Penang 2012

So after my handing up my final assignment on a Friday last month, me and my two friends headed over to Penang the very next day! I think we only got less than four hours of sleep and then started our journey at 6AM. We stopped by Ipoh for dim sum and then headed off to Penang. I don't know how they drove, but stopping in Ipoh and heading to Penang with a total of four hours...must be pretty fast. LOL.

The very first thing when we checked into our room was to sleep! Yes...SLEEP! We were still very exhausted from all the late nights and stress from our final assignments. So we spent a few hours getting some well needed rest. We stayed at Bayan Baru which is quite a distance from the city so the accomodation was pretty cheap. It's not a hotel, more like a homestay/backpack kind of thing. For 4 days 3 nights, we paid RM60 per person! Woke up in the afternoon and headed off for cendol and asam laksa ^^

Dinner was lok lok at Pulau Tikus! Love their special sauces, especially the Tom Yam :D
Went to check out some of the cafes in Penang after our dinner. Will blog about those in another post ^^
Spent our night planning the itinerary for the next few days! But in the end we skipped a few places such as Gurney because we overslept :P

On the second day, we headed over to Kek Lok Si after breakfast! I haven't been to Penang for more than 10 years. Lots of things have changed, or mostly because I don't remember...

*picture credits to Amelia*

Me and Stephy holding onto our wishes! For family, health, luck, results and what not xD

Very important for us because it was right after our finals ^^

Went up to the new Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy Pavilion right above Kek Lok Si. The statue of Kuan Yin was about 30.2m tall :O We should have drove up. The waiting time was pretty long at the escalator.



Me, Amelia and Stephy

There is also this lovely structure that is facing the mountains at the garden.


View from the top!


After our visit, we headed off to Khoon Hiang Cafe at Dato Keramat for lunch


Char Kuey Tiao


Their Lo Bak was nice :D

*picture credits to Amelia*

Met up with Jun Fook!


After lunch we headed to Armeninan Street to take a look at their wall painting. Only managed to see a few as it was drizzling. And many people were queing up for photos, so we just took a pic of the wall painting. haha


Old houses


Wanted to check out this temple but it was raining. So, we ended up at Amelie Cafe.


Headed over to Chew Jetty to explore the place!




This is the one of the places where they shot 'Ice Kacang Puppy Love' movie




Hanged around the jetty to enjoy the breeze and we headed off to dinner!


Roti Samurai at Abu Mamak! Weird! But have a try xD


For our 3rd day, we stopped by Continental Bakery for some breads. It's a pretty popular place and the breads are cheap too! My grandma loved the breads I brought back ^^


Trying some of their famous cream puff. It was alright for me.


*picture credits to Amelia*

Most of the cafes we wanted to check out we closed. So we ended up getting frustrated walking and driving to closed places. MoonTree47 was opened too, but unfortunately, they didn't serve food that day D: The place was lovely nonetheless, would come back next time. The owner was kind to give us some suggestions for meals but unfortunately they were closed too :/ So we headed back to Kwong Sang House for lunch.


Headed to Jalan Burma to visit the Sleeping Buddha Temple.

Its was pretty hot that afternoon, so we quenched our thirst with fresh coconut water which is sold just outside the temple :) The coconut ice cream was nice too!

*picture credits to Amelia*

Headed to the Batu Ferringhi beach to chill in the evening with a bottle of wine :P
Later that night, we went to the cinema to watch Cold War and Behind 50 after that for late night snacks.

*picture credits to Amelia*

On our last day, we slept in and checked out from our accomodation at 12pm. Had sandwiches for brunch, bought some cookies, tau sar pneah etc and then dropped by Yeng Keng Cafe & Bar as one of Amelia's friend was having lunch there. We drove past this place on the previous day and thought that it looked nice. Yeng Keng Cafe & Bar serves a mixture of Hainanese and Western cuisine. Their hotel decoration is traditional with a mixture of modern designs. Quite pricey too!

The waiting time at Him Heang for their tau sar pneah was quite long so I didn't manage to get it. I used to love it whenever my dad brings it back from Penang when I was young. I bought the ones from Ghee Hiang instead.

That's about it on my Penang adventures! Will definitely be back next time for more sight seeing! Didn't get much of a relaxing holiday as we wanted because we were busy doing touristy stuff :P Had a great time nonetheless ;) A few other blog post will be up soon on some of the cafes that I've visited :D