THE RECOGNISED “GONG HEI” FAMILY LOCAL TEA/COFFEE & EATERY HOUSE RUNNING ON THE MIDDLE NORTHERN NATION @ PERAK
“Family Local Tea/Coffee & Eatery House” is a kind of the dining restaurant or eating house for friends & families that carrying the combination of local delicacies under a roof on respective home recipes always among the local’s favourite selection. Here on the middle northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Family Local Tea/Coffee & Eatery House “Gong Hei Kopitiam” running by the Au family at Ipoh, Perak having great positive response from the market recently.
The Ipoh, Perak local originated Mr. Benjamin Au Kai Xuan (born 1999), together with his parents father Mr. Sam Au Hon Sum (born 1969) and mother Ms. Emily Kong Lai Yin (Kuala Kangsar, born 1973) all were the initial founders, also the recent immediate families owners of this best recognised Family Local Tea/Coffee & Eatery House “Gong Hei Kopitiam” right along the Ipoh territory presenting all their very home-cooked local delicacies in signature menus to the locals & visitors on the middle ground in manner at Perak.
The founder cum owner Emily Kong Lai Yin, who at her age of 51 years old currently, been more than 30 years in the Beauty Industry all the while having interest in eatery & culinary/baking being initially touched the f&b field at her age of 45th began her very homemade pastries & home-cooked local delicacies running her very first food stall in the year of 2018, then another in the subsequent year in 2019 both at Bercham (on-going) where Emily Kong practically experienced the career with her patience.
With experiences & home recipes on-hand, wishing to further her exposure in the field, added her son Benjamin foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry and with vision to have their eating house locally enabled the Au family (Benjamin with parents) decided then successfully established their very first owned family-run Family Local Tea/Coffee & Eatery House officially named the “Gong Hei Kopitiam” at Tasek Square (Taman Tawas Idaman) in the end of year 2023 serving all their signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the middle northern nation at Perak.
In this Gong Hei Kopitiam, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Rendang Chicken Nasi Lemak” in the local delicacies selection. Home-boiled coconut milk rice (nasi lemak), served sides with hard-boiled chicken egg, cucumber slices, peanuts, home-fried crispy ikan bilis and their homemade chilli sambal paste, then complete with their nearly an hour home-cooked rendang chicken drumstick/thigh will brings the wonderful rich spices with salted sweet & exotic coconut shredded tasty swallowed kind of their Rendang Chicken Nasi Lemak eatery that you must have a try when reached Ipoh, Perak.
Secondly will be their famous “Chicken Curry Sticky Rice”, also always among the local’s favourite selection from the beginning. Home-steamed (at least half an hour) sticky turmeric glutinous rice, served with their nearly an hour home-cooked salted sweet potato chicken curry into coconut milk/santan (with their homemade curry paste in home recipes with nearly 10 spices mixture) will always the best combination of eatery that you may not found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their special “Hainan Chicken Chop Rice”, which among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by the visitors here. Local fresh chicken whole leg commonly selected, prepared in boneless then marinated overnight in home recipes, followed by deep fried (floured-up), finally wrapped with crispy deep-fried chicken egg shredded and served with their home-mixed savoury tomato gravy sauce toppings of corn, green pea & red carrot dices furnished with hot-boiled rice will brings the excellent chicken chop’s crispy with juicy meat’s bites itself into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, their all time recommended “Grilled Chicken Chop” with rice or potato fries also like by most of their customers here. Also local fresh chicken whole leg prepared in boneless, marinated overnight then served in pan-grilled sided either with mushroom, black pepper or hainan sour sweet sauce on customer’s preference will brings the nice roasted chicken swallowed with juicy grilled chicken meat’s bites into mouth. Sides of vege salads and commonly made available in set option with a drink and their home-boiled mushroom soup will be the perfect matching here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their “Special Chee Cheong Fun” among the local’s delicacy breakfast/side selection here. Daily fresh local-made rice noodle roll (chee cheong fun) fillings with their home-cooked sengkuang & dried shrimp mixture, served toppings of sesame seeds & fried shallots sided of chili & sweet paste (pickled green chili in option) will brings the smooth rice noodle roll itself with nice dried shrimp’s tasty kind of Chee Cheong Fun eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Family Local Tea/Coffee & Eatery House “Gong Hei Kopitiam” along the Kuala Kangsar Road at Ipoh, Perak.
GONG HEI KOPITIAM
Address: Lot G-25 @ Perak IT Mall,
Jalan Tawas Idaman 2,
Taman Tawas Idaman,
30010 Ipoh,
Perak.
Business Hours: 10:30am to 8:30pm (Daily)