The First McDonald's in Town

In Malaysia, McDonald’s is usually a symbol of popularity of a commercial area. The first McDonald’s opened in Ipoh during mid 1980’s (again, I can’t recall which year exactly) at Cockman Street, the busiest & hottest commercial spot in the city center at that time. This fast food giant has chosen a beautiful prewar building that previously housed the Cold Storage. This famous supermarket, which locally called “freezer room”, was later retreated from Ipoh. The building was took over by other owner & once left vacant before McDonald’s move in to Ipoh. Nowadays, the night in this area has lost the crowd, but this restaurant marks the glorious past of Cockman Street.