Concubine Lane Ipoh 25 Sep 2015

Initially we are planning to look for the Art of Old Town created by Ernest Zacharevic, the Lithuanian artist & OLDTOWN White Coffee as a celebration of the heritage and history shared between Ipoh, Old Town and OLDTOWN White Coffee.

Ernest Zacharevic completes 8 amazing 3D Murals Wall Art In Ipoh old town city. But, first of all, looking for our breakfast in the old Ipoh town.

We were headed to Yee Fatt Dry Curry Noodles for their famous curry mee, after disappointed with the huge crowds at the main entrance of the Foh San Restaurant which famous for their Dim Sum. This is the second time we were here and cannot eat the Dim Sum ;(

Once we arrived there, there were people even queuing from inside the shop to outside the shop. We just decided to go the coffee shop at the other end of the shop for our breakfast. The coffee shop too, are full of people due to the spills over effect. We had Hakka mee as our breakfast together with some meatballs soup and fried meatballs too.

But, once we arrived at one of the wall mural, we were so disappointed to see the paints of the wall mural is fading off. Then, daddy brought us to the Lorong Panglima, or in the local Ipoh, they called it “Yi Lai Hong” which means Concubine Lane where rich Chinese tycoons were supposed to have kept their mistresses.

Some how some are said that, this was a smokescreen as this area was actually infamous for opium and gambling dens. Somehow it was less disreputable to tell folks you were visiting your mistress than to admit you were smoking opium.

The lane is really a small and tight lane, and in a state of disrepair with some of the houses were left abandoned. From the looks of the exterior, there is some efforts to gentrify the lane while preserving the history for posterity, and the amount of restoration conducted has been minimal.

Many of the houses are being taken over by the vegetation. There are one or two stalls selling foodies. A souvenirs and crafts shop, a eatery shop are among the few shops which are opened here.

We just took a few photos with the children, and we left…

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