Lee Tong Kee Ipoh Hor Fun

I cant remember how i got to know about this place, but it happened to be 1 of the places in my food list which i started compiling from eons ago, so decided to give it a try for today's dinner. Apparently it has a pretty long history selling Ipoh hor fun (think smooth thin hor fun strips parboiled before having a thick sauce lathered over them) and tends to steer towards the Cantonese style of cuisine for their other dishes.

Lee Tong Kee special lime juice and barley

Pardon me, but i cant find the "special" part of the lime juice?!

Lee Tong Kee Special Hor Fun ($4.80)

They have various types of hor fun, ranging from the normal chicken/prawn to KL style and Tanjong Pagar style hor fun (dun ask me when did Tanjong Pagar have its own style of hor fun) and i decided to try their House Special instead, which consists of prawn, chicken and vegetables. Well, I won't deny that their hor fun is pretty smooth and glides down your throat easily, but the sauce is abit too thick to comfortably coat all the hor fun strips, and there is a lack of wok hei which you normally expect in Cantonese style dishes. In addition, its not exactly considered cheap when you can get a slightly bigger portion at less than $4 in hawker centres and food courts.

Claypot ginger duck ($10)

We were deciding between trying their homemade soups or hot dishes, before deciding on this claypot dish. However, I was pretty disappointed. The portion is pretty small for the price and most of the duck pieces were bony ones with very few meat on them. In addition, it pretty much tastes like a normal braised duck. Will never order this dish again.

HK steamed egg with ginger ($3)

This is the 1st time i tried this dessert as i rarely order things with ginger in them, and although i find the ginger taste pretty prominent, the sweetness of the steamed egg helped to balance out some of the spicy ginger., and the egg custard is pretty smooth too. After the disappointing duck, this dessert is not too bad at all. 

I dunno if i would go back again as i feel that the dishes are a little over priced (granted, you pay for the aircon and service), especially since there are much more good food in nearby Chinatown.

Lee Tong Kee Ipoh Hor Fun

278 South Bridge Road

http://www.ipohhorfun.com/

2 Fat Men

As with many other people my age, i fell prey to the recent craze of buying online vouchers from Groupon, Deal.com, etc, which is how i got to know about this place. A small pub/cafe nestled along East Coast road, 2 Fat Men is literally a watering-hole which serves Thai & Western grub to go with your beers or cocktails. So since i already bought the voucher and it is expiring soon (because i kinda forgot that it existed), i decided to ask a couple of friends to join me for dinner there, as i had read from a couple of food blogs that their Thai street food and burgers were not too bad.

Big Apple mocktail (apple juice+lemon juice+mint) ($4)

Yum Ma Ma salad (or somthing like that) ($5)

As i was still sick that night, i couldn't take much of spicy food, so this salad was one of the very few choices i had. A typical thai salad consisting mainly of tang hoon & seafood (in which i only saw 2 miserable prawns) in a tangy dressing made up of lemon juice, chillis and onions, it is not too bad as an appetiser as the sour factor is pretty prominent, and helps to work an appetite for your meal.

Basil chicken fried rice (approx $6.90)

One of the recommended dishes from food bloggers, i was a little disappointed as i felt that it tastes like a normal fried rice which you get at cze char stalls and does not have as much wok hei as i expected and slightly oily. But generally, a better alternative than plain rice, which i don't think they have.

Grilled pork collar with tamarind sauce (approx $8.90)

Another winner with food reviews, this dish tastes pretty good with a slight charred taste, and since it is not as sweet as char siew, you get a more porky flavour, something like a cross between char siew and roast pork. Quite nice to go with beer.

Tom Yum seafood soup (approx $5.90)

I didnt taste this as i had to stay away from overly spicy food, but my friends felt it tastes different from the rest of the tom yum soups they had and it is not too bad.

Steamed seabass fillet with garlic and chilli ($11.90)

I am not exactly a fish person, especially if there are bones in it, but the fish is relatively fresh and the spicy and tangy sauce gives it an interesting kick (although i don't really like garlic). But we felt the portion is abit too small for the price.

Grilled squid with thai chilli sauce ($10.90)

The worst and most overpriced dish of the lot, the grilled squid came in a few over-burnt pieces scattered around the plate and every bite came with a slightly bitter burnt taste. Needless to say, it was the dish that no one really wanted to finish.



There are very few parking lots there and the only place you can park around there is along the road at parallel parking lots. That being said, i don't mind going back there again to try their fruit ciders and their western bar grub. Worth a trip only if you stay around that area or in the east.

2 Fat Men

376 East Coast Road