Restoran Moon De Moon — Restaurant in Perak

This is by far the best meal we've had in Ipoh. The coffeeshop cleans up and closes punctually by 1pm - if you miss the timing, you'll just have to come back again earlier (and they close on Mondays and Tuesdays).

We were initially skeptical that the food would be fantastic because the ones we've had so far, including Lou Wong, Yee Fatt, and Funny Mountain, were decent, but not great. However, since it was our last morning in Ipoh, and we had already missed the coffeeshop's opening hours twice, we figured we should at least try the gai see hor fun before we decide on whether to skip Ipoh for future road trips.

Ipoh's default gai see hor fun is served in soup (whereas Singapore's version of the Ipoh hor fun is served "dry" with some gravy). The lady who took our order said they were able to do a dry version, and we ordered an additional bowl of fishballs and porkballs just for fun.

And we were not disappointed! From the first bite to the last, the texture of the hor fun combined with the umami-salty gravy is simply wonderful. The hor fun from Ipoh is already of an exceptional quality, and many hawkers simply throw together random sauces thinking it will be delicious. It is quite rare to find a stall that actually pays attention to their sauces and their soup base.

Then we tried the joke-bowl of balls... And realised the joke was on us. The soup was absolutely power-packed with the flavour of prawns - we could literally taste the army of prawns that had been sacrificed to make the stock. I'm allergic to seafood, but this bowl was worth the itch! Next time we will definitely order a big bowl of soup gai see hor fun. And yes, the balls - I personally preferred the porkballs but the wife likes the fishballs. Still, the clear winner is the soup.

Another surprise find was the nondescript chee cheong fun stall operating in the same coffeeshop. The lady we spoke to said she was just the helper, and that the guy-boss was the one who makes the cheong fun. We ordered the pumpkin 金瓜 chee cheong fun and after tasting it, we concluded that the taste and quality can fight with the best dim sum restaurants. The magic is in the fried chilli shrimp garnish that the boss makes himself. He only gave a teaspoonful which each order, but it was enough to convince me that there are food-kungfu masters hiding quietly all around Ipoh.

I sincerely hope this experience isn't a one-off event and that the quality of food remains consistent. If the wife ever suggests another road trip, Moon de Moon will be one of the stops in...

Service here is so slay!!! Aunties are all really friendly and work super fast! A wide variety of standard kopitiam drinks are offered here along with the standard half boiled eggs, kaya toast etc. Tables and floor and really clean considering the setting. We came at around 0800 so it was quite breezy from the morning breeze.

We had to wait quite a while for the Gai Si Hor Fun (chicken noodle soup) but there are other stalls here which we ordered from. We got siew yok which had a crispy skin and delicious flavour. Portion was large too.

We ordered a variety of cheong fun as well. The pumpkin spinach (I think it was spinach?) Cheong fun tasted healthy with minimal flavour - you really gotta eat it with da sauce so it's slightly savoury. Prawn cheong fun was pretty standard. They also had zha leong which is you tiao (breadstick/youzhaguai) inside cheong fun! It wasn't crispy but the youtiao was soft and paired nicely with the thick drizzle of sweet sauce and chili flakes!!! Yum

Gaisihorfun was really good. Soup was a yellowy colour with drops of the shallot oil. The horfun was soft and delicious. Generous pieces of chicken were given along with fried shallots and one small prawn sliced in half. They didn't really give too much soup though. However, they were very friendly when we asked for more and even added extra shallot oil and sauces into the extra soup. We also got fishballs and meatballs which...

This coffeeshop has the concept of Chinese hawker stalls. Each stall boasts a distinct culinary expertise, from dim sum to HK chee cheong fun to fried koay teow to chicken hor fun to dry curry noodles.

Ambience : ☆☆☆☆ This restaurant is high traffic and constantly has customers coming in and out. There was no Q when we arrived and we were seated immediately after entering.

Food & Drinks : ☆☆☆☆ To our surprise, they ran out of coffee before 10AM, which i thought was rather very unusual. HK chee cheong fun : delicious, smooth and the prawns were very fresh. Chicken hor fun : aromatic broth, noodles were smooth, chicken meat was cooked tenderly. Dry Curry Noodles : curry was tasty, generous with chicken meat Fish Balls : Fresh meat cooked to perfection, bouncy and flavourful

Service : ☆☆☆☆ The wait for our food was longer than expected. 1 stall delivered our food to the wrong table and had to redo our order. We were made aware that we had to wait longer than normal for our koay teow soup noodles cause they had plenty orders.

Pricing : ☆☆☆☆ Almost similar to those in PJ/KL stalls. Averagely about rm7.50 to rm8 per serving.

Overall, i had a good experience with the food we explored and i believe we can find these in other parts...