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Suddenly there was a policy – a beach holiday on every birthday, his birthday. Last weekend or in actual fact, weekdays were a sneakaway to accommodate the policy.

For the longest time on the to-do list was to drive up north to Ipoh for a dim sum breakfast. Ipoh, famed for the most beautiful Chinese girls in Malaysia (which I absolutely agree – no, I’m not from there!), is also famed for their delectable Cantonese dim sum breakfast where locals are up from 6am to start their weekend.

We decided to skip Foh San, one of the iconic and most famous restaurants in Ipoh, as friends from Ipoh didn’t give it two thumbs up. Instead, we were recommended to Yook Fook Mun which didn’t disappoint at all. Arriving at 8am after a two hours drive north, the tables were packed and waitresses ran around with their large trays of steamed and fried morsels leaving us with too many choices.

After we ticked off ‘dim sum in Ipoh’ off our pseudo-bucket list, the drive continued to the coastal town of Lumut where immediately upon arrival, we were greeted and pampered 5-star style for the next 3 days at Pangkor Laut Resort because we paid affordable Malaysian rates instead of the exorbitant foreigner’s price. If you are a foreigner and plan to drop by, which I highly recommend, grab some local friends along with you.