Best Popiah In Taiping

 Popiah or fresh spring roll

Popiah or fresh spring rolls are delicious. They are eaten with a sweet sauce such as a bean sauce, a blended soy sauce or oyster sauce or a shrimp paste sauce and with hot chilli sauce before it is filled. The filling is mainly finely grated and steamed or stir-fried turnip or mengkuang which has been cooked. Other ingredients include bean sprouts, French beans, and lettuce leaves, grated carrots, thinly sliced fried tofu, finely chopped peanuts or peanut powder, fried shallots, and shredded fried eggs. Other common variations of popiah include include pork (lightly seasoned and stir-fried), shrimp or crab meat. Some hawkers will add fried pork lard.

 

Air Kacang Taiping coffee shop at Corner of Jalan paggung Wayang and Jalan Kelab Cina

 The best popiah in Taiping

In Taiping, you will find the best popiah at the Air Kacang Taiping coffee shop at the corner of Jalan Panggung Wayang and Jalan Kelab Cina. Say hi to Ah Kuan, second generation popiah seller who inherited this delicious recipe from his mum who made Taiping popiah famous at the Tai Chen restaurant during the early 60s.

Black and White soya bean milk with cincau

While you are at the coffee shop, don't forget to try out the soya bean milk and soya bean curd. They are freshly made and creamy and the best in town.