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I won't be doing justice to the yummy food here if I don't give a proper review. Penang is famous for its food and that's the only reason why we're here. You won't find the best (best meaning cheap and good) if you rely on Lonely Planet. Try vkeong's food blog instead. You can't go wrong with local recommendations.
Char Koay Teow
Kafe Khoon Hiang @ Jalan Dato Keramat (opp Padang Brown)
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The famous Ah Leng char koay teow with humongous prawns and generous serving of ingredients. Superb!
Assam Laksa
Joo Hooi Coffeeshop off Penang Road along Lebuh Keng Kwee
Lauded as one of the best laksa in Penang
But it was not to my liking. It had a fishy smell.
Cendol and Ice Kachang
Outside Joo Hooi coffeeshop
There's no queuing system here, shout out your order loud and clear else you'll never get your dessert!
People are standing around having their dessert bcos Joo Hooi doesn't allow bowls of dessert in their premises even if you're eating their food. Petty!
Prawn Mee
Gurney Drive
Woah we ate to our heart's content here. Shiok. It gets crowded on weekends. Go early before the sun sets else no more seats.
You tiao was hard like rocks
Worst rojak
I like the thin and smooth texture of the koay teow here.
麻辣云吞面
Springy noodles, crispy wanton with lean meat and vegetables. 全都和我胃口!
Best prawn mee ever!
Outside taste good but inside not fully cooked...
We were gonna explode and couldn't finish this plate of fried ngoh hiong with sweet sauce
Beef Koay Teow Soup
Junction of Lebuh Chulia and Pantai
Lady iron chef
Thick and rich
Curry Mee
Tua Pui Curry Mee @ Weld Quay
We took a long time to find this and it turned out to be a roadside stall. The stall looked clean and we didn't see any flies so we should be safe. The curry was good but I don't eat pig's blood...
Wanton Mee
Yi Garden @ Lorong Selamat
Taste good but rather oily
Char Koay Kak
Kedai Kim Lee @ Lorong Macalister
Char koay kak was fragrant (love those bean sprouts), koay teow theng was simple and nice.
Home-Made Durian Ice Cream
Kek Seng Coffeeshop @ Penang Road
Ice kachang was not nice. Pales in comparison to the ice kachang stalls at Penang Road. He said the durian ice cream was so-so only.
Kafe Khoon Hiang @ Jalan Dato Keramat (opp Padang Brown)
The famous Ah Leng char koay teow with humongous prawns and generous serving of ingredients. Superb!
Assam Laksa
Joo Hooi Coffeeshop off Penang Road along Lebuh Keng Kwee
Lauded as one of the best laksa in Penang
But it was not to my liking. It had a fishy smell.
Cendol and Ice Kachang
Outside Joo Hooi coffeeshop
There's no queuing system here, shout out your order loud and clear else you'll never get your dessert!
People are standing around having their dessert bcos Joo Hooi doesn't allow bowls of dessert in their premises even if you're eating their food. Petty!
Prawn Mee
Gurney Drive
Woah we ate to our heart's content here. Shiok. It gets crowded on weekends. Go early before the sun sets else no more seats.
You tiao was hard like rocks
Worst rojak
I like the thin and smooth texture of the koay teow here.
麻辣云吞面
Springy noodles, crispy wanton with lean meat and vegetables. 全都和我胃口!
Best prawn mee ever!
Outside taste good but inside not fully cooked...
We were gonna explode and couldn't finish this plate of fried ngoh hiong with sweet sauce
Beef Koay Teow Soup
Junction of Lebuh Chulia and Pantai
Lady iron chef
Thick and rich
Curry Mee
Tua Pui Curry Mee @ Weld Quay
We took a long time to find this and it turned out to be a roadside stall. The stall looked clean and we didn't see any flies so we should be safe. The curry was good but I don't eat pig's blood...
Wanton Mee
Yi Garden @ Lorong Selamat
Taste good but rather oily
Char Koay Kak
Kedai Kim Lee @ Lorong Macalister
Char koay kak was fragrant (love those bean sprouts), koay teow theng was simple and nice.
Home-Made Durian Ice Cream
Kek Seng Coffeeshop @ Penang Road
Ice kachang was not nice. Pales in comparison to the ice kachang stalls at Penang Road. He said the durian ice cream was so-so only.
Weet weet
Come on up, I'll give ya a ride.
Vroom vroom
Only slim bikini babes get free ride
This is the icon of Penang but it was such a letdown. Kek Lok Si (also known as Temple of Supreme Bliss) is a complex of temples built on top of a hill. Some of the prayer halls were totally empty or converted to souvenir shops. The view from the top of the white pagoda was alright. It's the only building worth your time. The rest of the buildings, don't bother. Just spend half a day here will do. Some bloggers recommended to visit at night during the Chinese New Year period where the place is said to be beautifully lit with lanterns and lights.
Pasar malam leading to the temple was crap. Vendors sell everything from clothes to groceries to souvenirs, none of which were of any interest to us.
This is the fastest way up to see the Kuanyin statue.
And this was what we saw after paying RM4 (return) on the inclined lift. Newly constructed roof over Kuanyin's head was awful!
Cheong version of Disneyland characters
Spot the sparrow?
The hills of Air Itam are known as 鹤山
Combination of a Chinese octagonal base with a middle tier of Thai design and a Burmese crown
极乐寺
Curved arch feels Indian and Thai-ish
The interior wall of the pagoda is laid with 10,000 Buddhas. The turquoise tiles reminds me of the toilet though...
That's part of Penang behind us. Can see Komtar?
Lebuh Chulia, Penang
A boy caught in the web of technology, sitting along the corridors of Old Penang Guesthouse.
Being in Georgetown is like travelling back in time to Singapore in the 1960s. While all we have left are bits and pieces of our past, clusters of shophouses and temples in Georgetown are still intact and escaped unscathed from the bulldozer. What makes this town different from the other old towns I've visited is, people still reside there and it's not swarmed with tourists and souvenir shops.
Beautifully restored pre-war buildings converted into guesthouses
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Don't turn your back on this gorgeous mansion bcos of the entrance fee. I did and I regretted it.
French colonial buildings in Ho Chi Minh are prettier
This is Joo Hooi coffeeshop today, yesterday and probably decades ago. It was playing really retro music in the background, those kind that you hear in old old films. Hawkers have been selling food here for many decades and they have ultra memory without having to rely on colour pegs or writing down orders.
The Philomatic Union / Society started Chinese education in Penang
潮州会馆韩江家庙
Han Jiang Ancestral Temple
Information posters about the history and conservation efforts are placed along the hallways. Temples such as these are usually vacant and visitors are free to walk in. In land-scarce Singapore, we can't afford the luxury of spending money to restore buildings and leaving them vacant. Usually, they are converted into commercial use (adaptive reuse) which ruins the integrity and history of the place.
This looks new and classy. I have not seen
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Even rickshaws are preserved!
