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soup are the crowd favourites here. Also available are glass noodle and shredded chicken rice noodles. The curry noodles soup is based on a blitz of moderate heat from spices and aromatics from mint leaves. The curry feels heavy in the mouth, and there’s a nutty-citrusy flavour from the cumin and coriander. For a more fiery taste, add the chilli paste. Rating:

5. SHREDDED CHICKEN RICE NOODLES, RESTORAN IPOH KONG HENG, JALAN BANDAR TIMAH, IPOH Can’t get a table at the ever-popular Thean Chun for shredded chicken rice noodles (a.k.a. Your next-best alternative is Kong Heng. The ingredients used are standard: rice noodles, slivers of prawns and shreds of lean chicken meat. The soup is infused with every bit of flavour that has been coaxed from boiling prawn shells for hours.

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