Wednesday's Anchovies

Penang Hill, or more commonly being known as Bukit Bendera is one of the tourist spot at Penang, especially after it re-opened to public on year 2012, after the train system upgrading work. Penang Hill, since year 1923. During our last visit to Penang island, we went to Penang Hill, just to experience the train! The train ticket is not cheap, where both-way ticket for adult costs RM10 for Mykad holder. For more info about the ticket price, click HERE . After that, we queued and waited for the train. When the train arrived, the condition was like “lost control” since the in-charge worker would open the gate and “urged” the first 50 to 60 persons to enter the platform and embark the coach (choose yourself which coach you like in that few seconds LOL). There are 2 types of ticket, one is normal ticket while the other one is fast lane ticket (double up the price). The tickets we bought are normal ticket, so I not sure whether fast lane ticket’s condition would be bett...

Day 2 at Penang, after breakfast, we started our mural hunt around Georgetown! Another advantage of staying at Armenian Street Heritage Hotel at Lebuh Carnovan is there are quite a number of breakfast choices around, within walking distance of course! We got a free map from Ming Xiang Tai and we just followed it.  By the way, traditional pastry from Ming Xiang Tai is so good! Siew Pao, egg yolk tart, chicken tart…all are so nice! Mural which tells the shop’s story, just in front of Ming Xiang Tai! Kopitiam! Cat lovers gonna love Penang very much. Meow~ There are quite a number of cats here, well, there is giant mouse over here too. Bump into an owl museum or collection store where we were impressed by creativity of the maker. After that...lunch time!!! :P This is not an exaggerated way to say that a trip to Penang is not complete without asam laksa and cendol! When think of cendol, think of Penang Road! Teo ...

Asam laksa! Here we come! We departed from KL and just like what others normally do, we stopped by Ipoh to have our breakfast. We had dim sum breakfast at Foh San Restaurant that morning. Do expect crowd over there especially during weekend and public holiday! It is so hard to find a seat! Anywhere, you can choose to tapau (carry away) dim sum at the carry-away session next to the main entrance in order to skip the crowd! Penang bridge! Once we reached Penang, we headed to Georgetown and looked for our hotel, Armenian Street Heritage Hotel. We booked a family room for 4-person for 2 nights, the bathroom is clean, the room is spacious and well-equipped. The best thing is strategic location of this hotel! Famous mural wall arts are all within walking distance from here and the irresistible Penang Road cendol is less than 15minutes drive form here too! View from our room. Overlooking Komtar. After some rest in the hotel, we walked to Chew Jetty to kick start of our...

Hello 2015! Kicked start the year of 2015 with Cuti-cuti Malaysia! This round we hopped to Penang Island! We would like to share our 3D2N Penang trip which is suitable for friends, families and even couples LOL. In short it’s a package for everyone! Day 1 Depart fromKL to Penang – Breakfast at Ipoh – Reached Penang Island – Checked in ArmenianStreet Heritage Hotel at Georgetown – Heritage tour at Chew Jetty – GurneyParagon – Dinner at Gurney Drive Day 2 Mural artsaround Georgetown – Lunch at Penang Road – Kek Lok Shi Temple – Penang Hill – Dinner at Original Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar (Bayan Lepas) - Batu Ferringhi visit Day 3 Souvenir shopping at Ghee Hiang – Left Penang Island – Lunch at Pun Chun, Bidor – Back to KL The famous Chew Jetty! Part of its popularity is contribution of the Malaysian movie, Ais Kacang Puppy Love (初恋红豆冰)!  Never say NO to street food when you are at Penang! Everything is so nice here! T.T Mural arts at Georg...

After the  PBIM , the day had just started. We reached the apartment at 11am. Every single of us was so tired and fall into bed right after cleaning. The trip to Penang wouldn’t be a complete one without a visit to the famous street art in Georgetown. Kids on bicycle, motorcyclist with helmet, and wall painting, it was amazed to know that everyone has to queue for the photo session with these pieces of wall art. Sadly we cannot cover another tourist spot, the Chew Jetty in our plan due to time constraint. The Chew Jetty can be reached from Street Art Road by walking. A street art map from  here  Wall art - Marking Georgetown Diminishing Arts… Hidden between small narrow paths. Lee Jetty Spotted opposite car park Next, we headed to Gurney drive for dinner. The food is definitely better than the one we had in previous day. As usual, the lobak, oyster, char kuey tiow, steamed flour roll (chu cheong fun), curry mee, ais kacang and as...

The very first visit to Penang after my secondary school graduation trip was indeed a memorable one. A place rich of heritage, cultures and people, not to mention the good food in Penang (we have tasted them and some of them are not to be missed). Besides, this is the land where I have completed my first Full Marathon in life. It is pain, tough, challenging but worth the sweat. On 16 th November, we (friends and family trip) started the journey heading north at 5am in 2 cars. After stopped by Ipoh town for dim sum, we reached Penang at 12pm. Checking in the apartment located at Air Hitam, we headed to our first tourist spot, Kek Lok Si temple. Driving distance from our apartment to the destination was 10 minutes approx. After some photo session in temple, we had a not too great dinner at Penang famous hawker stall located along the UMNO building and row of museums/ art galleries. The crowd, pricey food and congested environment made up a fast dinner for the night. Rest...