Ipoh Hawker Food: 18 Local Stalls with Hours and Prices
Ipoh hawker food is built around a few dishes the city does better than anywhere else in Malaysia: poached chicken with short bean sprouts, silky hor fun noodles in a prawn and chicken broth, dry curry mee, dim sum and white coffee. Most of the best stalls are in the Old Town and the New Town (Taman Jubilee), within a few kilometres of each other.
This guide covers 18 Ipoh hawker food stops with addresses, hours and prices where published, all checked against 2025 to 2026 sources in October 2026. Prices are in Malaysian Ringgit (RM). Hours change often and many stalls close one or two days a week, so we flag stalls where listings disagree. Bring cash, and read the halal flag on each entry.
Jump to a place (18)
- Lou Wong Tauge Ayam
- Ong Kee Tauge Ayam
- Cowan Street Ayam Tauge & Koitiau
- Restoran Thean Chun
- Moon De Moon
- Restoran Tuck Kee
- Sin Yoon Loong
- Nam Heong White Coffee
- Restoran Chooi Yue Dim Sum
- Woong Kee Beancurd
- Medan Selera Stadium Indera Mulia
- Aneka Selera Restoran Kam Wan
- Tong Sui Kai (Dessert Street)
- Nasi Ganja (Nasi Kandar Ayam Merah)
- Restoran M Salim
- Restoran Majeedia
- Restoran Naina Mohamed
- Zaitun Silibin
At a glance
Bean sprout chicken, hor fun and noodles
Lou Wong Tauge Ayam
Lou Wong is the best-known place for tauge ayam, Ipoh's poached chicken served with short, crunchy bean sprouts, a soy and sesame oil dressing and a bowl of rice, or flat rice noodles (kuey teow) in chicken broth. A plate costs about RM10. The restaurant moved in March 2026 from its old corner at no. 49 to larger premises less than 100 metres away on the same road, with more than 30 tables against the old 16.
Expect a queue at lunch and early evening, and a review from March 2026 says the chicken is often sold out by about 6 pm, so go before then. We could not confirm the opening hours at the new premises. It is a short walk from Ong Kee and from the Gerbang Malam night market, which makes a chicken-then-market evening easy to plan.
Ong Kee Tauge Ayam
Ong Kee (also spelt Onn Kee) is the other famous bean sprout chicken shop on Jalan Yau Tet Shin, in a pre-war corner shophouse. A March 2026 review describes its sauce as saltier than Lou Wong's and notes that pork meatballs and chicken feet are on the menu. You can ask for kampung chicken, which has a firmer texture than the standard bird.
Many visitors eat at both shops to compare. A January 2025 TheSmartLocal guide lists it at 48/51 and 53 Jalan Yau Tet Shin, open 10 am to 9.30 pm daily.
Cowan Street Ayam Tauge & Koitiau
Cowan Street serves chicken and bean sprouts with flat rice noodles in a clear chicken broth. It does not serve rice. A March 2026 review calls the broth and the chicken innards the best part and says the chicken is a little salty. Locals queue before it opens at 6 pm.
It has been reported to trade only on Thursday to Sunday evenings, with irregular hours, and we could not confirm its current schedule in October 2026, so call +6012-520 3322 before making a special trip.
Restoran Thean Chun
Thean Chun is an old-style kopitiam in the Old Town, across from Concubine Lane. It is known for gai si hor fun (shredded chicken on flat rice noodles in broth, about RM10 a bowl), dry curry mee, curry chee cheong fun, pork and chicken satay and a caramel custard that can sell out by 10 am on busy days. Pork satay is on the menu, so it is not a halal option.
Published opening hours disagree. One August 2026 list gives 8 am to 4.30 pm and closed Wednesday and Thursday, while a January 2025 TheSmartLocal guide gives Friday to Wednesday, closed Thursday only. Call 05-255 3076 first. The queue can reach an hour around 12 to 1 pm, so aim for before 11 am.
Moon De Moon
Moon De Moon is a morning shop for gai si hor fun, the Ipoh dish of shredded chicken and prawn broth over smooth rice noodles. It is in the Taman Mirindi suburb, away from the Old Town, and is listed as open 7.30 am to 1 pm and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
A 2026 review warns of long waits at weekends, with the peak around 9 am. Arrive when it opens on a Saturday or Sunday, or come on a weekday. Phone: +6012-516 0485.
Restoran Tuck Kee
Tuck Kee is a Cantonese noodle restaurant on the same street as Lou Wong and Ong Kee. It is known for Cantonese-style fried noodles and is listed as open from 11 am to 10.30 pm, which makes it one of the few Yau Tet Shin eateries open later in the evening. Phone: +6016-220 9361.
Old Town kopitiams, dim sum and breakfast snacks
Sin Yoon Loong
Sin Yoon Loong is one of the Old Town coffee shops associated with Ipoh white coffee, a roasted-in-margarine coffee served with condensed milk. It is on the same street as Nam Heong and Thean Chun, so the three can be combined in a morning walk. Listed hours are 6.30 am to 2.30 pm. Phone: 05-241 4601.
Nam Heong White Coffee
Nam Heong is a corner kopitiam serving Ipoh white coffee and dim sum, and it stays open later than most Old Town breakfast shops, until 4.30 pm. Listed phone: +6012-588 8766.
Restoran Chooi Yue Dim Sum
Chooi Yue is a neighbourhood dim sum restaurant in Taman Ipoh Selatan, a residential area east of the centre. Dim sum is served from 7 am until 2 pm, and the shop is closed on Thursdays. Because it is outside the tourist core, it is mainly a local breakfast crowd. Phone: +6016-534 5965.
Woong Kee Beancurd
Woong Kee is a tau fu fah (soft soya beancurd) shop, served warm or cold with syrup. The Taman Jubilee branch is listed as open from 11.30 am to 6 pm and closed on Wednesdays. It is a quick dessert stop on the Jalan Mustapha Al-Bakri side of the New Town. Phone: +6012-517 7452.
Evening hawker centres and desserts
Medan Selera Stadium Indera Mulia
This hawker centre beside the Indera Mulia stadium has Chinese, Malay and Indian stalls under one roof, with easy parking. Stalls mentioned in 2026 guides include Min Chee Wan Tan Mee (stall 36, about 6.30 am to 3 pm, closed Monday to Wednesday), Fai Kee Fish Head Noodle (stall 43, 7.30 am to 4 pm, closed Thursday, sells out quickly) and Yoon Kee bean sprout chicken (stall 23, 5 pm to 11.30 pm, closed Thursday), where Muslim staff are present. Ipoh Echo reported in February 2025 that the Nasi Pandan family stall had moved here, to stall 49 (7 am to 3 pm, closed Saturday), and several stalls in the centre had live Grab Food listings in October 2026.
Because every stall sets its own days and hours, go for breakfast or a late-afternoon visit if you want the wan tan mee or fish head noodles, and in the evening for chicken. Check halal signs stall by stall.
Aneka Selera Restoran Kam Wan
Kam Wan is a food court in Canning Garden with several stalls, best known for Bi Bi popiah (fresh spring rolls) and busy in the evening from about 6.30 pm. Stalls keep their own hours: Ipoh Echo reported in September 2026 that Ruvenes Indian Food, a South Indian home-cooking stall, now trades at stall 3 on weekdays from 11 am to 3 pm. Phone: +6016-553 2907.
Tong Sui Kai (Dessert Street)
Tong Sui Kai means "dessert street" in Cantonese. It is a lane of nearly 50 open-air stalls on Jalan Carey, behind Sam Tet school, that open in the evening, known for mixed-fruit ais kacang, char siew curry mee, wan tan mee and rojak. Reviewers describe the setting as basic, with plastic stools and limited facilities. A July 2025 TheSmartLocal review gives the hours above, says stalls close early when they sell out, and notes that most stalls are non-halal.
Halal and Muslim-friendly mamak food
Nasi Ganja (Nasi Kandar Ayam Merah)
Nasi Ganja is the best-known nasi kandar in Ipoh. The stall, inside Yong Suan coffee shop, has been run by an Indian Muslim family since 1957 and is famous for sweet and spicy red fried chicken (ayam merah) piled on rice with mixed curry gravy. A June 2025 TheSmartLocal feature gives daily hours of 9 am to 5 pm and the phone number 016-595 9673; the peak is 12 to 1 pm.
The food is Muslim-run and pork-free, but confirm halal certification with the stall if it matters to you. It is a small hawker stall, so expect shared tables and cash payments.
Restoran M Salim
M Salim is a mamak (Indian Muslim) restaurant on Jalan Yang Kalsom in Taman Jubilee, the same road as Nasi Ganja. The menu covers roti canai, thosai, nasi kandar, mee goreng and murtabak, and it opens early, so it works for breakfast as well as dinner. Its Grab Food listing was live in October 2026, but we could not confirm current hours, so check before visiting.
Restoran Majeedia
Majeedia is a long-running mamak shop for early breakfast, opening at 6 am. Roti canai, thosai and mutton, chicken and fish curries are the main dishes, and it closes at 7.30 pm.
Restoran Naina Mohamed
Naina Mohamed is a mamak restaurant on the road towards Kuala Kangsar that is listed as open round the clock; its Tasek Damai outlet had a live Grab Food listing in October 2026. It is the practical choice for a late supper or a very early breakfast, with the usual spread of curries, roti canai and rice dishes. It is in the northern suburbs, so a taxi or Grab is easiest from the Old Town.
Zaitun Silibin
Zaitun Silibin is a mamak restaurant on the west side of Ipoh. Its menu is based on nasi kandar curries, with tandoori dishes and naan, and it is open from 11 am to 10 pm every day, which makes it a dinner option when the Old Town stalls have closed.
How to Plan a Day of Ipoh Hawker Food
Morning: Old Town kopitiams
Start early on Jalan Bandar Timah with white coffee at Sin Yoon Loong or Nam Heong, then walk to Thean Chun for hor fun or curry mee before 11 am. Most of these shops stop serving by early afternoon, and several close one or two days a week, so check the days before you go.
Lunch: Jalan Yau Tet Shin
Bean sprout chicken is a lunch dish. Lou Wong and Ong Kee are a short walk apart on the same road, so you can try both. Tau fu fah at Woong Kee and the Gerbang Malam arch are a short walk away.
Evening and late night
After about 5 pm the choice moves to Cowan Street (reported Thursday to Sunday), Tong Sui Kai for supper and dessert, the Stadium Indera Mulia hawker centre and the mamak restaurants. Naina Mohamed is listed as open all night. See our Ipoh night markets guide for pasar malam by day of the week.
Cash, queues and halal
Bring cash in RM1, RM5 and RM10 notes, since many old stalls do not take cards, though some now show a DuitNow QR code. Queues build at Lou Wong around noon and again early evening. Chinese-run kopitiams are not halal-certified; Muslim visitors should use the mamak restaurants and check signs at food courts.
Ipoh Hawker Food: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best hawker food in Ipoh?
Bean sprout chicken (tauge ayam) with kuey teow or rice is the signature Ipoh meal, served at Lou Wong and Ong Kee on Jalan Yau Tet Shin from about RM10 a plate. Ipoh hor fun, dry curry mee, white coffee and caramel custard are the other dishes most visitors look for.
Is Ipoh hawker food halal?
Most of the famous chicken, noodle and dim sum shops are Chinese-run and not halal-certified, and some serve pork. For halal or Muslim-friendly food, go to the Indian Muslim mamak restaurants and Nasi Ganja in this guide. Hawker centres such as Medan Selera Stadium Indera Mulia have both kinds of stall, so check signs.
What time do Ipoh hawker stalls close?
Many Old Town breakfast and noodle shops close between 1 pm and 4.30 pm, and several are closed on one or two days a week. For dinner, go to Ong Kee (open to 9.30 pm), Tuck Kee (10.30 pm), Tong Sui Kai (from 5 pm), the evening hawker centres or a mamak restaurant. Naina Mohamed is listed as open 24 hours.
Where did Lou Wong move to?
Lou Wong moved in March 2026 from 49 Jalan Yau Tet Shin to larger premises at 29-31 Jalan Yau Tet Shin, less than 100 metres away on the same road. Ong Kee is still at no. 48.
How much does a meal cost at an Ipoh hawker stall?
The few prices published for 2026 are about RM10 for a plate of bean sprout chicken or a bowl of chicken hor fun. Most stalls do not publish prices online, so allow RM8 to RM15 per dish and carry cash in small notes.