We planned to try out local hawker food at the famous Larut Matang Hawker, unfortunately they were closed for one week to clean up the exhaust pipe during our visit. This is a good alternative place to experience Taiping local breakfast culture. We saw some nuanced and interesting food culture (as we come from the Southern part of Peninsula Malaysia). They serve half-boiled egg on toast which is served separately from where we come from. Also, there is an interesting must-try drink named “Ho Ga Sai” which literally means Tiger Bites Lion. It is a drink started since the tin-mining days where the miners mixed the coffee with MILO (chocolate drink) which was believed to provide “extra” energy for their laborious work at their workplace. We also popped by at one of the afternoon to have the beancurd dessert (at the corner stall) which was smooth and melt in your mouth.