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Jalan Bandar Timah in Ipoh Old Town, lined with heritage shophouses, parked cars and red lanterns

Stories & Guides

Guides to living heritage in nine categories, from Heritage & Roots and Gastronomy to Religious & Sacred.

Photo: Slleong, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jalan Panglima in Ipoh Old Town, with colourful two-storey shophouses and parked cars under a cloudy sky
Heritage & Roots

Concubine Lane, Ipoh: The Story Behind the Name

23 Oct 2026Read more
Arched shophouse facade with bamboo blinds painted with miners, signed Han Chin Pet Soo Hakka Miners' Club and Museum
Heritage & Roots

Han Chin Pet Soo: The Story of Ipoh's Hakka Miners' Club

23 Oct 2026Read more
Sepia photo of Station Road, Ipoh, around 1910, with shophouse arcades, trees and rickshaws
Heritage & Roots

How Tin Made Ipoh: The Kinta Valley Story

23 Oct 2026Read more
Downtown Ipoh skyline with a green padang, palm trees and forested hills in the background
Heritage & Roots

What Makes Ipoh's Cultural Scene Worth Knowing

23 Oct 2026Read more
White colonial-era Ipoh Railway Station with domes and arches behind a lawn and palms
Heritage & Roots

Ipoh Railway Station: The Story of the 'Taj Mahal'

23 Oct 2026Read more
Two-storey heritage corner shophouse block with arcaded walkways at a quiet Old Town junction in Ipoh
Arts & Creative

Ipoh Street Art, Explained: Who Painted the Old Town Murals?

23 Oct 2026Read more
Row of old shophouses with coffee shop awnings on Jalan Bandar Timah in Ipoh Old Town under a blue sky
Gastronomy

Ipoh White Coffee, Explained: Why Is It Called White?

23 Oct 2026Read more
Unfinished red-brick mansion with a rounded tower, arched windows and a whitewashed wing on a grassy slope under a blue sky
Heritage & Roots

Kellie's Castle: The Story of an Unfinished Mansion

23 Oct 2026Read more
Bowl of kai si hor fun with shredded chicken and chives in clear broth on a marble table
Gastronomy

Top 10 Ipoh Dishes and the Stories Behind Them

23 Oct 2026Read more
Multi-storey Chinese temple facade built into a towering limestone cliff at Sam Poh Tong, Ipoh
Religious & Sacred

Top 5 Cave Temples of Ipoh and Their Origin Stories

23 Oct 2026Read more
Two-storey heritage corner shophouse coffee shop with open frontage and parked motorbikes
Gastronomy

What Is a Kopitiam? Malaysia's Coffee Shop Culture

23 Oct 2026Read more
Ornate Peranakan-style shophouse in Melaka with blue-shuttered arched windows, green tiles and plaster mouldings
Heritage & Roots

Who Are the Peranakan? Baba-Nyonya and Chitty Explained

23 Oct 2026Read more
Corner shophouse restaurant with yellow signage and a patterned paved square on Jalan Yau Tet Shin, Ipoh
Gastronomy

Why Is Ipoh So Famous for Food? The Story Behind It

23 Oct 2026Read more