Ipoh Town Kopitiam
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Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
Visit reviewed: 29/04/10
We were planning to go Cathay Cineplex to collect our tickets after our breakfast today. Since we were going to the town, we decided to go Ipoh Town Kopitiam to check out the food.
By looking at the concept and interior design of the shop, ones will be mistakenly thought that it is Ipoh Oldtown. But second glance at the menu, their food seems to be more attractive.
Dry Curry Noodle RM6.90
The Dry Curry Noodle doesn't look appealing at all when it was served. However, it tasted very flavourful. The combination of dark sauce and curry sauce goes really well with the noodle. It was sweet, savoury and full of spices flavour. It comes with shredded chicken and prawn. A little bit too spicy for those who can't take spicy food.
Nasi Lemak With Rendang Chicken RM7.90
The Rendang Chicken had a strong spices taste and fragrantly good. The meat was tender and the gravy was nice. The Sambal tasted quite special, a little sourish and quite spicy. However, the rice wasn't rich in coconut milk and tasted more like white rice. Shirley still preferred the Nasi Lemak at Oldtown though.
Tuna Sandwich RM4.70
They are very generous with the serving of Tuna. The Tuna Sandwich was full with Tuna filling. It tasted good.
Chicken Chop with Rice RM7.90
The Chicken Chop meat was tender and wasn't oily. It tasted sweet and savoury. Good to go with rice. Delicious!! Paul like it as well!
Nasi Lemak Special
Compare with the Nasi Lemak with Rendang Chicken, the only different of the Nasi Lemak Special was the rice. It comes with a more flavourful rice. I think that it was lemongrass flavour rice. Love the strong spices taste.
2 x Sour Plum with Lemon Drink (RM6.40) and 1 x Calamansi with Sour Plum Drink (RM3.20)
The Menu
Today's Meditation:
The past is gone, and I don't know what's coming in the future. It's obvious that if I want my life to be whole, to resonate with feeling and integrity and value and health, there's only one way I can influence the future: by owning the present. If I can relate to this moment with integrity, and then this moment with integrity, and then this moment with integrity, wakefully, then the sum of that is going to be very different over time, over many moments that stretch out into what we call a life, than a life
that is lived mostly on automatic pilot, where we are reacting and being mechanical and are therefore somewhat numb.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
I greatly fear a "mechanical" life in which everything I do, I do on automatic pilot. Automatic pilot is good for airplanes, but not for me. When you set the automatic pilot, you're telling the airplane or ship exactly where to go, based on longitude and latitude, and there's no room for variation at all.
Airplanes, though, always have specific destinations. The pilots know exactly where they're supposed to go and what time they're supposed to get there. They know the route they're supposed to be on because they've probably done that particular route before. Automatic pilot for an airplane is fine, because the trip is purely functional and there's no need to do anything except get to the destination.
For us, though, automatic pilot would mean that we've already determined our end goal. We've already decided what we want to do and be, and there would be no room for learning or changing our minds or ideas in the present moment, for that would drastically change our destination. We wouldn't be allowed to deviate our journey based on new knowledge or new ideas that we learn along the way. Our decisions of this moment would be determined by the desire to reach a pre-set destination or objective.
If we can look at this moment for what it is, though, and figure out what's best for this moment, we can build a solid base upon which our future will rest quite comfortably. Perhaps this moment is one for rest, or a moment for getting some work done or a letter written. We'll know what's right for us in any given moment if we just live them all with integrity, as Jon says, and if we're honest about what each moment needs from us.
People who are “being” are fully present. They are totally engaged in the moment. This engagement includes an easy appreciation and sense of connection with whomever or whatever they are relating to at the time. These people are aware of a job well done or a difficulty surmounted and will respect and often acknowledge the person who has accomplished it. “Being” is a state of heart and mind that is receptive and able to listen carefully.
Sallirae Henderso
