Best Food in Kampar (2026)

Heng Kee Claypot Chicken Rice

🍯 Claypot Chicken Rice · Kampar Old Town, Kampar, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM10–RM20Since 1950

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Order: Charcoal claypot chicken rice with lap cheong and salted fish

Started as a roadside cart in the 1950s by a Cantonese migrant and now in its own shop on Jalan Idris, Heng Kee is one of the two names that made Kampar's claypot rice famous. Rows of pots sit over charcoal braziers, and the crust at the bottom is the prize.

Son Fook Kee

🍯 Claypot Chicken Rice · Taman Tiara, Kampar, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM10–RM20

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Order: Claypot chicken rice with fragrant spicy chicken and blanched romaine

The new-town branch of the Fook Kee claypot family, which locals rate among the best claypot chicken rice in the country. The rice is cooked to order over charcoal, so expect a wait at dinner.

Yau Kee Restaurant

🍞 Kopitiam Breakfast · Kampar Old Town, Kampar, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM28–RM45 per bun

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Order: Curry chicken bun: a whole loaf hollowed out and filled with chicken curry

Probably the most famous eatery in Kampar, credited with popularising the curry chicken bun, where a round loaf is stuffed with rich chicken curry and torn apart at the table. Order the small one for two and save room for claypot rice later.

CB Bakery

🥐 Bakery & Pastry · Jalan Gopeng, Kampar, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM10–RM30Since 1972

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Order: Kai zai paeng (chicken biscuits), kaya puffs and heong peng

A fourth-generation family bakery in the oldest part of town, the place locals send you for Kampar's thin, crisp chicken biscuits. The kaya puff recipe dates back to the family's old Wing Lok Yuen coffee shop.

⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.

Kampar Food Centre (Medan Selera Kampar)

🥞 Chee Cheong Fun · Jalan Masjid, Kampar, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM5–RM12

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Order: Curry chee cheong fun, char kuey teow (stall 32), fried radish cake and chicken porridge

Kampar's main market food centre, busy from before dawn with thousands of Google reviews. Breakfast here means curry-drenched chee cheong fun, smoky char kuey teow, fried radish cake and the famous stall-52 chicken porridge.

Pusat Makanan Gold Wing

🥟 Wantan Mee · Taman Tasik Emas, Kampar, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM6–RM12

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Order: Raw fish chicken porridge, wantan mee and fried fishballs

A neighbourhood food court in the newer side of Kampar, best known for its raw fish chicken porridge and a well-loved wantan mee stall. A quieter alternative to the market food centre.