For a good fish head curry, Ipoh folks will
always go to the very well-known San Chai Restaurant. Located at a corner lot
in Bercham, this legendary place has been around for about a decade now. The
restaurant was always the go-to place whenever people crave for a good fish
head curry, and up until today they still serve the same delightful quality of
the famed cuisine. Though there is nothing really fancy to talk about the
interior and décor of the shop, it is still clean and cosy to dine in.
Patrons would usually go for the Bercham
San Chai’s famous Curry Fish Head. You will be served with an enormous grouper
fish head plunged in the hot red gravy with a spicy aftertaste, yet not too piquant
until you sweat buckets at the end of the meal. Fresh, sweet, firm, and
fleshly, there is nothing really to complain about. Packed with bean curd skin,
sweet onions, fresh tangy tomatoes, okra and a few mint leaves for additional aroma,
this one is definitely a must-try. For a reasonable price, you will get quite a
big portion that can fill four empty tummies.
Apart from that, the sweet and sour pork is
also one of the signature dishes at San Chai Restaurant. The pork is first
coated lightly in batter before being deep-fried making it crispy on the
exterior and simply juicy and tender inside. The dish is served with delicious
tomato-based sauce that goes perfectly with the deep-fried pork chunks.
You know how sometimes the simple
restaurants can come out with a much more delicious dishes compared to the
fancy eatery? Well, we think San Chai Restaurant is one of the simple
restaurant that offers mouth-watering cuisine and you should definitely pay
them a visit.
