Penang Trip (09.07.11–10.07.11)

Very soon Penang will be my 2nd home, since I go Penang so frequent. Initially, my friends were asking me to organize a gathering and later they decided to do a short food trip to Penang. When we reached Penang, it’s already late afternoon, 1st stop, at about 3pm, we ate the Penang Asam Laksa @ Ayer Hitam, near Kek Lok Si (temple). We were too hungry, I even forgot to snap a photo before eating. 4 of us shared 2 bowl of laksa, then a big plate full of fried stuffs, e.g. Lobak, fish balls, spring rolls…

Along the way, we saw notice board showing there’s a durian festival in Balik Pulau, so, after seeking direction from a few hawkers, and a Penang friend of mine which apparently he does not know that place so well helped me to Google a little, we managed to find the place. Such a disappointment because we thought it will be very happening, especially during weekend. But there’s only 3 stalls selling limited durian and other fruits too.

Although it was a festival or something, but quite pricy too. I’m not a big fans to durian, I only ate a little.

Then we checked in to the Northam All Suite, we really love the suites that we booked, very spacious and comfortable, most importantly, it’s a good deal we got from Air Asia website too.

We allow our stomachs to rest for a while and we went out again to hunt for our dinner, this time, Ah Leng Char Koay Teow, @ Ayer Hitam too. We ordered the special one with duck egg, RM10.50 per plate, and this time, we didn’t want to share, each of us ordered 1 big plate. So greedy. But this Char Koay Teow is really very very nice…

Anyway, although that was a food trip, but we can’t be eating non-stop. After dinner, we booked movie tickets @ Queensbay Mall, best still, we maximizing our objectives by eating ice-cream before going in to the cinema.

After movie, although we weren’t hungry but still looking for food, initially was thinking about dessert but we are not quite sure about the place, so we went to Gurney Drive where just 1 or 2 streets away from where we stay. It’s already close to midnight when we were there, most of the stalls already closed. We only managed to get fruit rojak, fried chicken and Chinese dessert (tong shui) for our supper. I was very guilty about my diet, but felt really satisfying… That’s why, I can never slim down to the weigh that I want.

My room is facing the sea… I don’t really feel like leaving Penang because the room was so comfy. Ours was a junior suite, 2 toilets in a suite, 1 living room, work station, 2 super single bed making a super super king bed, bathroom equipped with Jacuzzi, big wardrobe… RM200+ with 2 complimentary breakfasts too!!!

We had breakfast there, ya, I know it’s not a wise choice to have hotel breakfast in Penang, but we just want to kill our time while waiting for the other 2 girls doing their Jacuzzi.

We checked out the hotel with a little hesitation, then drove around Penang hunting for food souvenir. Round and round, we still couldn’t find the shop the the girls wanted to go. Although at last we found what we want, but we were already half melted. Next to the souvenir place, there’s this Lebuh Keng Kwee, and the very famous cendol stall is there. Of course 1 cendol couldn’t satisfy us, we order Laksa and Char Koay Teow again, but of course not as nice as those that we had previous day. So, altogether, we had 2 breakfasts in that morning. 

What a best option to eat an icey cendol in a hot day!!!

We wouldn’t want to reach KL late, so we started our journey around lunch time. Last but not least, we decided to stop by Ipoh for our late lunch. And by default, we had the famous beansprout chicken there.

Do not underestimate girls, although most of the time we are complaining about our weight, starving and working so hard to slim down, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t eat!!!