The charm of Taiping Lake Gardens that serves as the first public park in Malaysia attracted us to detour when we made our first interstate road trip to Ipoh with our little one. My last trip to Taiping Lake Gardens was perhaps more than half a decade ago so I couldn't recall if there were any eateries near the lake.
Searching online brought to our attention that there are a handful beside the beautiful lakes.

We settled for Taman Tasik Food Court for lunch after making two loops. Within walking distance from the scenic stretch of rain trees, this eatery also has ample car park. Operating 24 hours as indicated on the signpost, it offers the choices of local hawker food including laksa, chicken rice, noodles, western, a fair bit of Thai flavors and bak kut teh.

Despite the flip side, the bak kut teh was good and the bean sprout chicken rice was up to par.