On Saturday, while on the way to send my mil to her relative’s house, we saw a lady on a tricycle stall, selling something rather familiar-looking. My heart leapt when I realized that she was selling “Sek Lau Zhi” or “Bee Tai Bak”. It is known as “Air Sagu” in Bahasa. I am sure Ipohans (Shireen, Claire, Ann, Agnes, IpohGal, Lena) would know what I am talking about 😀 My husband and I grew up eating this heavenly dessert. “Sek Lau Zhi’ is actually shaved ice with sugar syrup and coconut milk, with chewy red jellies made from tapioca flour. It also has strands of white ‘Bee Tai Bak” made from rice flour. As I am typing this, I can still taste how wonderful the ‘sek lau zhi’ is, especially on a hot day.
This stall is situated at a junction in Pasir Pinji. According to the famous Motormouth From Ipoh blog (http://www.j2kfm.com), this stall is now run by the daughter of the original proprietor who had been running this stall since the 70’s.
A huge container of yummylicious chewy jellies
My bowl of Sek Lau Zhi. Melting moments….
Hubs ordered “Wan Tau Long“, another dessert famous in Ipoh. It is yellow, jelly-like, made of seaweed and eaten with lime/sour plum therefore it has a tinge of sourness in this dessert. Usually it is served plain but I don’t know why the lady added the sek lau zhi. We had the dessert at a small table next to the stall, under a big tree and being at a rather busy junction, there were cars wheezing by. Ashley, the city kid, asked if we were going to eat there. That was the first time she has been to a stall like this..hahhahahahahaha. She was scared of the annoying fly and didn’t want to sit on the plastic stool because it was a little wet…just a little *slap forehead*
I prefer ‘Sek Lau Zhi’ to the chendol in Malacca anytime. I think i can eat this everyday for a whole month and not get bored. Such sweet memories of my childhood….
Long time i didnt ee this already. Should i go Ipoh will ask Claire or agnes to bring me there makan. Looks yummy
Wow, so yummy, especially in this hot weather. Too bad cannot get it so fresh in KL. My kids loved it too.
Sek lau zhi goes well with cincau and cendol besides wan tau long. You can buy them at the lower ground section of Pasar Besar Ipoh and make the dessert at home.
Another childhood favourite is the Pung Tai Woon, a green coloured drink, very good at quenching thirst.
Oh so this is Bee Tai Bak?? I’ve heard alot from my friend but never see the real picture! It surely looks yummy!
Never seen or heard of this but it looks interesting.
this is something new to me. Never see or heard before, it look interesting. It look like chilies to me. LOL!!
I wonder how it taste like? No taste? Sweet? Sour?
Looks delish n definitely refreshing on a hot day
Bee Tai Bak??? As dessert?? Interesting!! Hmm… It looks like laksa noodles which are chopped into small pieces(referring to pic#3).
I’m actually drooling and got my keyboard wet with my saliva. Man, this looks good on a hot day like this!
ooo sewing in this sauna of mine now i dun mind to have a bowl of that .. yummy
so refreshing if to eat during such hot weather. So nice to eat your childhood dessert. Will keep this in mind. if ever go to ipoh, will look out for this.
Never try this before..I don’t think my plc here has this kind of dessert.
I seriously never heard or seen before. Looks soooo refreshing. But I like cendol wor. Really better than cendol? Haha.
never tried but would like to take the challenge to try..
wah..I didnt know there’s so many nice food in Ipoh…not only that, I think I havent heard of such few famous stuff tat u’ve just mentioned in ur previous story (including this sek lau chi!!) .. neither I heard of nor I’ve seen them.. tks for sharing Barb 😉 glad u manage to find ur ‘lovely’ dessert …
last time dating dating that time, was eating this dessert?? gegeggege
I’ve never seen or heard of this before (sometimes I wonder if hubs is really from Ipoh… everything oso dunno haha). Looks really good!! The red jellies look like pomegranate. Can’t imagine the taste even after reading your description. I’m now craving for something which I’ve never eaten haha 😀
I never had these dessert before, it’s indeed the 1st time I saw it! Wah~! So tempted to have some, it looks thirst quenching!
OMG…..sek lau!!! Love this, how come KL tarak 🙁
Wah, nice….have to hunt for this stall on my next trip!
cool..hvn’t tried that.
I have never seen nor eaten this before, but it sure does look yummy and tempting!
P/S: Have linked you up, hope you’ll do the same too. 😀
wuah…they indeed looks refreshing 😀
i’ve eaten them in dessert too but didn’t know it’s call sek lau zhi, hahaha
thanks for sharing yr childhood memories 😛
I miss the “Man Tau Long”
I want to eat wan tau long too!!! Missing it so much!!!!
How come nobody brings sek lou zhi to KL? Your description of the dessert makes my mouth water!
wow…it has been ages indeed since I had this desert. usually gof or the Wan Tau Long since it is more easily found.
def have to go and search for this stall.
Looked tempting, never seen and never eatten before. Great sharing.
this dessert looks so pretty. is it easy to make?