Ipoh Nga Choi

I'm back from holiday. Spent 9 days in Ipoh.

Ipoh isn't that exciting for tourist sights. I like to call Ipoh the "Geelong of Asia". But there is some nice food to eat.

Ipoh Dau Gheh (Nga Choi/Beanshoots).


Ipoh is a limestone area with a lot of caves and hills similar to the Guilin area of China. Local theory has it that the limestone water produces a special beanshoot described by the Malaysians as "short short fat fat one".

Anyway, the Ngah choi is short strong and juicy. It is awesome to eat. This dish at the local canning garden food stall "Kam Hor" was cooked with soy and sprinkled with spicy salt. This made eating it like eating steak. I could've eaten this on my own, but I had to share.

Here's a video of us buying some more Nga Choi from the Ipoh market. This old lady had huge barrels full of the stuff. Dubious hygiene with handling money and fresh vegetables, but it's damn tasty.