Ipoh Delicacy: Foh San Dim Sum
Foh San is probably the most well-known dim sum eatery in Ipoh.
This is the new Foh San building, located in the middle of Ipoh town. They recently moved to this place to accommodate more customers, as the previous one was lacking space.
It opens very early in the morning and it’s usually packed throughout the business hours, especially on weekends. Some customers might need to share table with others.
The building consists of 2 floors. This is the view at the top floor.
And this is the ground floor.
As you can see, most of the tables are occupied. It’s very spacious but due to the high number of customers, it seems packed.
The waiter and waitresses will be pushing their trolleys from table to table and you pick the ones that you want. Alternatively, you can go to the food counter too.
Foh San is quite famous – people out of Perak would wake up early in morning and drive all the way to Ipoh to have dim sum. Thankfully I’m living in Ipoh – it’s just about 15 minutes drive from home.
One of my favourite drinks is the chrysanthemum tea.
Besides the usual dim sums, you’ll have other type of food served.
There are many types of paos (buns), char siew (barbecued pork) pao, kaya pao, kai yuk (chicken meat) pao and lots more of other paos.
They also have chee cheong fun, with prawn or char siew.
And fried LIUs and yam, with mayonnaise.
If you’ve been following my blog long enough, you’ll know that I love “LIU”s so much! Crunchy and yummy! The one I had in Foh San is simply delicious, together with mayonnaise of course!
So if you’re visiting Ipoh, don’t miss out Foh San! =)
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omg.. these photos are making me salivating. XD I should have read them after I have eaten. XD
canon on 27 September, 2009 at 12:06 AMLOL..Foh San is 富山.. i thought of 佛山…. which WONG FEI HONG came from. xD
Anyway… Nice food though… Most Cantonese love DIM SUMs… I am one of them xD
Tony on 27 September, 2009 at 12:12 AMhaha…thanks for the intro! since i am around ipoh, must go there at least once! hehe…
Gabriel on 27 September, 2009 at 12:22 AMwah…..so nice…..:)
SW on 27 September, 2009 at 12:27 AMhi Ken..what a coincidence!! i also posted the same thing as u.. foh san..here we come!
claire on 27 September, 2009 at 12:43 AMGuess what? Claire just posted the same post as yours. Gosh this Foh Shan must be damn hot in Ipoh right now huh! :p
tekkaus on 27 September, 2009 at 1:17 AMwoohoo!
Jan on 27 September, 2009 at 1:24 AMi drool at the first pic..
thx 2 u, im going for dim sum later in the morning. Melaka dim sum are good too.
chris on 27 September, 2009 at 2:57 AMSomehow I think Foo San starts to lose it’s quality but still remains its glitter..it’s juz a name with no quality anymore…Sad case, the service is not that good and it’s not really that tasty..
Sam Sammy on 27 September, 2009 at 7:05 AMwahhh another dimsum post. Stop posting d! im coming back soon! hahah
tony on 27 September, 2009 at 7:55 AMtim sum is my favourite..yummy..
wenn on 27 September, 2009 at 8:19 AMwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…………….the place is huge………i love LIUs too but then i love anything that is fried lar hahhaha…with the mayo har…yumyumyum…….i think wen i come back the next time i really have to visit ipoh leh now bcs of u and reanaclaire i realize so many good food and places to visit there…..cheers….:)
manglish on 27 September, 2009 at 8:33 AMnot easy to find dimsum good ones here in Sibu although there r shops selling pau etc… as a concept it hasnt really caught on.
yr pics do the place justice. they look fabulous. read yr comment on tekkaus blog i think abt nuffnang. interesting
Beng on 27 September, 2009 at 8:48 AMI passed through this outlet twice in my 2 days stay in Ipoh. Always crowded and no chance to sample their dishes
Borneo Falcon on 27 September, 2009 at 9:09 AMthis dim sum looks better than axian dim sum….i miss ipoh, melaka and penang dim sum actually…yummy ler.
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via on 27 September, 2009 at 9:40 AMI WANNA EAT CHEE CHEONG FUN! RAWR!
I just woke up and looking at that makes my stomach growls. *prays hard parents can read minds, get me chee cheong fun! *bzt bzt bzt~
massy on 27 September, 2009 at 9:57 AMlike the chee cheong fun with two vege at both sides
SJ on 27 September, 2009 at 10:43 AMYummy yum yum!
Shingo T on 27 September, 2009 at 11:32 AMThis must be the IN-place to go to in Ipoh! Claire also posted on it. Looks good and I really MUST go, should I happen to drop by Ipoh… But sometimes when such restaurants expand, the quality drops – can’t cater to such a big crowd. Food not so nice, service poor etc…and the people stop coming.
suituapui on 27 September, 2009 at 11:34 AMFor the uninitiated, we DO have the Mitsu Tea House here in Sibu for dim sum. Very good choices there and very delicious too… The chef is from Shanghai. There are others that are not so good and a fairly new one quite a distance out of town but I haven’t been there to try. The newest one here just opened recently (a fairly big restaurant that has expanded – now very big and selling dim sum in the morning)…but so far I have heard nothing but bad reviews, so I will not bother going.
suituapui on 27 September, 2009 at 11:38 AMnotices u having more and more food post~
JustinH on 27 September, 2009 at 12:08 PMhahaha.. just visited claire’s blog..
seriously, did meet her??
No, we didn’t go on the same day. =)
dolly on 27 September, 2009 at 12:09 PMWaliao~ The building/restaurant looks so GENG le…
uLi on 27 September, 2009 at 12:14 PMwow, the last time i ate foh san dim sum was when it was at the old building. didn’t know its so cool now :D
shuu on 27 September, 2009 at 12:32 PMI had wanted to eat at Foh San on my last visit to Ipoh but we got there late and the restaurant was about to close. Not much food left for us to order so we left.
Have eaten at Foh San in KL though. Food is good but expensive.
Mei Teng on 27 September, 2009 at 12:57 PMThe outside looks so japanese -_-
Jz on 27 September, 2009 at 2:07 PMoh this restaurant is as huge as Overseas Restaurant in KL =D
FiSh on 27 September, 2009 at 4:06 PMwould the price be costly? anyway nice restaurant u r introducing there (=
Look very high class wor!
Tallboyz on 27 September, 2009 at 4:07 PMI went there but a day too early :(. Grand Opening was on 2nd July. Must go there and eat once
kathy on 27 September, 2009 at 4:12 PMI went b4 the old one, so next trip to Ipoh I must visit this new one already. Hope I can find it cos dunno exactly the location wo!
amycheah on 27 September, 2009 at 4:16 PMI think we went here too…perhaps the old one. On a Sunday morning…had to wait for a seat.
The new building looks modern! I shall go there one day…but not on Sunday =P
Dree on 27 September, 2009 at 5:33 PMMake me drooling!
jam on 27 September, 2009 at 6:18 PMOoo~ Dim Sum! :d
Agnes on 27 September, 2009 at 6:38 PMlol, although foh san is good, i still prefer the yook fook mun dim sum next door o …
boonboon2k2 on 27 September, 2009 at 7:02 PMthe dim sum in foh san got slightly more flour o…
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wend on 27 September, 2009 at 7:31 PMAre you in Ipoh or what?
Almost every time i come here it’ll be a post about ipoh. XD
This post make me miss dim sum so much. Can’t remember when was the last time i had it:S
mabel on 27 September, 2009 at 8:04 PMmost of the people said that it is not nice anymore…..last time much more better……..when they in the old place
aaron chin on 27 September, 2009 at 8:14 PMIt looks scrumptious. Hm…Will drop by when I go Ipoh. :)
a@ron on 27 September, 2009 at 9:19 PMwow…full house…apparently a must visit if i drop by ipoh… :D
annant on 27 September, 2009 at 9:25 PMhaih~~~ why u makes me hanggeri….walao~~
Andy on 27 September, 2009 at 10:03 PMi’ve heard of this before. :) one day i will go ipoh just for this. and soon!!
Ju Ann on 27 September, 2009 at 10:45 PMIt looks so tempting to me..yummy..yummy~~
YeeLin on 27 September, 2009 at 11:06 PM(^.^)
I HUNGRY!!!! ROAR!
Jeffro on 27 September, 2009 at 11:45 PMoh i went there like a month ago and their “pai guat” was very nice! damn so hungry now, better go sleep before i do anything stupid.
whitney on 28 September, 2009 at 12:15 AMnice pictures. now i know where to go for nice food in ipoh
JG on 28 September, 2009 at 1:24 AMWow! Volcano DIM SUM??? hehehehe!
Got the feeling of “meletup” after eating it? LOL!
Elaine on 28 September, 2009 at 8:11 AMwah femes blogger, so many comments! anyway i love hong kong chee cheong fun, best dish ever created!
christock on 28 September, 2009 at 9:53 AMwoot~ so many dim sums~ i want~~ XD
Renise on 28 September, 2009 at 10:24 AMoh no. >.< gastrik already….
isleychang on 28 September, 2009 at 11:34 AMWell, I gotta agree that it’s always nice to have Dim Sum when you are in Ipoh but most of the time especially during holiday seasons, the waiting time / queue is really nasty and can be a major turn-off for the Dim Sum houses in Ipoh.
BlurryLeo on 28 September, 2009 at 11:36 AMI don’t really like dim sum that much, but I think Foh San is not bad. At least better than Tai Thong in my opinion.
I think we lack dim sum variety in Malaysia. Always the same kind of stuffs I’m getting bored! Maybe should go Hong Kong for some good dim sum?
foongpc on 28 September, 2009 at 1:06 PMnice…as an Ipoh born chap who stayed so near (walking distance) to the old fohsan during my childhood days, I must try this when im back. Wonder what happen to the original fohsan?
The original building is already closed. =)
Christopher on 28 September, 2009 at 1:16 PMI like dim sum too……
zuiyanhong on 28 September, 2009 at 1:17 PMAhah, now I see FohSun. Was supposed to go there last week but change of plans. Now I think I have to make a visit. TQ.
bubbles on 28 September, 2009 at 1:35 PMi just went there last 2 months ago… :D
ch3 on 28 September, 2009 at 1:39 PMVery fine restaurant for a good lunch!
Pietro on 28 September, 2009 at 1:53 PMBeautiful images! :-)
whoa, i can’t recognize foh san dy. =.= i noe they moved but haven’t got the chance to go back and drop by still =)
Jessica on 28 September, 2009 at 2:05 PM点心，我的最爱～！！
yeng on 28 September, 2009 at 4:05 PMWah I love dim sum! What’s the greeny thing?
Kristin on 28 September, 2009 at 4:15 PMBTW, regarding my entry… Got the pig face is because Little Nini felt stupid like a pig >.<
Kristin on 28 September, 2009 at 4:23 PMI hate doing the whole yum cha thing (the environment is too noisy!) but I love dim sum. It’s way too expensive over here, though, so I haven’t had any of that for years!
Vickie on 28 September, 2009 at 4:25 PMi had dimsum too in ipoh last tuesday!!! but not this expensive restaurant la of course :)
fufu on 28 September, 2009 at 4:48 PMThe food in the piccies look yummy!
BoeyJoey on 28 September, 2009 at 5:02 PMyummy food!I want dimsum! I miss dimsum! Yummy yummy food! where is my share?
ladyviral on 28 September, 2009 at 5:27 PMSo this is da new place!
superwilson on 28 September, 2009 at 5:43 PMYummy!~ This is very nice place to eat dim sum…
Little Prince's mummy on 28 September, 2009 at 5:43 PMi protest when i come home, we must go together. :D
Samantha on 28 September, 2009 at 5:55 PMHi Kenwooi “now you see it now you dont” thought I saw it in your blog on ‘Foh San’ and remembered it was then in Claire’s blog. Now it came back again, gee thinking to myself I am dead man could be facing some serious eyes problem or STML(no relation to HTML) it’s ‘Short Term Memory Loss’..lol. Echo some of the views that we do have limited choices (not sure about Foh San phew real huge building) or perhaps I am not a keen ‘dim summer’. Nice pixs thanks..
CheaHS@n on 28 September, 2009 at 7:04 PMman…i am drooling…
jeremy on 28 September, 2009 at 8:09 PMWow looks very yummy – reminds of my dim sum session in Hong Kong last week.. :-)
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ZQ Travel Blog on 28 September, 2009 at 8:41 PMMy favorite also! Sometimes I wonder why don’t we specialist in just one food and start a business!
WilliamTing on 28 September, 2009 at 9:31 PMWow…the dim sum look so good. I’m drooling now. :P
Mummy Gwen on 28 September, 2009 at 9:32 PMhahah! i went there before too! huge!!! and way more modernized than the old shop!
Hugo Lim on 28 September, 2009 at 11:03 PMWow, looking good.
It is worth for me to travel all the way for those? ^^
Worth a try. =)
siawkia on 28 September, 2009 at 11:05 PMthe dimsum looks yummy. :)
liferamblings on 28 September, 2009 at 11:10 PMDelicious… I’ve been ter once last time fir my trip… Guess the new shop looks nicer n big… =)
Ian on 28 September, 2009 at 11:28 PMooo i had dimsum during the weekend over in downunder too :D
the size here is very big :S i cant even finish the orders I’ve made
Lisalicious on 29 September, 2009 at 7:34 AMHahaha I haven’t been to the new place before.
day-dreamer on 29 September, 2009 at 8:46 AMHi Ken, wow! Thats a huge restaurant. Must be really popular too.
Uncle Lee on 29 September, 2009 at 9:30 AMUsed to have dim sum at a restaurant at Foo Choo Choon street, can’t remember the shop name, but it had those antique polished granite tables.
And the dim sum was delicious too.
Nice pics. Best regards, lee.
Never been to Foh San. But did go to Ming Kok (明阁) during CNY. Oh boy, terribly crowded…
Khengsiong on 29 September, 2009 at 10:08 AMSame Foh San as in SS2?
Never heard of any Foh San in SS2. =)
peteformation on 29 September, 2009 at 10:19 AMNice pics of foods! lucky i had my lunch :)
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lio on 29 September, 2009 at 2:40 PMjust went to lisa717′s blog and now it was your’s. hehe… why suddenly into food blog already?
food and dimsum… a good motivation to finish my project here and go back to kl. hahaha. =D
yinkoon on 29 September, 2009 at 3:28 PMHahaha. I love their dim sum especially siew mai. But nowadays their food is not so nice d compare to last time. But overall it’s okay. =). the ming kok dim sum also not bad.
Laimay on 29 September, 2009 at 5:50 PMHey, nice food. making me so hungry now.. haha
Kelvin on 29 September, 2009 at 7:07 PMHuhuhu.. this entry makes me extra hungry :(
ahlost on 29 September, 2009 at 7:27 PMUS 0 – Ipoh 1
sulin on 29 September, 2009 at 10:55 PMwow dim sum i like!
mat`amit on 30 September, 2009 at 12:42 PMAs long as they have a nice Ha Kao and Siu May, I’m happy ^^
Michael Aulia on 30 September, 2009 at 3:15 PMHmm…I think it looks grand but the food…hmm…i think it’s not as good as many people said it is la…;-)
KianHin on 30 September, 2009 at 3:36 PMI like dim sum too, and the best one is the yam one. So nice but it is quite oily.
I have been to Ipoh once but my relative did not bring me to this restaurant. Ai yak!
Joanne Tiew on 1 October, 2009 at 12:14 AMextract location please!!
You mean exact location? It’s behind the Maybank near Main Convent. =)
Erlina on 1 October, 2009 at 1:15 AMwow!! looks good!!!
SiewZ on 1 October, 2009 at 11:11 AMDoes it have a lot of prawny stuff? hehee… :)
OmG,the new fo san is so grant…and i haven’t go there yet…i miss ipoh diam sum…so when i back,we go yum cha at thr…u treat me diam sum,i treat u tea..ok???hehe
waiyen on 1 October, 2009 at 11:28 PMsomehow, i prefer the old foh san..
youliang on 2 October, 2009 at 12:28 AMI love Siew Mai !
Magdalene on 2 October, 2009 at 1:58 AMthat all looks really nice. i wish we could get more food like that over here in uk. yummy!
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I’ve been there before! :) my parents love to go there for breakfast whenever we head back to our hometown. It’s like a must stop by area. haha! :) Nice blog. ;)
monwei on 3 October, 2009 at 1:25 PMYou always got to eat good food kenwooi.
Imagine, i got to pantang!
Anyway, thank you for sharing, can see also OK!
Happy Sunday and take care yeah……
yoon see on 4 October, 2009 at 1:03 PMThe Foh San Mansion! An epitome of Ipoh dim sum man… I must go there one day to try out and compare with the quality BEFORE this mansion was built. :)
iamthewitch on 5 October, 2009 at 5:53 PMThey look delicious :(
My friend brought me to another place for dim sum when I was in Ipoh. The building is old but the dim sums are unbelievable nice :)
Fumoffu on 6 October, 2009 at 9:33 AMwalao eh .. a dim sum place oso got so many ppl ar ? @ my place ha, even can bankrupt if launch a dim sum stall >.<)"..
eldy on 23 October, 2009 at 1:27 PMthis is not the first time i read about this ipoh dim sum. maybe its worth taking a drive to ipoh and have a go. you have a very nice blog layout. my first time visitng you, i think.
sf on 27 October, 2009 at 1:25 PMthe old Foh San seems to have more QC, in comparison to the brand new spanking one.
the NEW outlet : http://www.j2kfm.com/foh-san-dim-sum-ipoh-finally/
the OLD outlet : http://www.j2kfm.com/foh-san-dim-sum-restaurant-in-ipoh-old-is-gold/
J2Kfm on 27 October, 2009 at 8:11 PMI hope i’m in Ipoh now…wu~
theeggyolks on 28 November, 2009 at 12:30 AMmouthwatering post! yum yummmmm. Been it and tasted it, really good.
mei xin on 28 November, 2009 at 11:36 AMi tried before…nice n cheap….no nid Q for long time
Nikel on 28 November, 2009 at 3:34 PMyeah..i am back to ipoh..I can eat while i walk
i haven’t try the new foh san…
the old one….situated very near to my house..30 sec of walk
hahahah
Nice….
Nice
DElicious..
Nic Da Nic on 28 November, 2009 at 9:06 PMahh… Foh San, the only reason i am willing to wake up at 6 am in the morning to go and eat…… superlicious !
Malvinder on 13 March, 2010 at 12:58 AM