At a glance
#28 of 32 Chinese restaurants in Ipoh #32 of 33 Coffee shops in IpohLocalGuideWorld score: 3.80
Rating breakdown
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5 ★31%
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4 ★36%
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3 ★21%
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2 ★6%
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1 ★6%
Quick facts
- What is the rating of Restoran Thean Chun?
- Restoran Thean Chun is rated 3.8 out of 5 based on 1,928 reviews.
- How does Restoran Thean Chun rank in Ipoh?
- Restoran Thean Chun is #28 of 32 Chinese restaurants in Ipoh by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
- Where is Restoran Thean Chun located?
- 73, Jalan Bandar Timah, 31650 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia — 0.8 km from the center of Ipoh.
came for heavy breakfast, ordered food from next door! chee cheong fun with pork skin n curry is nice. pork intestine satay is good, pork satay is better than chicken satay, pudding also not bad. kopi oso ok, served by senior waiter, ppl may think their service is slow and bad but i think they are actually quite funny and humour, just need to be patience haha. look at our table with lots of food!
I rate the atmosphere 5* bcos I love crowd. More the merrier. It proves that the food is edible and you hardly go wrong. However, this place is an exception.
Firstly, it is expensive for Ipoh standard. Rm10.10 for a normal/standard portion of their Kai-xi hor fun. The 10sen is for the take away bag. I accept that. I couldn't find a place to dine in at abt 830am, hence I opt for take away.
Happy to see such a busy place. They are thriving and the atmosphere is fantastic. As a tourist, what we want is something flavourful and authentically local and edible. We don't mind paying the extra but please offer us something acceptable in return.
I know taste is subjective. However this is ridiculously not up to Kai-xi hor fun standard. This kind of flavour made first timer traumatic. Very complicated flavour and correct me if I'm wrong, high in MSG. Just not right, my friend. If you ask me to rate, it is definitely below the one in Wing Fat Xiao Chao and Moon de Moon. It is just half a point above Loke Wooi Kee(I find it bland).
IMHO, a bowl of kaixi hor fun has to be clean in prawnly flavours (hor-fun, I'm not good at it and I find almost the same in every stall), chives a must to balance the flavour and the soup is thick with body but clean and balance. If everything is met as above, you get the oomph and wow factor. I found these flavours in Wing Fat Xiaochao (Kg. Pasir Pinji) kaixi hor fun. Moon de Moon is the one to go if you like lighter/clean version of Kaixi hor fun.
All the above are just my opinion during my visit to Ipoh in February 2024. I loved kaixi hor fun therefore, Ipoh is the place to go. Embark on a journey to try every kaixi hor fun in Ipoh and you'll find many surprises. Good day to all.
Firstly, it is expensive for Ipoh standard. Rm10.10 for a normal/standard portion of their Kai-xi hor fun. The 10sen is for the take away bag. I accept that. I couldn't find a place to dine in at abt 830am, hence I opt for take away.
Happy to see such a busy place. They are thriving and the atmosphere is fantastic. As a tourist, what we want is something flavourful and authentically local and edible. We don't mind paying the extra but please offer us something acceptable in return.
I know taste is subjective. However this is ridiculously not up to Kai-xi hor fun standard. This kind of flavour made first timer traumatic. Very complicated flavour and correct me if I'm wrong, high in MSG. Just not right, my friend. If you ask me to rate, it is definitely below the one in Wing Fat Xiao Chao and Moon de Moon. It is just half a point above Loke Wooi Kee(I find it bland).
IMHO, a bowl of kaixi hor fun has to be clean in prawnly flavours (hor-fun, I'm not good at it and I find almost the same in every stall), chives a must to balance the flavour and the soup is thick with body but clean and balance. If everything is met as above, you get the oomph and wow factor. I found these flavours in Wing Fat Xiaochao (Kg. Pasir Pinji) kaixi hor fun. Moon de Moon is the one to go if you like lighter/clean version of Kaixi hor fun.
All the above are just my opinion during my visit to Ipoh in February 2024. I loved kaixi hor fun therefore, Ipoh is the place to go. Embark on a journey to try every kaixi hor fun in Ipoh and you'll find many surprises. Good day to all.
Arrived on 2pm normal Friday, luckily not so crowded. Packed with local specialties here, Tricycle Chicken Rice Noodles Soup RM 9.00, Mixed Satey platter RM 12.00 : 3 sticks Pork (Local specialties, usually can't find in other state), 3 sticks Chicken, 2 chicken livers, 2 Chicken gizzards serve with peanut chilies sauce. The curry chee cheong fun with pig skin is perfect matched to the satay. After meal, one can order the caramel custard as dessert, local brew coffee and tea also available here.
Kai see hor fun is very generous with the meat. The soup is flavorful. It is one of the few kai see hor fun that I found delicious in Ipoh.
Egg custard is above average. The flavour is great but the texture can be improved.
Popiah is delicious and was served fast.
Coffee is alright.
Overall the food here taste delicious but due to the popularity I had higher expectations.
Service can be improved.
Environment is alright.
Egg custard is above average. The flavour is great but the texture can be improved.
Popiah is delicious and was served fast.
Coffee is alright.
Overall the food here taste delicious but due to the popularity I had higher expectations.
Service can be improved.
Environment is alright.
I was very hesistant to come here after reading various latest reviews, but ended up coming here cos the rest of eateries are not opened on 2nd Jan. What the others reviews said was correct. So if you are thinking whether to hv nice and authentic Ipoh food, this is not the place. It’a very ordinary, made for tourist.
Ipoh HorFun
The broth totally lack of the simple tastiness of what an Ipoh HorFun should have. Super bland.
Beansprouts
Totally can taste the rawness of beansprouts. Sauce lack depth of flavour
Satay
Super tough meat that’s brushed with honey. Super sweet, nothing of what a real tantalising satay should be.
Rojak
Just ordinary
Coffee
Super thin out coffee.
If you want better coffee, go to Sin Yoon Loong. They are the best.
Caramel pudding
Couldn’t taste any milk or egg in the pudding, bland taste. Only saving grace was the caramel and the texture of pudding which was right.
Ipoh HorFun
The broth totally lack of the simple tastiness of what an Ipoh HorFun should have. Super bland.
Beansprouts
Totally can taste the rawness of beansprouts. Sauce lack depth of flavour
Satay
Super tough meat that’s brushed with honey. Super sweet, nothing of what a real tantalising satay should be.
Rojak
Just ordinary
Coffee
Super thin out coffee.
If you want better coffee, go to Sin Yoon Loong. They are the best.
Caramel pudding
Couldn’t taste any milk or egg in the pudding, bland taste. Only saving grace was the caramel and the texture of pudding which was right.
The only good food here is the satay. It is juicy and reasonably priced.
The creme caramel is no longer as good. The same goes to the popiah and noodles soup (from the next shop)
Kopi peng was mediocre. Sigh... guess we are not coming back to this place anymore.
The creme caramel is no longer as good. The same goes to the popiah and noodles soup (from the next shop)
Kopi peng was mediocre. Sigh... guess we are not coming back to this place anymore.
If you're not from Ipoh, chances are you visited this restaurant. To assess the food from a tourist's viewpoint, I suggest trying the shredded chicken noodle, pork satay, and caramel custard. Keep in mind there's a 50-cent charge for using the restroom.
Chicken shredded noodle disappointed 👎👎👎
One of the worst bland noodle.
Sate normal but quite pricey.
Popiah still good, but deep fried popiah 👎👎👎.
Rojak not recommend at all. Diluted prawn sauce.
One of the worst bland noodle.
Sate normal but quite pricey.
Popiah still good, but deep fried popiah 👎👎👎.
Rojak not recommend at all. Diluted prawn sauce.
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