Nothing beats home-cooked food, this we all know.
But once in a while it certainly is nice to have a break from cooking and sit down to a meal which someone else has cooked.
And better yet, if it is a set of wholesome hearty dishes made from the best and freshest of natural ingredients.
So for something just like that, The Best Restaurant in Jalan Yang Kalsom, Ipoh, is just the place to head to.
This restaurant shuns monosodium glutamate, cooks its own homegrown organic vegetables and uses only pure, clean, filtered water in all its food and drinks.
A meal here is very much like having a meal at home. The environment is comfortable and casual.
Typical Chinese meals are more often than not accompanied by soups, and The Best Restaurant has a myriad of soups on its menu, most of which are herbal-based concoctions.
Some of the names you will see on the list include double-boiled American wild ginseng with frog, herbal duck leg, and ?hair-beautifying? soup.
One of the restaurant?s signature soup dish is the double-stewed sea coconut chicken which is actually cooked in the coconut itself with cordyceps, wolfberries and other herbs. The soup is light and clear with a tinge of sweetness from the coconut.
The codfish and the steamed salted chicken are the other favourites here.
The cod is a delightful combination of tender and crispy as one side is steamed and the other fried. It is served with a light soya-sauce mixture, garnished with coriander and slivers of ginger.
As for the chicken, it is steamed with herbs and truly takes one back to the days of sitting in grandmother?s kitchen for meals.
The chicken and the fish really go well with brown rice, in keeping with healthy eating, but white rice is also available.
Chinese desserts served at the restaurant are also light and refreshing. Try the sea coconut or the aloe vera.
The Best Restaurant celebrates its third birthday this month and prides itself on serving healthy, traditional Chinese cuisine.
The kitchen is stocked with more than 30 types of Chinese herbs to cook up some 40 type of soups and more than 80 dishes.
Delivery service is also available.
The Best Restaurant is open daily from 10.30am to 10.00pm.
