Took a trip to Penang with my family and parents-in-law plus sis-in-law. It's been ages since we last went there. When my kids were little, they would always look forward to playing on the beach and splashing around in the sea. Now that they have become teenagers, the beach has lost out to the shopping malls.
So this trip was a little different, with us spending a lot of time shopping and looking for good food.
On the way to Penang, we stopped by Ipoh for lunch at Lou Wong, which is famous for its chicken dish.
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| Now you see it... |
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| and now you don't! |
Reached Penang close to 3pm but our hotel rooms weren't ready yet, so we went in search of the famous Penang cendol.
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Now there's a proper dine-in restaurant at Komtar Walk
although the original stall is still at Lebuh Keng Kwee
off Penang Road |
We stayed at the Hotel Sentral Georgetown, a small but cosy and clean place, which was within walking distance of the Komtar building, 2 shopping malls and a lot of places with good food. It's quite amazing what we can find by just travelling around on foot instead of using the car. We were walking past this restaurant when the smell of bak kut teh enticed us.
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| Yi Xiang Bak Kut Teh at Macalister Road |
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Everything is served in dainty little bowls
instead of in a large claypot like what we
have in KL |
The next morning we discovered this coffee shop full of customers, which sells fish head beehoon. What we have in KL is fish head beehoon in soup, but this Penang version looks like a plate of fried noodles with delicious chunks of deep fried fish served with a special dipping sauce.
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| @ Lorong Baru |
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| Thumbs up for this! |
Did some shopping at Prangin Mall, which reminds us of Sungei Wang Plaza back in KL - lots of shops selling shoes and clothes. My son, CoolTeen, managed to get some very nice T-shirts and Bermuda shorts.
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| Took a stroll along the beach in the evening |
The coffee shops at the Pulau Tikus market has some really cheap and yummy food.
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| Nyonya kuih at 50 to 60sen a piece. |
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| Couldn't resist the duck noodles...only RM4 a bowl. |
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Eating at Gurney Drive is a little pricier but
great ambience makes up for it. Haven't had
cockles in a long while...love the sauce that goes with it! |
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| Lovely view of the sunset :) |
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With each of us having at least one electronic gadget,
this is what happens every night. |
Spent 4 days 3 nights in Penang. Detoured off to Taiping on the way home. My sis-in-law found this little restaurant on the internet, listed as one of the top restaurants to visit up north. The food was good and very cheap!
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Restaurant Yut Sun @ Jalan Pasar, Taiping -
Hainanese oriental and western delights |
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Something unique - Roti Sayur, a thick piece of
Hainanese bread smothered with sauteed vegetables
and topped with a sunny side up egg. Yum! |
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| Chicken chop |
We've never eaten so much on a trip before and I think I gained a kilogram or two despite all the walking we did. Will we do this again? Definitely!
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