Leisure: Kok Thai Restaurant (国泰酒楼), Ipoh Garden East, Ipoh

Hi All,

Gong Xi Fa Cai and Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family as well. Today we had a big gathering at the 2nd day of Chinese New Year as we together as a big family to have a huge 2 table dinner at Kok Thai Restaurant located at Ipoh Garden East. Eventually during Chinese New Year, we ordered the set package and we have chosen the set of RM580.00 per table which consists of 8 dishes including the famous Yee Sang, Shark Fin Soup, Mushroom with Broccoli, Crispy Roasted Chicken, Steamed Fish, Prawn, Fried Rice and a mini Ice-Cream Potong in the lists as well.

Prosperity Yee Sang

Prosperity Yee Sang

It does not take very long for the dishes to come despite a huge crowd that throng the restaurant and it was very packed indeed. You need to at least book 1 week in advance if you want to have your lunch or dinner there depending on availability. After 10 minutes, the food beginning to come at our tables and we starting to enjoy our food. How's the taste of the food? Here I come to explain to you. The Prosperity Yee Sang is nice and tasty. It has lots of ingredients and since this is my first yee sang meal of the year, i would say this is good. The Shark Fin Soup is also tasty despite I ate a lot of starch and not so much of shark fin soup. It's also well known that we should not have killed the shark fin and hopefully they use less shark fins in the soup.

Shark Fin Soup

Mushroom With Broccoli

Crispy Roasted Chicken

The Mushroom With Broccoli is just so so and not so tasty. The Crispy Roasted Chicken is just normal and nothing so special about it. You have to eat together with the salt to satisfy your cravings. The steamed fish is nice indeed and it claimed that it's a expensive fish. The meat is fresh and nice too. We enjoyed the fish personally and felt it's not smelly too. The Prawn taste is just so-so and it's fresh. The way they cook is not so superior and just normal. The Fried Rice is a must try at the Chinese New Year set dish. It contains some small abalone pieces and once you eat it together with the Fried Rice, it's very tasty. Last but not least is the Ice-Cream Potong which in my opinion is a superb dish after you have the set meal and it's usually comes last. The taste is good and it's very special about it. You should try it. The brand is Kochabi.

Steamed Fish

Abalone Fried Rice

Prawns

Mini Ice-Cream Potong

Overall, the portion of the set meal is good and can cater around 8-10 people. Some of the dishes are good and some are just so-so and not up to my expectation, With the price of RM580, I would say you get what you pay for and it's reasonable and not too expensive especially during the festive season. You still can call to book and the phone number is available at the bottom. I would still recommend you to come over here to try out their Chinese New Year set dishes ok? Check out the full photos via our Facebook page and look for Album "Chinese New Year Reunion Gathering 2013". Enjoy! MY RATING: 3/5 ; OVERALL RATING: 3/5


*Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Value Of Food: 5/5
Customer Service: 4/5
Ditanggung Halal: NO

Address:

No. 56-64, Lebuh Medan Ipoh, 
Bandar Baru Medan Ipoh, 
31400 Ipoh, Perak.
Telephone: 05-5468407 ; 05-5478581 ; 05-54569916
Business Hours: 11.00am - 3.00pm ; 6.00pm - 10.00pm Daily



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