Another get together for a old childhood friend brought me to Gopeng. When anyone talks about Gopeng, I would think of lai-fun (noodle) or perphaps the exotic wild selection in Lawan Kuda. Lately for the past few years, Gopeng had done an excellent job to emerge as a perserved old town with lots of sentimental museums and art scenes. A bit of a mini Old Town of Ipoh. So, dining at Gopeng Antique Kopitiam is indeed a special experience.
First, to locate the restaurant may not be that easy. However, since Gopeng town is a very small place, I can take my own sweet time and try numerous roads. Just locate the round-about in the town and head towards the bus station. The kopitiam is just located in between the round-about and bus station, behind a Chinese coffee shop. (For those Pogo players, just locate the shop with Pokegym next to the round about, and the kopitiam is behind this shop). Look out for a small sign board.
The coffee shop or kopitiam, is a small museum by itself. Maintained well, it felt like dining within a different era. It felt so unrealistically serene with lots of old objects to feast the eyes upon. Any elderly would start to tell stories of the yester-years just by looking at all these memoirs. Posters, old iron, fan, and different items hold years of stories in their aged appearance. For those shutter-bugs, this served as a sea of photo opportunity.
The menu during lunch is basically Chinese dishes with selection of stall style noodles. Not as extensive as the sea food restaurant; there are plenty of basic dishes found in any simple Chinese shops. Think of basic chicken, egg and vegetable dishes. Think of the usual"wat-dan-ho" or chinese fried rice. We ordered a mix mash of selections. To summarize, the dishes were okay. Fairly good but only with few things to remember them by. For picky eaters in Perak, the food here did not stand out. But it is not bad at all. Just that after spoilt by so many good diners everywhere, the food here have some catching up to do. The noodles are tasty, as expected, with any stalls. We ordered fried sotong as finger food. Crispy but not spciy enough; is as expected as any frozen beer joints. Came the ginger steamed fish, which surprisingly taste good with generous amount of ginger but the fish is not fresh enough, leaving a tinge of muddy smell. The vegetable dish is as expected, nice but not outstanding. The 3 yolk egg is steamed smoothly though lack of the taste of century egg.
As much as I think the food here is not excellent, I would still like to dine here for the experience. Sometimes, the food may not leave a mark, but the place itself is the main attraction. The price would not burn a hole in the pocket, although may not be as cheap as the road side stall. According to my friend, there are more western selection at night, which I hope to try again in the near future.ratings: 2 half poink~!
comments: I am bit picky on noodles dishes since there are so many excellent options both in Ipoh and Kampar. In the end, a lot of people will call me bias. A few of my friends who tried the food here seems to be more impress than me. Well, it could be only me....Gopeng Antique Kopitiam
3, Jalan Pasar
Gopeng
05-3593559
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