Day 2 of our R(est) & R(elax) Holiday in Penang, Malaysia! (14 March 2014, Friday)
Kind Notice: This is a PHOTO-HEAVY BLOG POST...
Our hotel room in Flamingo Hotel by the Beach came with buffet breakfast, so we delighted ourselves in the variety of food made available.
Somehow always found that Malaysia does their porridge very well and I've always liked it...
The prawn noodles was a bit bland in our perspective.
Have to admit that they did their chicken sausages really well that we went back for another serving...
I am personally not a fan of cereals but I have somehow fell in love with cereals after this trip!
Ended our breakfast with healthy fruits!
EXPLORE GEORGETOWN!
From research, we learnt that street art was one of the highlights of Penang! The map below shows whereabouts the street arts could be located, and our hotel was near "H" though we didn't actually get to find "H".
Download the brochure for more information.
Even though we managed to find Moustache Houze, which was a cafe recommended by many, we didn't realise that they do not open till 4 in the afternoon.
There was a sign that points towards the Camera Museum so we decided to walk that way to see if there would be anything interesting.
Our hotel room in Flamingo Hotel by the Beach came with buffet breakfast, so we delighted ourselves in the variety of food made available.
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| Flamingo Cafe - time for breakfast! |
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| Chicken Porridge |
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| Prawn noodles |
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| Western choices |
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| Cereal time! |
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| Fruits |
Then we went back up to the hotel room, took our luggage down and prepared to check out and headed off to George town, Penang. The ride cost us RM25 (SGD$9.70~).
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| Cititel PENANG |
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| Panoramic view of the hotel room |
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| View from our hotel room |
EXPLORE GEORGETOWN!
From research, we learnt that street art was one of the highlights of Penang! The map below shows whereabouts the street arts could be located, and our hotel was near "H" though we didn't actually get to find "H".
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| Map of GeorgeTown |
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| First wall caricature LOCATED! |
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| (2) Win Win Situation on Lebuh Muntri |
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| This is not one of the wall drawings that was in the brochure but found it real attractive and pretty... |
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| (13) Kopi 'O' found on Lebuh Kimberley |
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| Penang Road Famous Tecochew Chendol/Ice-Kachang Stall |
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| Chendol for only RM2.40 (SGD$0.90~) |
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| Another one spotted... |
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| Nearby we found (15) Three Generations on Lebuh Kimberley/ Jalan Sungai Ujong |
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| One more... |
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| This is (16) Rope Style, located on Jalan Pintal Tali |
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| Moustache Houze on Campbell Street |
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| KANTAN CAFE |
At the corner of the same street (Campbell Street) where we found Moustache Houze, we spotted this cute KANTAN KAFE. We were still a little full from our Chendol so we didn't go in to check it out. According to online reviews, it is quite a nice and cozy cafe.
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| This was not actually one of the welded iron wall caricatures shown in the brochures |
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| This is Love Lane |
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| This is (7) Cheating Husband, found at Love Lane |
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| 7-ELEVEN LOVE LANE wall has another one... |
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| This was also not found in the brochure. |
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| (4) One Leg Kicks All located on Lebuh Muntri |
Just right before we reached the Camera Museum, we found the first STREET ART!!!
Just next to the camera museum was the PURRFECT CAT CAFE - a cat cafe.
We were pretty nearby our hotel so we decided to try finding the (1) Jimmy Choo welded iron wall caricature which we were unable to find earlier. And we finally found it opposite the Coffee and Chocolate Museum.
The sun was kicking in and we decided that since we were so close to our hotel, it would probably be a good idea to go back to the hotel to hydrate ourselves as well as to put some sun block on.
A girlfriend of mine recommended us to visit the Tai Tong Cafe for their Dim Sum but unfortunately when we arrived there at 12.30pm, their Dim Sum were all sold out, so we ordered dishes to share instead, which turned out to taste good also!
The beancurd tasted soft and yummy. We had initially wanted to order another style of chicken but the lady recommended us to get the chicken stir fried with ginger. I didn't actually know how it would turn out but surprisingly we both love it! There was a tint of honey and it tasted sweet and the ginger taste did not come out very strong. Definitely recommend the chicken dish if you're there for lunch! And their home brewed Licorice mixed with Chrysanthemum Tea tasted refreshing too! The meal cost us RM37.20 (SGD$14~), real good deal for such good food!
However if you would like to enjoy their famous Dim Sum, we highly recommend that you go earlier, say before noon?
Also, recently there is a Hong Kong drama, production of TVB titled "Gilded Chopsticks" and the one famous dish in their drama was Salted Fish Buns and they sold it here too.
After filling our stomachs, we were ready to explore more of George Town.
And opposite this wedding drawing, we found another caricature.
Such a nostalgic picture!
By the time we saw this 70's ICE, we were both very dehydrated and quite burnt out by the HOT sun. So we decided to catch a bus back to the hotel instead of walking back. And the plus points were while we were searching for the bus-stop to catch the bus, we found more street arts and caricatures.
We caught a bus back to our hotel vicinity and that made us feel a lot better. The hot sun caused us to feel dehydrated and exhausted so we concluded that resting at the hotel would be a great idea.
Really wondered why there were so many "hearts" in the restaurant, was it because it was White Valentine's Day?
The chicken katsu was a little over fried, but the Ika Sushi was very fresh and chewy, love for more!
Dinner was quite filling but because our hotel room did not come with free wifi, and it will cost us RM20 for 5 hours of internet, we decided to chill at the Gold Choice Lifestyle Cafe for coffee and to utilise their WIFI.
After a good two hours of chilling at the cafe and using their internet, we decided that it was time to return to the hotel. After packing up our luggage, we were able to spend time to chit-chat, partially because there was no internet in the room and the other was because we both napped earlier on and not as tired.
And that was pretty much how we spent the second day in Penang!
Our last morning in Penang can be read HERE.
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| Street Art by Ernest Zacharevic (G) KUNGFU GIRL! |
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| Entrance of the Camera Museum |
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| Apparently this is the 1st in South East Asia |
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| Must-Do's for Visitors |
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| Found this an interesting shot, this is neither of us, just another random visitor of the museum. |
Just next to the camera museum was the PURRFECT CAT CAFE - a cat cafe.
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| PURRFECT CAT CAFE |
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| The first floor of the cat cafe, apparently the cats are upstairs... |
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| "Photobooth" |
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| (1) Jimmy Choo - Lebuh Leith/Lebuh Muntri |
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| The green circled ones were the ones we covered before returning to our hotel. LUNCH TIME!!! |
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| DE TAI TONG CAFE situated on Cintra Street |
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| Signature Beancurd |
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| Stir Fried Chicken with Ginger |
The beancurd tasted soft and yummy. We had initially wanted to order another style of chicken but the lady recommended us to get the chicken stir fried with ginger. I didn't actually know how it would turn out but surprisingly we both love it! There was a tint of honey and it tasted sweet and the ginger taste did not come out very strong. Definitely recommend the chicken dish if you're there for lunch! And their home brewed Licorice mixed with Chrysanthemum Tea tasted refreshing too! The meal cost us RM37.20 (SGD$14~), real good deal for such good food!
However if you would like to enjoy their famous Dim Sum, we highly recommend that you go earlier, say before noon?
Also, recently there is a Hong Kong drama, production of TVB titled "Gilded Chopsticks" and the one famous dish in their drama was Salted Fish Buns and they sold it here too.
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| There was a sign that says "Salted Fish Bun" for sale.... |
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| Campbell House nearby where we had lunch |
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| Also not one of the caricatures listed in the brochure but it tells of the story of Campbell Street. |
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| (22) Cow & Fish found on Lebuh Melayu/Lorong Ikan |
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| (23) No Plastic Bag - located on Lorong Prangin |
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| Prangin means salted fish in Malay |
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| So pretty! |
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| On Lebuh Aceh was (21) - Escape; this old Acehnese godown was originally a jail building. |
We were walking for quite a while before we finally found the street art that attracted me to Penang, as we were closer to the street, we saw more than just what was written in the brochure...
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| A swing... |
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| Huge Cat spotted on the wall! |
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| This was the street art which drew me to Penang - (B) Kids on Bicycle |
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| Screenshot from Outbound Love Episode 1 |
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| Lorong Soo Hong Purple Wall |
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| Spotted on the Purple Wall |
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| (18) Too Narrow - Lorong Soo Hong Showing the hand-pulled rickshaw was the most popular form of transportation in early Penang. |
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| (17) Procession - on Lebuh Armenian |
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| Also not one of the caricatures listed in the brochure |
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| Neither was this listed in the brochure |
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| Street Art (D) Boy on Chair |
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| Screenshot from Outbound Love Episode 11 |
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| 70's ICE |
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| Street Art (C) Old Motorcycle |
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| Not one of the caricatures found in the brochure - on Lebuh Chulia |
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| This was also not seen in the brochure... |
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| (20) Property - found on Lebuh Victoria |
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| The last street art we saw before reaching the bus interchange |
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| Cute minions! |
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| Bus Interchange |
We caught a bus back to our hotel vicinity and that made us feel a lot better. The hot sun caused us to feel dehydrated and exhausted so we concluded that resting at the hotel would be a great idea.
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| Look at how happy Rainbow is resting on the bed |
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| Bedside reads |
Joel Osteen's "It's Your Time", a book that I asked God for when I was going on one of my trips to Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia back in Jan 2013. I was walking around HarbourFront Centre while waiting to board the coach on a 5 hour journey to KL and I asked God for something to read on the way up to KL. Just when I was going to give up, I walked into CHEERS (a convenience store) and was going to pick up a magazine to read and my eyes was drawn to this book. The amazing thing was this book was located in a convenience store and I was blessed with such a great book to read. However I never had the chance to properly read it until this trip. Dee was already asleep while I was showering and while preparing to nap, I decided to read and even though the pages have gone yellow, the contents are still as good, and timely for a season like this.
After reading a few pages, my eyelids finally gave in and I napped for a while too. We woke up around 6 plus and figured it should be dinner time and we decided to check out any nearby restaurants for food. We settled for Japanese food.
DINNER TIME!!!
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| Sakana Sushi Bar and Cuisine for DINNER |
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| The interior of the restaurant |
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| The interior of the restaurant |
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| Dee's dinner |
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| My dinner! |
Dinner was quite filling but because our hotel room did not come with free wifi, and it will cost us RM20 for 5 hours of internet, we decided to chill at the Gold Choice Lifestyle Cafe for coffee and to utilise their WIFI.
"Tea-time!"
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| Gold Choice Lifestyle Cafe (beside Grand Inn hotel) |
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| Inside of the cafe |
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| Green Tea Latte which actually tasted good |
And that was pretty much how we spent the second day in Penang!
Our last morning in Penang can be read HERE.
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