3D2N to Penang

Had been planning for this Penang trip since last year. We bought the plane tickets together with the Sabah ticket.
Was actually kinda nervous for this trip because dar's hometown is in Penang. It was also the first time meeting his parents XD
Dar planned everything for us for the 3 days we're there.

Before the day we left, I had been Googling Must-Try-Food in Penang. It just makes me salivate. I feel like eating everything I see. Too bad I only have a stomach and three days just wasn't enough!!

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Day 1

From Melaka, we took the Transnational bus to LCCT. The trip took 2 hours plus. At LCCT, we had dinch/teabreak and boarded the plane at 6pm. We arrived in Penang at 7pm and took the van to Tune Hotel at Georgetown. After dropping off our luggage, we took the taxi to Straits Quay for dinner @ Charlie Brown Cafe.

Straits Quay.
They have a jetty there with all the private boats, and there's also a live band.

The food in Charlie Brown looked good, but it wasn't really tasty. It was rather expensive too... The others wanted to go there because that was the only one in Malaysia.

After we had our late dinner, we took the taxi back to the hotel, and dar's parents came to pick us up.

The first thing that I thought about  dar's mum : She's a very joyful person. 

She laughs alot, and would always smile. Dar said that's the way she acts when she meets someone new. She's normally not like that. Anyway, she was very nice to me and would talk nonstop, just like dar XD

For these 3 days, we were all very happy to have her bring us around.

In contrast, dar's dad was the quiet one. He would just drive us around in the car silently. But he was very kind to me too. He kept offering food for me and I was too full, so I pushed most of it to dar XDD

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Day 2

Early morning the next day, me, dar and his parents went to Tune Hotel to fetch the others. 

Then, we went for breakfast nearby a market at Pulau Tikus. 

Prawn Mee aka Penang's Hokkien Mee, RM 3.

Curry Mee, RM 3.

Char Kuey Teow, RM 4.

After breakfast, we went to some temple called 睡佛 and then to Esplanade.

Group photo, from left:
Lup Yeng,  CJM, Wee Pin, Dar, Me, Charlee, Doris, Carmen and Carrie~

For lunch, we accidentally passed Line Clear Nasi Kandar and stopped by~

Never heard of this before..
But our lecturer said we must try it...

Nasi Kandar with sotong sambal

 After having Nasi Kandar, we walked over for the famous Penang Road Cendol for dessert.

Cendol~

ABC

After filling up our tummy, we went to Gurney for a walk. Before we left, we went to Swensen's for ice-cream~

Sizzling ice-cream.
Banana crumble with vanilla ice-cream, topped with fresh banana slices and butterscotch caramel.

This is very mouth-watering, but very sweet. Too sweet it causes toothache.

Chocolate Fondue.
For fondue, I would prefer the one sold in Baskin Robbin.
They provide many different ice-cream flavours and of course, cheaper. 

After some shopping, dar's parents came to Gurney to fetch us for dinch~

We tried out the famous Chay Kuey Teow at Lorong Selamat

Char Kuey Teow @ Lorong Selamat.  RM 8.
Yes. RM 8 for this plate of Char Kuey Teow...

Oh Jian 蚝煎
This one is delicious. I've only tried Oh Jian twice. Once in Taiwan, the other is here.
The Oh Jian here tastes delicious because it's mostly egg, with huge "Oh"-s, and the chilli sauce goes well with it.

At 姓周桥~

The famous Malaysian movie 初恋红豆饼 was filmed here..

After the bridge, we drove over to the mural paintings area. There, they have many narrow streets with random mural paintings on the walls. It's actually quite dangerous to snap photos there cos' there are cars passing by.

The Penang-Must-Visit place. Mural painting..
The girls. Carmen, Doris, Carrie, Charlee n me~

The boys.
Jared, Dar, Wee Pin, CJM n Lup Yeng.

After the mural painting, our final activity for the day was the Foam Party @ Hard Rock Hotel. Doris found discounts for the entry passes online. The actual price was RM 30 but we bought it for RM 20.

It "sounded" fun, but I was quite disappointed after that.

The surrounding was beautiful, but the foam and DJ sucked.

The bubble smelt like rotten butter + washing detergent!! And the DJ just played her songs quietly... The atmosphere was kinda boring. In the end, we just went swimming around the pool.

Gigantic guitar outside the hotel.

Smelly bubbles..

Me and dar at the pool.

After the exhausting day, we had supper at some shop nearby the hotel. Then, me and dar headed back home. It was already almost 2am when we slept..

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Day 3

Woke up the next morning and had breakfast with dar's family. 

Then, we headed to the hotel to fetch the others for Penang Hill. 

After buying our tickets, we took the cable car up to the hill. The cable car was quite fast. It took only about 5 mins to reach the hill top.

We bought the tickets for RM 4 only because we had the Kad Siswa.
For foreigners, they charge RM 30. Crazy........... >.<

Waiting for the cable car to arrive~

We could see the whole of Penang from the hill. Penang bridge is that small, thin line behind me.

Up in Penang Hill, there is also an Owl Museum. After wandering around Penang Hill, we visited the museum before we came back down. The entrance tickets into the museum costs RM 5 with our Kad Siswa. 

A very cute painting of the owls.

A carved owl statue they have there.

O-W-L-SSSS~~

After Penang Hill, we went back to a coffee shop nearby dar's house for lunch. Our last meal before heading back to Melaka..

Penang Style Loh Bak 卤肉.

猪脚饭 Pork's Limb Rice.

Popiah

Otak-otak. Made from chilli, spices and fish meat.

Asam Laksa that comes with fried popiah.

Pasembur.
I've always heard dar talking bout this, but I've never seen nor tried it before.
Now I finally know what this is.
It's something like rojak, just that it doesn't use shrimp paste sauce.

Mua Chee.
This is the tastiest Mua Chee that I have ever tried!!
It's still warm when we bought it, and besides peanut, they also mix it with fried onion.
Super Q~~!!!

Right before we went to the airport, we have an hour or so to shop around Queensbay Mall. At 5pm, we left for the airport as our flight was at 6.30 pm.

That's all for my 3D 2N Penang trip.

It was really an enjoyable trip, especially for food-lovers, like ME XD

For this whole trip, only spent about RM 150, mostly on food. Saved the hotel money cos I was staying over at dar's place. But the hotel wasn't' too expensive either. RM 50++ for 2 nights at Tune Hotel =)

Would really want to go there again to try out other Penang food.

Penang is truly a FOOD PARADISE!!!

Haven't stop eating since we arrived... XP

XOXO,

Vivian