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Taiping Lake Gardens Losing the state capital might have slowed Taiping's growth, but in a strange twist of fate, that very slowdown...

Founded in 1906 in Ipoh by two Hainanese immigrants, The Durbar at FMS was Malaya’s oldest bar. Relocated at this building at Market...

Taiping's iconic Clock Tower (built 1881, rebuilt in bricks in 1891) - symbol of the town's order and modernity as it rose in the...

Taiping - Perak Museum 1883 When I first started writing about Taiping, my goal was simple - share memories, stories, and food tips with...

Majestic Rain Trees lining the Lake Gardens in Taiping I spent my first 17 years in Taiping. It was where I went to school, made lifelong...

Larut Matang Hawker Centre or 'Casual Market' or 'Cashier's Market' My next blog post tackles a familiar dilemma I've faced on every trip...

Bala's Banana Leaf Restaurant Once, a few years ago, my daughter's father-in-law, a management professor from New Zealand, and his...

A Banana Leaf Meal A small group of us, old Georgians living in the Klang Valley, have been holding our annual 'Banana Leaf Lunch & Beer...

St. George's Secondary School Australia based James Chin, one of our schoolmates posted a message in our WhatsApp chat group a few days...