times” along the Ipoh township at Perak having great positive response from the market recently.
The Pantai Remis, Perak originated Ms. Sammi Teh Soak Min (born 1994), was the initial founder, together with her husband Mr. Chow Wai Kit (Ipoh, born 1985) both are the recent immediate couple owners of this best recognised “Yi Old Times Kopitiam” Chinese Conceptual Coffee House right in the Falim commercial centre, Ipoh (Perak) presenting all their home recipes on local delicacies and other signature menus to the locals & visitors all under a roof in manner on the middle northern nation.
The founder cum owner Sammi Teh Soak Min, who at her age of 28 years old currently, was formerly in the Beauty Industry all the while having interest in the eatery & culinary, also been touched the f&b field at her teenage helping in their family’s traditional chinese coffee shop (kopitiam) at Ipoh, Perak. Also with vision to have her very own eating house locally, added with foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry especially the trendy oldies conceptual kopitiam and home recipes on-hand (from Sammi’s mother-in-law) enabled Sammi Teh decided & with the encouragement from husband Wai Kit made them successfully established their very first owned Chinese Oldies Conceptual Coffee House officially named the “Yi Old Times Kopitiam” at the Falim Commercial Centre, Ipoh in the mid-year 2022 introducing all their signature menus to the public. And being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year 2022 in the middle northern nation at Perak.
In this Yi Old Times Kopitiam, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their home-cooked “Rendang Chicken Rice” which most wanted by their regulars. Local fresh chicken drumstick commonly selected, home-cooked nearly an hour in their recipes mixture, then kept marinated overnight, finally served boiled hot sided with their in-house boiled fragrant santan rice (nasi lemak cooked in coconut milk, pandan leaf & ginger), boiled salted egg, chicken egg, crackers, pickled cucumber & red carrot shredded will be their complete serving of rendang chicken’s fair salty sweet with nice fair spicy taste of eatery that you must have a try when reached Ipoh, Perak.
Secondly will be their signature “Curry Noodles”, which also among the kopitiam’s daily selection favourite by their visitors in the noodles option. Sammi’s mother-in-law home-prepared curry paste cooked into curry soup broth with fresh coconut milk (santan) & fresh milk, served with noodles selection (on customer’s preference), mixed onto fresh prawns, cockles, kampung fish meats, chicken meat shredded, dried beancurd (taupok), long beans, beansprouts and toppings of mint leaves will brings wonderful smooth curry broth swallowed itself with authentic curry’s salty fair spice tasty into mouth of their Curry Noodles that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their famous Yi Old Times’s “Prawn Noodle”, which also among their customer’s all time selection from the beginning. Hours home-boiled soup base with fried shrimps shell/head, served with noodles option on customer’s preference (mee, mee hoon or kueh teow), mixed onto fresh prawns, fish cakes, chicken shredded, kangkong veges, beansprouts & boiled chicken egg will brings the excellent prawn’s freshness sweet swallowed of their Prawn Noodle eatery into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Nasi Lemak Special” which also among the local’s wanted in their main course selection. Home-boiled fragrant santan/coconut milk rice (nasi lemak), served with their selected XL size chicken whole leg marinated overnight in recipes, floured-up followed by deep fried upon order to brings the best juicy meat’s bites texture, sided of their home fried ikan bilis, peanuts, salty spice sambal paste, fresh cucumber slices & boiled chicken egg will be the perfect combination of Nasi Lemak Special eatery here that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised new established Chinese Oldies Conceptual Coffee House “Yi Old Times Kopitiam” at Ipoh, Perak.
YI OLD TIMES KOPITIAM
Address: No. 6,
Ground Floor,
Jalan Pusat Perniagaan Falim 3,
Pusat Perniagaan Falim,
30200 Ipoh,
Perak.
Business Hours: 9:30am to 6:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)