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Foh San Restaurant is a famous Dim Sum restaurant in Ipoh. It is located at the junction of Jalan Mustapha Al-Bakri (Clare Street) and Jalan Dato Tahwi Azar (Osborne Street).

Foh San occupies the ground floor of a three-storey Art Deco building belonging to the Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association. The building was erected in 1935 with funds coming from 221 donors. The association was founded in 1903 by bank clerks and junior bank officers who happened to be drama enthusiasts and amateur actors. In aid of the Canton flood of 1905, the group put up a show at the Chinese theatre at Leech Street (Jalan Bandar Timah).


Foh San Restaurant
Foh San Restaurant (31 January 2006)
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 The association premises was taken over by the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army, or MPAJA, between September 1945 and April 1946. Then it went into the hands of the returning British military and used as the canteen of the Navy Army Air Force Institute (NAAF).

Today the Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association building is better known for serving the most popular Dim Sum in Ipoh New Town.


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