Restaurant Tuck Kee

Name of Restaurant:
Restaurant Tuck Kee

Address & Contact:

1-3, Jalan King, Off Jalan Pasir Pinji, Ipoh, 31650 Perak

Tel:+605-255 3870 ,+605-241 9071

Business Hours: 
10am - 3pm and 5.30pm - 10pm

Price:
Reasonably Good

Specialty:
Traditional Cantonese dishes - signature dishes like the yin yeong prawns in sweet-sour sauce and salad sauce, stir-fried fish maw, beancurd, kong yi chee and hoi sum. They also serve "Kai Fei" noodles usually ordered on birthdays

Rating:
3.5/5-Star. Service ok. Aircon

Remarks & Opinion:
Opened since 1969, Tuck Kee is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Ipoh. The roast duck, pork sausage and roast pork are very popular here. However,for today,we were invited to a lunch that served Giant Sea Cucumber and a few other cantonese dishes as per photos below:-

Loong Suen Hoi Sum (Dragon Boat Sea Cucumber)

Loong Suen Hoi Sum (Dragon Boat Sea Cucumber) - This dish is stewed using Southern China famous giant sea cucumber (Chui Poh Sum) which has a thick flesh that gives one the mouthful feeling when its in the mouth. Accompanying the sea cucumber are fresh high grade scallops, flower mushrooms, chicken fillet, chestnuts and and decorated with fried yam to represent the oars of the dragon boat.The based of the stew is oyster sauce - tasty and is not overwhelming with the sea cucmber retaining its flavour while the rest of the sea cucumber companion each retaining their individual unique flavours while enhancing the flavoursome sea cucumber. Most importantly the dish is balanced and not gluey. Overall this dish is superb and will definitely return to savour it again. Price wise is fantastic - at RM350 one can't complain.

Mun Cheong Chicken - nice and glorified name given to a more popular version called Hainan Chicken. Mun Cheong is a deity which promotes intelligence and wisdom. Thus was wondering what has he got to do with Chicken! Later was informed (nor verified) that his origins is Hainan Island and that explains the name of the chicken named after him not for his work but his origins. Taste wise - normal for the "kampung" chicken, not exceptionally smooth and the ginger sauce that comes with it is nothing to shout about - they should have used the Genting Highland's buntong ginger which is smooth. Served with chicken oil flavoured rice, though tasty but would have been better if they had used higher grade rice. Priced at RM59, is a dish that I would not say overpriced but I will not return to savour it again the next time.Overall, it is good for one try.

Sliced Garoupa - stir-fry with shallots. Overall ok but would have been better if it is seabass which has a softer and smoother flesh. Taste wise as expected of a standard cantonese restaurant.

Hang Heung Pat Poh Sor (Aromatic Almond with 8 Treasured Vegetables) - Lightly fried almond springled generously on eight selected vegetables i.e. celery, lotus roots, gingko, waterchestnuts, corn, carrots, enoki, sweetpeas. Presented not in the desired manner but taste is very good. The almond is able to match each and every of the eight selected vegetables and overall the vegetables flavours do not conflict with each other. It is really a tastebud adventure savouring this dish - as you have almost everything - from the crunchiness to the sweetness to the aromatic and the savoury. This dish reminds me of never to judge from looks!

Egg white steamed with pandan coconut - This dessert served piping hot and the aroma from the coconut is so good that makes one tastebuds tinkles! It gives you the "must taste" even after a heavy meal. However the actual tasting gives one the anti-climax from the promising aroma that oozes from the coconut when served! The egg white is bland and its a bit over-steamed. Thus, the egg white is not so smooth. At RM6 per coconut (which is not expensive), it is not a dessert that I will try again unless they modify the recipe by probably adding ginger juice and likely sweetened milk to extract the best out of the coconut water. Meantime it is good as a one-timer!

Overall the lunch was good with the stewed giant sea cucumber as the star. The cost of the lunch was RM526/- and YES I will visit this restaurant again to savour the sea cucumber again and other signature dished such as its smoked duck, fish maw, and birthday noodles, etc.