Pearl of the Orient
Not all food in Penang taste good... that's my conclusion. You need to go to places where locals go to get good penang food.
Went up to Penang last weekend. After checking in, we head to Penang famous Gurney Drive for dinner ... we ordered penang asam laksa, char kuew teow, kuew teow t'ng, lin chi kang and 2 drinks... they charged us KLIA's price for food! And not very tasty either. my disappointment.
After dinner, we head to Plaza Gurney which is beside the hawker centre. What thought to be a very short trip there ended up with us being there until the shops shut at 10pm. Came out to find that MPPP is very diligent on a Saturday night. Was slapped with a notice of parking infringement. We debated whether to pay or not.
Later, met 2 Penangites who bought us to Jalan Chulia for food. Mmmm... the apom is good.. so is the Wan Tan Mee. Drinks not too bad. Jalan Chulia's hawker stalls get a tick.
Next day, we woke up a lil late (actually, the phone call woke us up much earlier). Mary decided to take Jody's phone to the bathroom to make it quiet so we could sleep in more. We thought it was her phone and was blaming her from disturbing our beauty sleep until Jody woke up and said "WHERE THE F^&* IS MY PHONE?"
We also found out that the room doesn't cool evenly throughout the night. My baby and I were feeling rather hot sleeping so we crank up the air-conditioner. Little did we know lil ms TBK is freezing her butt off at the other end of the room. HAHAHA!
Air Hitam is suppose to be famous for their kuew chap.. some flat noodles with Duck meat. We went into a shop to have breakfast. Not the best Kuew chap according to Jody. We should have followed her dad/ mom's advice on where to go. Char Kuew Teow there isn't good either. Drinks are super sweet and icy. I ordered a Teh Peng... i tasted more ice and the sugar than tea.
after breakfast, everyone unanimously said we need to exercise off our breakfast, we decided to head to Kek Lok Si. up and up we went until we reach the top where the Kuan Yin Statue is. urm... we drove up! Mary wanted to walk up to Kek Lok Si... but we teased her about her real intention (shopping).
We went around town doing touristy things after that... (for earlier readers... i have lost my post and now retyping them as much as i could remember).
Went to buy tambun biskuts but ended up detouring to a Da Ma Cai shop, had Teochew Cendol, Asam Laksa and Char Kuew Teow before we reach the shop. After everyone came out with a bag of goodies from the Ghee Hiang shop, we proceed to Batu Ferringhi.. hoping to see some tsunami affected structures but found none.
We head back to town for some nasi kandar at Kayu. Most folks in KL knows the home of nasi kandar is in Penang. We had Roti 3 Rasa, Roti Tissue, Jody had her nasi kandar and my baby and i shared a piece of chicken. yummy and slightly cheaper than KL price too... though the locals complained bout the price they have to fork out. sigh! those lucky penangites...
We couldn't take any more food after that and decided to return back to KL. Jody as usual drives like a mad racer. We managed to get back to KL by 9 ish (not telling you how long is our journey coz we don't want jody to get into any trouble).
I personally enjoyed this trip a lot. I wonder where we shall go next?
Went up to Penang last weekend. After checking in, we head to Penang famous Gurney Drive for dinner ... we ordered penang asam laksa, char kuew teow, kuew teow t'ng, lin chi kang and 2 drinks... they charged us KLIA's price for food! And not very tasty either. my disappointment.
After dinner, we head to Plaza Gurney which is beside the hawker centre. What thought to be a very short trip there ended up with us being there until the shops shut at 10pm. Came out to find that MPPP is very diligent on a Saturday night. Was slapped with a notice of parking infringement. We debated whether to pay or not.
Later, met 2 Penangites who bought us to Jalan Chulia for food. Mmmm... the apom is good.. so is the Wan Tan Mee. Drinks not too bad. Jalan Chulia's hawker stalls get a tick.
Next day, we woke up a lil late (actually, the phone call woke us up much earlier). Mary decided to take Jody's phone to the bathroom to make it quiet so we could sleep in more. We thought it was her phone and was blaming her from disturbing our beauty sleep until Jody woke up and said "WHERE THE F^&* IS MY PHONE?"
We also found out that the room doesn't cool evenly throughout the night. My baby and I were feeling rather hot sleeping so we crank up the air-conditioner. Little did we know lil ms TBK is freezing her butt off at the other end of the room. HAHAHA!
Air Hitam is suppose to be famous for their kuew chap.. some flat noodles with Duck meat. We went into a shop to have breakfast. Not the best Kuew chap according to Jody. We should have followed her dad/ mom's advice on where to go. Char Kuew Teow there isn't good either. Drinks are super sweet and icy. I ordered a Teh Peng... i tasted more ice and the sugar than tea.
after breakfast, everyone unanimously said we need to exercise off our breakfast, we decided to head to Kek Lok Si. up and up we went until we reach the top where the Kuan Yin Statue is. urm... we drove up! Mary wanted to walk up to Kek Lok Si... but we teased her about her real intention (shopping).
We went around town doing touristy things after that... (for earlier readers... i have lost my post and now retyping them as much as i could remember).
Went to buy tambun biskuts but ended up detouring to a Da Ma Cai shop, had Teochew Cendol, Asam Laksa and Char Kuew Teow before we reach the shop. After everyone came out with a bag of goodies from the Ghee Hiang shop, we proceed to Batu Ferringhi.. hoping to see some tsunami affected structures but found none.
We head back to town for some nasi kandar at Kayu. Most folks in KL knows the home of nasi kandar is in Penang. We had Roti 3 Rasa, Roti Tissue, Jody had her nasi kandar and my baby and i shared a piece of chicken. yummy and slightly cheaper than KL price too... though the locals complained bout the price they have to fork out. sigh! those lucky penangites...
We couldn't take any more food after that and decided to return back to KL. Jody as usual drives like a mad racer. We managed to get back to KL by 9 ish (not telling you how long is our journey coz we don't want jody to get into any trouble).
I personally enjoyed this trip a lot. I wonder where we shall go next?
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