Heritage Gallery by Old Town White Coffee

The new building looks great at night.  Like the high arched windows. The gallery is at the top floor.  

Bobo Chacha with their own peculiar mix of ingredients. Came in a single bowl.  Asked for another bowl to share the goodie. 

Ginger chicken rice.

Ground floor near the main counter.  The staircase is just beyond.  There is no lift for the elderly to visit the heritage gallery upstairs.

The side entrance with the main counter on the right.

Some old pics showing people making coffee.  Perhaps the original brew. 

Another sitting area on the mezzanine floor.

Old Town Earth Cafe.  Not sure what it is all about regarding the Earth.  

The Gallery.  All about local coffee stuff. 

This is the store where one can buy coffee home. 

Area to sample coffee products on sale.  No barista today.

A view of the street below from the veranda on the highest floor. 

Interesting place to visit.  Grandiose building! 

 

Figs

Early morning garden walk well rewarded. Harvested the fruits well before the real birds woke up and ate them. 

Fig plants are easy to grow and maintain.  Hardly any insect attack. Need to fertilise them often and prune them low for easy fruit harvesting. 

King of Siam visited Perak

 

Vajiravudh (Rama VI) was the King of Siam who reigned from 1910 to 1925. Accompanied by his concubine, Suvadhana, Vajiravudh visited the Federated Malay States in 1924. The visit was reported to allow Vajiravudh to acquaint himself with the railway system of the FMS, especially when both nations are now linked by rail. Vajiravudh had a stopover in Kuala Kangsar where he was greeted by Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris I. Following this stop, the King of Siam continued his rail journey to Singapore, stopping at Ipoh where he met a few prominent residents including Leong Sin Nam, a well-known tin miner.

Footnote: In 1910, Vajiravudh founded an all-boys boarding college, Vajiravudh College, in Bangkok. He also introduced rugby as the college’s main sport so that the college boys would learn the virtue of sportsmanship. Interestingly, 36 years after Vajiravudh’s visit to Kuala Kangsar, an annual friendly rugby match between Vajiravudh College and Malay College Kuala Kangsar has become tradition.

Reference:1. Wikipedia. Rama VI.

2. Our royal visitor. King Rama VI of Siam. Malayan Saturday Post. 1924 September 27.

3. Wikipedia. Leong Sin Nam.

Article from: SembangKuala.

Award given to Leong Sin Nam.