Pun Chun Restaurant’s Chicken Biscuits & Duck Drumstick Noodle
Nov 19th, 2005 by Neo
During the recent Hari Raya break, while on my way back to Kuala Lumpur, I saw the Bidor road sign along the North-South Expressway. Although I was not extermely hungry then, but I was extremely seduced to drive in to the town. Bidor is a small town about 45 minutes south of Ipoh which is very famous for it’s chicken biscuits and duck drumstick noodles.
Pun Chun Restaurant, Bidor, Perak.
The restaurant or rather looked like an old coffee shop is called Pun Chun Chicken Biscuits & Restaurant. It is located on the main road, I think it is called Jalan Besar, which you will never miss - there is only one main road in Bidor - just drive in and you will locate this restaurant easily. Parking should not be a problem most of the time I guess because there is plenty of parking spaces across the road, opposite of the restaurant.
Anyway, when we approached the restaurant, we were shocked to see so many people, it was like “people mountain, people sea” (translate that to Chinese). From the picture above, you can see that the crowd was overflowed to the walkway in front of the restaurant. It is such a busy restaurant.
Because there were so many patrons and the tables were limited, my girls and I have to squeeze into the crowd and wait for other partons to finish their dishes. It was basically like, you stand behind a table that you think was going to finish soon, and waited there. It took us nearly 45 minutes waiting, we of course moved from one table to another becuase of our mis-judgement with the first table… Haha, some people you thought would take only 2 minutes to finish their food, but it might took them 15 minutes instead, plus a bit of chit chating with their friends maybe. You were made of glasses, they just ignored your existance while enjoying their food 
Cookies, candies and biscuits on the racks. They also have Mooncakes!
While we were waiting patiently, we explored the place. This place is more than a simple restaurant, they also manufacture and sell delicacies such as cookies, candies and biscuits. Although I have not tried most of them, but their Chicken Biscuits is certainly the most popular in Malaysia. Their woo kok (yam filled with minced pork), shat kek ma (sticky candy like eggs biscuit) and siew pow (baked pork buns) are heavenly too. The Chicken Biscuits costs RM2 a packet and buy 10 packets you get one packet free.
Woo kok, shat kek ma and chicken buscuits.
After nearly 45 minutes of waiting and exploring the place, finally we got ourselves a table. We ordered Duck Drumstick Noodle. It took them nearly 20 minutes to arrive. Check out the pictures below.
Although it took us well over 1 hour of waiting before we get to taste the heavenly Duck Drumstick Noodles, it was well worth it. The duck drumstick is from roasted duck and the noodles are wan tan noodles. Nicely prepared in a big bowl. I dare not say this is the best noodle in Malaysia, but it surely was a very satisfying experience to have this dish in a hot crowded place after so much of battle for table 
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Gosh, their duck thigh soup is simply orgasmic weii… That’s the best I have eaten actually.
Me and my friends even though of going up to Bidor only just to eat it. Mind you, we are from Malacca.
My friends and I bought nearly over 20 boxes of their sak ki mah back home.
Oh, your post makes me feel like driving up again.
eh.. this one.. macam haf seen. issit bidor arr last time i stopped by after finishing my obs in lumut.
Jason, the duck drumstick noodle and of course the soup is very delicious and satisfying. But driving up all the way from Malacca just for a bowl or two is a bit too much
Alex, yupe. Precisely. It is in Bidor, Perak.
The duck noodle looks good but waiting for an hr sounds crazy to me
Maybe that make the bowl of noodle more delicious becoz of cognitive resonance just like how placebo acts~
Haha! If we can drive all the way to Kuantan/Kemaman just to drink coffee and eat stuff crabs, I don’t see why we won’t drive all the way to Bidor to eat that thing.
Yeah, for food, we go all out.
Wow, with all those people lining up - it’s gotta be delicious!
Do they do takeaway - to HK?
Friend,
Is it possible for you to send me all the photos taken in this restaurant? Original size and uneditted. You see, my photos are rejected by The Star newspaper, so if its possible, can I use yours for my article? Credits will be given though.
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Hi Jason,
You are writing an article on the restaurant and submitted it to The Star? I would love to read it on the paper… OK, glad you asked for photos from me
I would be glad to provide you the photos I took.
Anyway, I didn’t take many photos there, only a handful, and a couple were taken with my handphone camera - so the quality is a bit low.
Email me if you still want the photos.
Pun Chun will always pack during holiday, so try stop by when you are travelling during normal days.
[…] there's just one main street in bidor and you can't miss this kopi tiam called pun chun. they are famous for their herbal duck soup, wan tan meen and if you're one of those snack junkies like i am, then this is also the place to get chicken biscuit (yes, the sinful one with lard), heong peng (with gluey, sticky caramel filling), sat keh mah (sticky and chewy thing), tau sah peng (green bean pastry) etc […]
Pun Chun Restaurant!! The place must go twice a year. The food there.. Delicious!! No doubt that’s the most famous shop selling the duck drumstick noodles, chicken biscuits, and ’shat keh ma’. The food and the local products they are selling is the best in town. People from outstation would buy a lot of the chicken biscuits, and shat keh ma back to their hometown. And i extremely like all the food and the local products there.
Don’t travel the old coastal road back to Penang from KL for many years now. And I thought Kampar was the one famous for the CB… Next time, will definitely go to Pun Chun Restaurant and try the delicacies for myself.
[…] I hope you still remember we had a big bowl of heavenly Duck Drumstick Noodles at the Pun Chun Restaurant in Bidor some time ago. Pardon me, I thought it was some time ago, but a quick check on my blog only I realise how fast time flies… it was more than 1 year ago… I can never forget the delicious noodles and soup. I make Bidor a must stop every time I travel on the North-South Expressway, and this time there’s no exception. […]
I feel so surprise that so many people like to stop by Bidor because of Duck Drumstick Noodles & guave. I feel so happy… because Bidor is my hometown. Since you all like to drop by Bidor, I would like to introduce another delicious food, the place is just opposite of the Pun Chun Restaurant, there is a wet market, every morning, a few kopitiam are selling “on soon chu chong fun”. Oh my god, so delicious… until today, I can’t find this food in KL.
My grandparents are from Bidor too…however, I must say that the Duck noodle, chicken and sak ke ma biscuits were the best I ever tried in my younger days when we visit grandpa and grandma. But unfortunately, the herbal taste of the Duck noodle has been watered down and the sak ke ma biscuits is now very hard and doesn’t have the egg smell anymore. Real sad…now i only for the wanton noodle at the coffee shop after you turn in from the highway traffic lights. (but the coffee here is lousy le…not kau!) You know the best sak ke ma is from Ipoh Hong Kee… yeh yeh.. I am going to Ipoh to buy back dozens to distribute to my KL friends.