THE RECOGNISED “FRIENDS BISTRO” FAMILY CAFETERIA RUNNING ON THE MIDDLE NORTHERN NATION @ PERAK
“Family Cafeteria” is a kind of the recent trendy dining house or eating cafe/restaurant that carrying the combination of local & western recipes under a roof with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the middle northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Family Cafeteria “Friends Bistro” running at Ipoh, Perak having great positive response from the market recently.
The Ipoh, Perak local originated Mr. Chee Min Yew (born 1982), was the founder and also the recent immediate sole-owner of this best recognised Family Cafeteria “Friends Bistro” along the Ipoh territory running in a families team presenting all their very home-cooked western recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors in an environmental dining condition on the middle northern ground at Perak.
The founder cum owner Chee Min Yew, who at his age of 44 years old currently, being initially stepped into the f&b field at his 18th of age began as a kitchen trainee touched the chinese cuisine at hometown Ipoh in the millennium year 2000 for a couple of years, then reached Singapore in the year of 2002 continued his exposure in the the career thoroughly afterwards experienced the western cuisine field at his 30th of age in Singapore positioned as a chef at his thirties before returned to home country with his passions along the 2 decades more than 20 years culinary journey on the island.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added wishing to have his very own eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry especially the family cafeteria/western foods enabled Min Yew decided then successfully established his very first owned families-run western cuisine Family Cafeteria officially named the “Friends Bistro” in the third quarter of year 2025 at Lapangan Perdana, Ipoh 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 2026 on the middle northern nation at Perak.
In this Friends Bistro Family Cafeteria, the owner’s very first top recommended in menus will be their signature dinner set of “Rosemary Chicken” which most wanted by their regulars. Chicken whole leg commonly selected, overnight marinated in home recipes followed by pan-grilled, then served after about 15 minutes home-baked with their tasty homemade rosemary sauce paste, complete sides with broccoli, mashed potato & shimeji mushroom and finally taken set with their home-cooked mushroom soup, a choice of drink & ice cream will always the perfect combination here.
Secondly will be their famous “Grilled Pork Chop”, is always among the local chinese’s favourite selection in menus. Local fresh pork chop overnight marinated in home recipes into herbs mixture, served after pan-grilled then sides with either their homemade mushroom or black pepper sauce (on customer’s preference), furnished with mixed vege salad & potato fries (or mashed potato) will brings the wonderful pork chop’s texturing juicy bites itself with smooth fair herbs tasteful swallowed into mouth that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their “Grilled Lamb Chop”, which also among their visitor’s wanted selection from the beginning. Imported lamb chop commonly selected, overnight marinated into lemongrass with seasonings mixture, served after well pan-grilled sides with their homemade sauce choices of mushroom/black pepper or mint sauce on customer’s preference, and complete with potato fries/smashed potato & vege salads will brings another chewing juicy bites kind of their lamb chop eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Other than main course, the owner also introduced their all time favourite recommended starter “Mushroom Soup with Garlic Bread” which like by most of their customers. At least an hour home-boiled mushroom soup (with mixture of button & shiitake mushrooms) into onion, celery & home seasonings mixture, and finally taken dipping with their crispy butter garlic toasted french toast slices will always the best matching that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Family Cafeteria “Friends Bistro” at Ipoh, Perak.
FRIENDS BISTRO
Address: No. 26,
Lebuh Lapangan Perdana 2,
Panorama Lapangan Perdana,
31650 Ipoh,
Perak.
Business Hours: 12:00pm to 9:00pm (Daily)