We spent the whole time at the pool, before going out in search of dinner. I had the Star Street Food Guide, albeit an outdated one (published in 2007) with me and thought we would try out places where we have not been during our last trip in 2009. Since it was already quite late by the time we left hotel, and the long journey to town, we settled for the Pulau Tikus Market Hawker Street since it was nearest. There wasn’t much selection, so we just settled for some char kuay teow and duck kuay teow th’ng. Not quite satisfied with our meal, we tapau the famous Ah Soon rojak from Gurney Drive on the way back.
After breakfast the next day, we headed to the Penang Hill funicular railway station but it was totally crowded and the queue for the railway stretched so long so we abandoned the idea and headed to the Kek Lok Si temple instead.
View of Penang from the highest point of Kek Lok Si temple
We had a late lunch at Restotan Kek Seng but the famous mee jawa stall has since stopped operating so we settled for the duck kuay teow th’ng, asam laksa and lohbak. We headed to the Chew Jetty after that to catch a glimpse of one of Ernest Zacharevic’s street arts but disappointingly, it has faded almost completely.
The faded painting of two children on a sampan
Fish traps (bubu) hanging from one of the houses
Girls enjoying their traditional lychee 'aiskrim batang'
On the way back to the hotel, we made a pit stop for Penang Road cendol at Lebuh Keng Kwee. While at it, we also had the asam laksa at the adjoining coffee shop.
The queue at the famous cendol stall
Due to the late lunch and early evening snack, we skipped dinner and had supper instead, at a food court near the hotel. Yet another missed opportunity to sample Penang’s best.
Sunset from our room
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your girls has grown up so much. we skipped penang this year. miss the food so much :'(
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