Nothing feels right when I'm not with you...

Penang Day 2, 6th December 2008


BMW 6 Series! So awesome!

Haha, okay. Moving on. Day 2 started off and ended with more eating of course. So here we go. Had breakfast somewhere in town in a kopitiam...


The Kuey Teow soup. Uniquely Penang.


Nasi Lemak. Less than RM5 and they had fish, chicken, and squid. Tell me where on Earth can you get a Nasi Lemak over in KL for that kinda price?


The Curry Mee. Pretty good, but the best is yet to come.


Traditional toast. Nothing different about this though.


Went to Aunt Winnie's apartment a while. Nice view yes? = )




Jalan Transfer? lol. They had all sorts of weird names for roads. Jalan Siam, Jalan Kuantan, Jalan Magazine and a whole lot of other weird names.


Christmas downtown.

Next up, lunch...


Venue: Lebuh Keng Kwee, if you know where it is.


The famous Cendol downtown.


Food orgasm! The taste definitely "blows your senses away".


This place was equally buzzing with people.


Assam Laksa. A must try in Penang.


Popiah!


Char Kuey Teow here was average though.


'Tam Chiak' face as Rachy puts it. xD


Candid.


Matt and Mummy Dearest. Photo credits to Dad...


Uncle James and Aunt Winnie. Best tour guides in Malaysia. Haha! Will publicize later...




What's a Singaporean dental doing in Penang? See what I mean?

Headed back to our apartment to rest after lunch to prepare for an early dinner.


The pool didn't really look inviting.

Towards the evening, Uncle James and Aunt Winnie came to fetch us to head to the mainland to have some seafood. Thank God it was clear traffic coming out of the island, as the traffic heading into the island was the worse jam I've ever seen. The jam probably stretched for about 5km or so. It was incredible...

However, we were definitely in for a treat.












Took us through some 'kampung' area to have seafood.


Appetizers!


Sea-snail. Trust me, it tasted better than it looked.


Mmm...Picture credits to dad.


LOL! I was hungry okay? Picture credits to dad.






Curry Crab.


Uncle James having his crab dissection. Bio class anyone?


Awhh, isn't that sweet? xD




And this went extremely well with the curry.


Assam sting-ray.


Prawns fried with (believe it or not) cornflakes. Yumz...

Went back around 9-ish and once again thank God it was clear going into the island and instead, the jam was heading out of the island. The power of prayers...=D

Anyway, thats all for day 2. Day 3 will be up soon...

Free fall...

What a day!! Gah...I don't even know who to rant or let it out to. I'd hate to think this, but somehow feeling like nobody cares frees me of being emotionally attached yet it makes me feel so secluded. Lonely much. Taxation disgust me, and the lack of understanding makes it worse. I hate being so dependant and so lost when I'm like this but the sad truth is...I am.

Anyway, I promised an update on a short holiday I had a while ago. For the majority of you who don't know, I was in Penang for a holiday with the family. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Warning: There will be LOTS of pictures of food and nothing else. You have been warned.

Penang Day 1, 5th December 2008.


On our way.


Serene much.




Fiddling with the camera.


Green, green, and more green!




Tunnel bustle.


The toll prior to the Penang Bridge. It was extremely hot, the roads were jammed up, and the car air-cond chose to die on us on the spot.


Crossing the bridge which wasn't really much.






Finally reached Penang at 2pm-ish, without lunch.


Random.


Something Kay Elle do not have...a kiosk just for motorcyclist.



Met up with Aunt Winnie and she took us for lunch nearby our apartment @ Tanjung Tokong.


Hokkien Mee a.k.a. Prawn Mee. Way better than any prawn mee in Kay Elle.


What would Penang food be without their famous ABC? (Ais Batu Campur or Mixed ice in literal translation).


Mee Mamak, or rather their Indian mee. This was really yumz. Can't get this anywhere in Kay Elle, for real.


Yummy 'muah chee'. See, I got it right. xD


This was probably the best char kuey teow I've tried during the whole trip. Penang honestly has the best char kuey teow! Food haven! Okay, I'm getting carried away.


Dessert.

Then we headed towards the apartment which was nearby.


Kereta mayat? Literal translation would be "Corpse car". lawl.


Rawr!


Master bedroom.


Andrew's and my bedroom.


Here's the best part! Check out the sound system! Hence, we watched about 6-8 movies during the entire time we were there! Awesome much.


The owner of the apartment must be a real Snoopy fan.

After checking in, having a slight rest and all, we went for dinner later in the night. Uncle James and Aunt Winnie drove us to Batu Feringghi for dinner at a very popular hawker centre. You'll be surprised...the food was awesome!


See what I mean by popular?


Sorry, lighting there was terrible. This was the oyster by the way.


'Ikan Bakar' or Grilled Fish in English.


Fried popiah, sorta.


Cantonese Yee Mee. The taste is very very unique compared to the local ones here.


Oh wait, I think this is the Cantonese Yee Mee. No idea what was the one above. Short Term Memory Loss. >.<"
Dessert. Same thing as lunch.


Satay!


Food aside, this is a drink called Ambra. Its from some sort of fruit and again, another Penang specialty. A must try.


Took a stroll around after dinner.




Finally, had supper from a very famous Ramli burger stall, cooked by a Chinese. And honestly, the way they cook was also very different from the Kay Elle Ramli burger! Yumz...


Good night Penang!

Day 2 coming up.