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Continuing a fine tradition.<\/strong><\/p>\n Story and photos by Foong Pek Yee.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuing a fine tradition. Story and photos by Foong Pek Yee. foongpekyee@gmail.com July 9, 2023. HE is on his feet all day long – courteous and serving Chinese traditional desserts to customers with a smile. At 25, Weng Wah believes in the business potential of the desserts. Upbeat: Weng Wah (left) is proud of … Continue reading “A gift from Tai Kung”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[86,359,361,362,360],"class_list":["post-3756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places","tag-business","tag-chinese-traditional-desserts","tag-eatery","tag-good-food","tag-ipoh"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3782,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions\/3782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}foongpekyee@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\nJuly 9, 2023.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHE is on his feet all day long – courteous and serving Chinese traditional desserts to customers with a smile.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAt 25, Weng Wah believes in the business potential of the desserts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230708_214351-1.jpg?resize=332%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nUpbeat: Weng Wah (left) is proud of his family’s tradition.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nHe is the fourth generation in his family\u00a0history selling the desserts;\u00a0 from sweet soups, herbal tea to kuih or kok kwai<\/em> in the predominantly Cantonese speaking community in Ipoh.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230708_215830.jpg?resize=500%2C432&ssl=1\")
e<\/div>\nAuspicious: Hoong Ku<\/em> -red glutinous rice dumpling in Cantonese is a very popular\u00a0 and sometimes a\u00a0 must have dessert during Chinese festivals.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230708_214959.jpg?resize=487%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nAll time favourite:\u00a0 Yam cake is among the popular desserts in Trishaw Dessert Stall.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWeng Wah\u00a0 says his maternal great grandfather ( tai kung<\/em> ) and maternal grandfather (kung kung<\/em>) sold desserts for a living.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt is desserts on wheels, he says of his ancestors who peddled food on a bicycle in the old\u00a0days.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis perhaps had inspired Weng Wah’s parents to name their eatery – Trishaw Dessert Stall- which they opened in 2008.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTrishaw is a three-wheeled vehicle used to carry passengers in the old days.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230708_225505-1.jpg?resize=500%2C302&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nPedal power: Tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle used to transport goods in the old days. This\u00a0 is a deco in Trishaw Dessert Stall.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe eatery, along Jalan Merlin off Jalan Pasir Puteh, Ipoh, has a relaxed ambience and is visibly popular among the young and old alike.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe weather may be hot and humid last Saturday afternoon (July 8, 2023)\u00a0 but it is no deterrent for customers to enjoy their desserts with just ceiling fans over their heads.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPerhaps this also reminds them of the good old days where fans was a luxury item then.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLike his ancestors, Weng Wah says hard work and long hours remain an integral part of the business.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe eatery opens between 10.30am and 5.00pm daily from Monday to Saturday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA typical working day sees his mother, Ah B, slogging away in the kitchen by 7.30am and he joins her an hour later.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nEach of them easily chalked up at least 10 hours of work daily.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n