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SeeFoon Chan-Koppen has been writing a food column called Musings on Food in the Ipoh Echo since 2009. It is widely read both in print as well as online which receives more than 1 million hits a month. Her forte is in communications, having honed her skills after graduating from the University of Singapore where she worked for the Straits Times Group and was a food critic for the New Nation. Her knowledge of food and cooking come from more than 30 years in the hotel industry based in Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong and subsequently Kuala Lumpur. During this time, she has travelled all over the world and eaten at the best and worst restaurants. She is totally intimate with the subtleties and nuances of most cuisines of the world having been involved in opening over 50 hotels throughout the Asia/Pacific region and China where she helped to conceptualize Food and Beverage themes and critiqued on food quality. SeeFoon calls herself a global citizen and now chooses the serenity and friendliness of Ipoh to the bright lights of the many cities she has lived in. She also loves the food in Ipoh and is passionate about telling the world about it.

SeeFoon Discovers Another ‘Lo Chiew Pai’

How this restaurant has escaped my foodie tentacles and not been on my flavour of the month, year, indeed even lifetime list is baffling to me. Indeed I even accused my Foodie kaki Ginla Chew of keeping secrets from me when she…

Restoran Wan Loi Noodles

By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen When two separate friends repeatedly urged me to check out Wan Loi Noodles, I had no choice but to comply. And I was certainly glad I did as this very conveniently located new eatery in Ipoh Garden South…

The Bread Winner

I just love Carbs. Especially bread. Who hasn’t been seduced by the smell of freshly toasted bread, slathered with a generous dollop of butter and topped with your choice of jam or whatever. However, for many years in Ipoh, I…

SeeFoon warms to Desa Rishah

I was recently introduced to the Foodie possibilities in Desa Rishah when my friend Datin Phaik Lean gathered a bunch of us together for dinner at Hung Ting. A relatively new restaurant (open for 6 months) but apparently a Lo Chiew…

SeeFoon meanders down memory lane

Being a foodie, I have a burning mission to encourage the flourishing of good food in Ipoh. As a food writer, I operate by a personal credo where I write only about dishes that I have tasted and are judged…