This weekend on 21st & 22nd June, 2014, will see a flea market at the alley beside Burps & Giggles in Ipoh Old Town. Amongst other vendors, I.S.P.C.A. will be present for charity sales at Booth 5. Items available for sale here include fashion accessories, handbags, shoes, etc. All proceeds will go to I.S.P.C.A. for the ... continue reading »

I receive a lot of enquiries about weekend activities in Ipoh. Weekends can be rather busy but where do people go besides hunting for Ipoh food? Well, Burps & Giggles have opened up their first floor to weekend bazaars, at least for this month. The weekend of Nov 30 & Dec 1 saw a charity bazaar ... continue reading »

One Stop Budget Hotel is a corner lot shop house facing Jalan Sultan Yussuf. Strangely, its entrance is on the side of the building, along Jalan Dato' Sagor, formerly Station Road. I can't remember what business was carried out at this shop before it was converted into a budget hotel last year, but I remember that ... continue reading »

While we are on the topic of wall art that has been keeping Ipoh abuzz these past few months, I cannot leave out Monroe Lane. This art, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike, and separate from those that I wrote about earlier by painter Eric Lai, belongs to Burps & Giggles, the food joint along Jalan Sultan ... continue reading »

Even as the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and India launched the new Little India in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur on 27th October, 2010, let's not forget that Ipoh has her very own Little India as well. I visited Ipoh's Little India yesterday afternoon in conjunction with Deepavali (or Diwali to some), and not surprisingly, even under ... continue reading »