Taiping - it's a about peace and harmony
Taiping (太平镇) - Hidden Gems awaiting you to discover
A town is called PEACE & HARMONY !
TAIPING is a small town located about 100km away from Penang. From the name TAIPING *TAI* *PING* means PEACE in mandarain, it tells that this town abounds with serenity, tranquillity and hospitality.
This town is rather low profile compared to its neighbouring fancy towns like Penang and Ipoh. Yet, its hidden charm will soon be revealed by many others once you're bored with the busy city life.
It will continuously remain unnoticeable until you discover it!
1. Bukit Larut ( Maxwell Hill)
You probably have the experience of riding a roller coaster in an amusement park. But I doubt you've tried this - Land Roller Coaster.
There is no 360 degree spinning and jacking you up to the tallest point, but the speed and drifting through the winding road will be able to simulate and experience exactly like roller coaster.
For first time rider, pls stay calm and steadily, control your scream. Despite man or women, you'll have definite right to shout out your fear !
Location : Maxwell Hill, Bukit Larut Taiping
Cost jeep ride : Adult - RM 10.00, Child : RM 5.00
Schedule : Pls refer to the attachment
2. ANTONG Coffee factory and Museum
This is a must visit attraction when you're in Tai Ping. Besides having a better understanding about the coffee, you will be able to gain the knowledge of the coffee processes from harvesting, fermenting, brewing and reaching your eager hand.
This is a very unique coffee factory, there is a short exhibition of the coffee manufacturing process, free coffee testing ( many kinds of different coffee mix) and it's also featured a museum exhibiting the history of a Chinese legend SUN ZHONG SHAN (孙中山). A hero who fought deadly for the democracy in past China.
Coffee scent is welcoming you upon entering the site. Do stop over to have a sip of coffee and to be alive to the lifelong efforts of this coffee founder ANTONG.
Location : Kampung Asam Kumbang, Taiping
Business hour : 8.30am - 5.30pm
Entrace ( museum & coffee factory) : Free
Special Highlight : Coffee testing. More than 10 kinds of house brewing coffee for testing.
3. Spitzer Eco Park
From the title, it tells that this eco park is owned by Spitzer Mineral Water.
It's a newly developed park and the key objective is to promote public awareness to the importance of drinking water and avoding water wastage.
This is a very refreshing park with a lot of ionizer. Everything in this park is about going green and protecting our source of water.
There are some recreational activities for you and your family to taking part.
Like walking trails, recycling awareness, mini golf course, educational corners, games, and cafes.
Location: Lot 898 reservoir off, Jalan Air Kuning
Operating hours: 9am - 9pm
Entrace : Free
4. Museum Taiping
Stop over museum taiping to have an insight of the history of Taiping. This is not an ordinary museum with just a common illustration of the past history, yet it comes with a lot of amazing exhibition like animal specimen, mocked dinasour skeleton, geology sections, and classic car models, and many more. Worth paying a visit.
Location : Jalan Taming Sari, Taiping
Operating hours: 9am - 6pm daily ( Closed on Hari Raya)
Entrace: adult - RM 2.00, children below 12 yo - Free
5. Charcoal factory
Reducing the usage of charcoal nowadays will never impact this factory production. This is the largest charcoal factory still in operation located at Kuala Sepetang.
Very amazing brick kiln, seems like a giant Smurf House with a tiny front door.
Upon arrival, you will sense an overpowering smoky smell and a dry fuming heat alerting you that you're entering into a flammable zone.
It's a very amazing site and managed to have a full insight of the charcoal processes with explanation from a guide, and comprehended that charcoal process is a very lengthy and uneasy journey.
Location : Jalan Taiping - Kuala Sepetang
Entrace : Free
Product : Charcoal Steamed water for mosquito repellent. RM 10.00 per bottle
6. Matang Mangrove forest Reserve
Exploring this mangrove park when you're in Kuala Sepetang.
It's exciting to walk on a 900 meters long board walk and leisurely enjoying the essence of this mangrove forest.
If you come with children, let them observe the small creatures underneath the board walk, you will discover a lot of interesting lives who are trying to balance the entire ecosystem. Haha.
Location: Kampung Kuala Sepetang
Entrace : RM 5.00 per pax or RM 10.00 per car
Operating hours : 8am - 7pm
7. Telegraph Museum
This is a newly launched museum in year 2018. It's featured with a lot of information and the evolution of telegraph.
It's divided into 2 sections, indoor and outdoor.
The sequence of the tour should be from out to in. Don't miss the artifact display outside too.
Location : 2664 Jalan Stesen.
Operating hours : 9am - 5pm ( Monday-Sunday)
Entrace: Adult- RM 8.00,
Child / Senior - RM 5.00
Adult ( Foreign) - RM 15.00
Child ( Foreign) - RM 10.00
8. Dataran Warisan Taiping
After dinner, take a leisure walk near dataran taiping. Do take selphy, grouphy or we-phy with the I ❤ TAIPING signboard for remembrance.
Location: 1897 Jalan Taming Sari
Entrance : Free
9. St Louis Church
One of the key landmark in Taiping is St.Louis Catholic Church. The Church has a beautiful exterior structure and the design looks so classic and distinctive.
Do visit at night time, the unique lighting add extra prettiness to the church.
It's so outstanding & eye catching. God bless us !
Location : Jalan Convent, Kampung Jambu
Place Type : Religion
10. Zoo Taiping
Do visit zoo taiping during your trip here. Will suggest to explore the night Safari. Observing the animals night activities and the cool breeze in night forest. Bug buzzing, night-calling cricket sound, insect noise, night walker, ghost owl and many more.
Don't underestimate this local zoo, its standard is more impressive than other international rank zoo like Singapore Night Safari. At least the entrace is much cheaper compared to SG.
Unfortunately, mom came out with dissapointment, said nothing to be seen. All black and dark !! It so depends on how sharp your eye sight.
Location : Jalan Taman Tasik Taiping
Entrance : Pls refer to the above enclosed
Operating Hour : 2 sessions - (Daytime Zoo / Night Safari.)
FOOD ~ YUM YUM
1. Restaurant Yat Sun (日新茶室)
This is a typical hailam kopitiam located in the main street of Taiping. The shop has no fancy decoration, it's simply a very traditional kopitiam with some old fashioned tables and chairs set up. Yet, this is exactly the sort of climate we're searching.
It caters all races' preference & the menu is having wide range of local foods and Hainanese styled delicacies.
Although foods served here have no flashy colours and they're quite plain, the taste will definitely satisfy your tastebud with so original home cooked flavours.
Try the chicken chop, fried Hainanese noodles, fried rice, toast and half boil eggs.
None of the above will disappoint you. The chicken chop is well marinated. As it's not very thick in texture, and you find the outer layer is super crispy and coated meat still remains very juicy and tender.
2. Goreng Pisang (PSL)
This isn't a normal Goreng Pisang stall that you see at the roadside. They're having their own shop specializing in fried stuffs. GORENG PISANG is their highlight.
They're very particular about the banana used for their frying as they only select certain kind for their business.
This could be the best goreng pisang that I ever had. The skin is with finest crunchiness, and the banana coated inside started melting and produces a banana fragrance rumbling in your mouth. It's so amazing.
Location : 85 Jalan Pasar
Business hour : 12pm - 8pm daily
Highlight : Goreng Pisang
3. Cendol Bismillah (since 1993)
In a hot sunny day, have a bowl of refreshing cendol to keep you hydrated and energetic ! Try this bismillah cendol. There're 2 types, with & without nuts.
Strong in coconut milk taste and I do like its mild sweetness (not really sweet) and the underneath beans. Try their pasembur too for your tea time snack.
Location : 233 Jalan Barack
Business Hour : 8am - 6pm
Price : RM 1.40 - RM 2.00
4. Restaurant Central
Start up you day with a superb breakfast in this Restaurant Central. It's a typical Chinese Kopitiam but the most eye catching is the in house decoration.
It's not a fancy nor urban style, but every facet of wall is hung with massive Chinese Painting Arts.
Some paintings are related to Chinese godly characters and warriors. The ambience is surrounded with righteousness.
Try the nasi lemak ( with sambal prawn), home made curry puff, and the soup noodles.
Do not expect it's a cafe standard, but it's more alike small town delight.
Location : 114 & 116 Jalan Berek, Taiping
Business hours : 7am - 2pm
5. Larut Matang Hawker Centre Taiping
Looking for local food? Supper? Street food? Hawker food? Yes. This is the place will fulfill all your craves.
All sort of local foods will make you indecisive to choose the most desired one.
My highlight is the chee cheong fun, ready packed mini nasi lemak, wan ton noodles, and pao & dim sum. For PAO, I prefer red bean paste and other non-meat filing. As the meat pao has fatty bits. Which I don't really take fatty bits.
Location: Jalan Panggung Wayang
Biz hour : 6pm - 11pm
Highlight: Chee Cheong Fun, Nasi Lemak Bungkus
6. Prima Coffee Shop night hawker
There is another night hawker near to the siang malam tower too. We didn't have chance to try this as we already filled up out stomach at siang malam.
But I remembered trying this in my last trip. If not mistaken, the otak-otak, grilled fish and wan ton noodles were great.
Do let me know once you've tried this.
Location : 23 Jalan Kota, Taiping
Biz Hour: 6pm - 11pm
7. Ipoh Bakery
If you're the bakery lover, you shouldn't miss this shop. This is an old bakery shop and has been running the business for few decades.
They've renovated & refurbished the shop with morden colour red & white. You would probably think that this is new shop, but it was established way back in 1918 and the one you're looking now is their brand new look.
Try their signature cheese bun. The bun is soft with roasted cheese topping.
I do like their almond tart too. Nice!
Location : 144 - 146, Jalan Taming Sari.
Business hours : 8am - 7pm
Highlight: Cheese Bun, Almond Tart
8. Lian Thong coffee shop
Another of the local breakfast choice is this Lian Thong kopitiam. It's a hailam + mamak style. This kopitiam is one of the oldest restaurant in Taiping, and it serves local most favourite breakfast choice.
Unfortunately, during my visit, it was close. The food highlights are mostly the stir fired noodlea. Most tempting ones are :-
TOM YAM CIN TAN MEE
HAI LAM WAN TON MEE
WAT TAN HO ( FRIED KUEY TEOW WITH GRAVY)
FRIED JAWA MEE
BOMB MEE
TOAST
HALF BOIL EGGS
BEVERAGES
Location : No. 5 Jalan Kota, Taiping
Business Hours: 8am - 2pm ( Closed on Sunday)
Highlight: Bomb Mee.
9. Cafe ( The best of old master) Nanyang Coffee
Passing through a very uniquely designed coffee shop. Believed it was a newly opened coffee house. Initially we thought it was a temple, but after reading the signage in detail, it was actually a coffee house serving local coffee and other beverages.
It looks relatively archaic in the building structure but it has been obviously refurbished with new materials.
Out visit was at night, so couldn't take any coffee due to afraid of insomnia haha.
Will try out next time.
Location: 36a, Jalan Kota
Biz Hour: 12pm - 12am
10. Nasi Lemak near to Bukit Larut
Before heading up to Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), do have breakfast at the Malay Stall near to the ticketing counter.
Will suggest you to come early and filled up your stomach with a plate of hot nasi lemak telur, and some hot beverages, as well as roti bakar too as it's not easy to take any breakfast at uphill.
Surprisingly the nasi lemak is superb here. Fragrant coconut rice topped with a sunny side up with dilute york, and the savoury sambal really matches the rice too.
Location: Bukit Larut ( near to the hill entrace)
Cost: RM 3.00 - RM 5.00
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TAIPING is a small town located about 100km away from Penang. From the name TAIPING *TAI* *PING* means PEACE in mandarain, it tells that this town abounds with serenity, tranquillity and hospitality.
This town is rather low profile compared to its neighbouring fancy towns like Penang and Ipoh. Yet, its hidden charm will soon be revealed by many others once you're bored with the busy city life.
It will continuously remain unnoticeable until you discover it!
1. Bukit Larut ( Maxwell Hill)
You probably have the experience of riding a roller coaster in an amusement park. But I doubt you've tried this - Land Roller Coaster.
There is no 360 degree spinning and jacking you up to the tallest point, but the speed and drifting through the winding road will be able to simulate and experience exactly like roller coaster.
For first time rider, pls stay calm and steadily, control your scream. Despite man or women, you'll have definite right to shout out your fear !
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| This is the only transport to the peak - Land Rover acts like a roller coaster |
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| Jeep/Land Rover schedule |
Location : Maxwell Hill, Bukit Larut Taiping
Cost jeep ride : Adult - RM 10.00, Child : RM 5.00
Schedule : Pls refer to the attachment
2. ANTONG Coffee factory and Museum
This is a must visit attraction when you're in Tai Ping. Besides having a better understanding about the coffee, you will be able to gain the knowledge of the coffee processes from harvesting, fermenting, brewing and reaching your eager hand.
This is a very unique coffee factory, there is a short exhibition of the coffee manufacturing process, free coffee testing ( many kinds of different coffee mix) and it's also featured a museum exhibiting the history of a Chinese legend SUN ZHONG SHAN (孙中山). A hero who fought deadly for the democracy in past China.
Coffee scent is welcoming you upon entering the site. Do stop over to have a sip of coffee and to be alive to the lifelong efforts of this coffee founder ANTONG.
Location : Kampung Asam Kumbang, Taiping
Business hour : 8.30am - 5.30pm
Entrace ( museum & coffee factory) : Free
Special Highlight : Coffee testing. More than 10 kinds of house brewing coffee for testing.
3. Spitzer Eco Park
From the title, it tells that this eco park is owned by Spitzer Mineral Water.
It's a newly developed park and the key objective is to promote public awareness to the importance of drinking water and avoding water wastage.
This is a very refreshing park with a lot of ionizer. Everything in this park is about going green and protecting our source of water.
There are some recreational activities for you and your family to taking part.
Like walking trails, recycling awareness, mini golf course, educational corners, games, and cafes.
Location: Lot 898 reservoir off, Jalan Air Kuning
Operating hours: 9am - 9pm
Entrace : Free
4. Museum Taiping
Stop over museum taiping to have an insight of the history of Taiping. This is not an ordinary museum with just a common illustration of the past history, yet it comes with a lot of amazing exhibition like animal specimen, mocked dinasour skeleton, geology sections, and classic car models, and many more. Worth paying a visit.
Location : Jalan Taming Sari, Taiping
Operating hours: 9am - 6pm daily ( Closed on Hari Raya)
Entrace: adult - RM 2.00, children below 12 yo - Free
5. Charcoal factory
Reducing the usage of charcoal nowadays will never impact this factory production. This is the largest charcoal factory still in operation located at Kuala Sepetang.
Very amazing brick kiln, seems like a giant Smurf House with a tiny front door.
Upon arrival, you will sense an overpowering smoky smell and a dry fuming heat alerting you that you're entering into a flammable zone.
It's a very amazing site and managed to have a full insight of the charcoal processes with explanation from a guide, and comprehended that charcoal process is a very lengthy and uneasy journey.
Location : Jalan Taiping - Kuala Sepetang
Entrace : Free
Product : Charcoal Steamed water for mosquito repellent. RM 10.00 per bottle
6. Matang Mangrove forest Reserve
Exploring this mangrove park when you're in Kuala Sepetang.
It's exciting to walk on a 900 meters long board walk and leisurely enjoying the essence of this mangrove forest.
If you come with children, let them observe the small creatures underneath the board walk, you will discover a lot of interesting lives who are trying to balance the entire ecosystem. Haha.
Location: Kampung Kuala Sepetang
Entrace : RM 5.00 per pax or RM 10.00 per car
Operating hours : 8am - 7pm
7. Telegraph Museum
This is a newly launched museum in year 2018. It's featured with a lot of information and the evolution of telegraph.
It's divided into 2 sections, indoor and outdoor.
The sequence of the tour should be from out to in. Don't miss the artifact display outside too.
Location : 2664 Jalan Stesen.
Operating hours : 9am - 5pm ( Monday-Sunday)
Entrace: Adult- RM 8.00,
Child / Senior - RM 5.00
Adult ( Foreign) - RM 15.00
Child ( Foreign) - RM 10.00
8. Dataran Warisan Taiping
After dinner, take a leisure walk near dataran taiping. Do take selphy, grouphy or we-phy with the I ❤ TAIPING signboard for remembrance.
Location: 1897 Jalan Taming Sari
Entrance : Free
9. St Louis Church
One of the key landmark in Taiping is St.Louis Catholic Church. The Church has a beautiful exterior structure and the design looks so classic and distinctive.
Do visit at night time, the unique lighting add extra prettiness to the church.
It's so outstanding & eye catching. God bless us !
Location : Jalan Convent, Kampung Jambu
Place Type : Religion
10. Zoo Taiping
Do visit zoo taiping during your trip here. Will suggest to explore the night Safari. Observing the animals night activities and the cool breeze in night forest. Bug buzzing, night-calling cricket sound, insect noise, night walker, ghost owl and many more.
Don't underestimate this local zoo, its standard is more impressive than other international rank zoo like Singapore Night Safari. At least the entrace is much cheaper compared to SG.
Unfortunately, mom came out with dissapointment, said nothing to be seen. All black and dark !! It so depends on how sharp your eye sight.
Location : Jalan Taman Tasik Taiping
Entrance : Pls refer to the above enclosed
Operating Hour : 2 sessions - (Daytime Zoo / Night Safari.)
FOOD ~ YUM YUM
1. Restaurant Yat Sun (日新茶室)
This is a typical hailam kopitiam located in the main street of Taiping. The shop has no fancy decoration, it's simply a very traditional kopitiam with some old fashioned tables and chairs set up. Yet, this is exactly the sort of climate we're searching.
It caters all races' preference & the menu is having wide range of local foods and Hainanese styled delicacies.
Although foods served here have no flashy colours and they're quite plain, the taste will definitely satisfy your tastebud with so original home cooked flavours.
Try the chicken chop, fried Hainanese noodles, fried rice, toast and half boil eggs.
None of the above will disappoint you. The chicken chop is well marinated. As it's not very thick in texture, and you find the outer layer is super crispy and coated meat still remains very juicy and tender.
Address:-
Yut Sun Restaurant
78 & 80, Jalan Pasar,
34000 Taiping,
Perak, Malaysia
Tel No : +605-808 3250
Opens from 8am until 7pm daily. Closed on Sundays.
This isn't a normal Goreng Pisang stall that you see at the roadside. They're having their own shop specializing in fried stuffs. GORENG PISANG is their highlight.
They're very particular about the banana used for their frying as they only select certain kind for their business.
This could be the best goreng pisang that I ever had. The skin is with finest crunchiness, and the banana coated inside started melting and produces a banana fragrance rumbling in your mouth. It's so amazing.
Location : 85 Jalan Pasar
Business hour : 12pm - 8pm daily
Highlight : Goreng Pisang
3. Cendol Bismillah (since 1993)
In a hot sunny day, have a bowl of refreshing cendol to keep you hydrated and energetic ! Try this bismillah cendol. There're 2 types, with & without nuts.
Strong in coconut milk taste and I do like its mild sweetness (not really sweet) and the underneath beans. Try their pasembur too for your tea time snack.
 |
| Pasembur |
Business Hour : 8am - 6pm
Price : RM 1.40 - RM 2.00
4. Restaurant Central
Start up you day with a superb breakfast in this Restaurant Central. It's a typical Chinese Kopitiam but the most eye catching is the in house decoration.
It's not a fancy nor urban style, but every facet of wall is hung with massive Chinese Painting Arts.
Some paintings are related to Chinese godly characters and warriors. The ambience is surrounded with righteousness.
Try the nasi lemak ( with sambal prawn), home made curry puff, and the soup noodles.
Do not expect it's a cafe standard, but it's more alike small town delight.
Location : 114 & 116 Jalan Berek, Taiping
Business hours : 7am - 2pm
5. Larut Matang Hawker Centre Taiping
Looking for local food? Supper? Street food? Hawker food? Yes. This is the place will fulfill all your craves.
All sort of local foods will make you indecisive to choose the most desired one.
My highlight is the chee cheong fun, ready packed mini nasi lemak, wan ton noodles, and pao & dim sum. For PAO, I prefer red bean paste and other non-meat filing. As the meat pao has fatty bits. Which I don't really take fatty bits.
Location: Jalan Panggung Wayang
Biz hour : 6pm - 11pm
Highlight: Chee Cheong Fun, Nasi Lemak Bungkus
6. Prima Coffee Shop night hawker
There is another night hawker near to the siang malam tower too. We didn't have chance to try this as we already filled up out stomach at siang malam.
But I remembered trying this in my last trip. If not mistaken, the otak-otak, grilled fish and wan ton noodles were great.
Do let me know once you've tried this.
Location : 23 Jalan Kota, Taiping
Biz Hour: 6pm - 11pm
7. Ipoh Bakery
If you're the bakery lover, you shouldn't miss this shop. This is an old bakery shop and has been running the business for few decades.
They've renovated & refurbished the shop with morden colour red & white. You would probably think that this is new shop, but it was established way back in 1918 and the one you're looking now is their brand new look.
Try their signature cheese bun. The bun is soft with roasted cheese topping.
I do like their almond tart too. Nice!
Location : 144 - 146, Jalan Taming Sari.
Business hours : 8am - 7pm
Highlight: Cheese Bun, Almond Tart
8. Lian Thong coffee shop
Another of the local breakfast choice is this Lian Thong kopitiam. It's a hailam + mamak style. This kopitiam is one of the oldest restaurant in Taiping, and it serves local most favourite breakfast choice.
Unfortunately, during my visit, it was close. The food highlights are mostly the stir fired noodlea. Most tempting ones are :-
TOM YAM CIN TAN MEE
HAI LAM WAN TON MEE
WAT TAN HO ( FRIED KUEY TEOW WITH GRAVY)
FRIED JAWA MEE
BOMB MEE
TOAST
HALF BOIL EGGS
BEVERAGES
Location : No. 5 Jalan Kota, Taiping
Business Hours: 8am - 2pm ( Closed on Sunday)
Highlight: Bomb Mee.
9. Cafe ( The best of old master) Nanyang Coffee
Passing through a very uniquely designed coffee shop. Believed it was a newly opened coffee house. Initially we thought it was a temple, but after reading the signage in detail, it was actually a coffee house serving local coffee and other beverages.
It looks relatively archaic in the building structure but it has been obviously refurbished with new materials.
Out visit was at night, so couldn't take any coffee due to afraid of insomnia haha.
Will try out next time.
Location: 36a, Jalan Kota
Biz Hour: 12pm - 12am
10. Nasi Lemak near to Bukit Larut
Before heading up to Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), do have breakfast at the Malay Stall near to the ticketing counter.
Will suggest you to come early and filled up your stomach with a plate of hot nasi lemak telur, and some hot beverages, as well as roti bakar too as it's not easy to take any breakfast at uphill.
Surprisingly the nasi lemak is superb here. Fragrant coconut rice topped with a sunny side up with dilute york, and the savoury sambal really matches the rice too.
Location: Bukit Larut ( near to the hill entrace)
Cost: RM 3.00 - RM 5.00
Support Malaysia Tourism!
Start planning your domestic trip now.
Converting your AIR TO LAND conveyance.
Save your budget, time and stress !
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