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 Grilled Chicken

 Chicken Ham Carbonara

 Spaghetti Bolognese

 Pasta Pugliese

We also went to Behind 50, another cafe which is owned by the same owner. We went there for drinks and snacks at midnight after our movie. And to our horror, the same pair of teenagers were there serving. Me and my girlfriends mood immediately went downhill =.= There were 3 of us initially. It was packed, so we sat on the high chairs. After that, a few of our friends and their friends joined us. Since the place was packed, I decided to ask the waitress for some solutions.

Me: Do you have any extra chairs?

Waitress: No.

Me: ...said something which I forgot...

Waitress: This is all we have. (stating as a matter of fact)

Me: .....nevermind

Waitress: walks away

Of course I could see the place is packed. I was just hoping for you to maybe ask customers who are occupying a table to move to the high chairs if they are willing. Or said we have to wait for a while if we want. But no, it's practically if you want stay here or go to another cafe situation. The feeling of welcome was not there :( We stood there for a few minutes deciding we should finish our drinks and head to another place with bigger space. Then, the lady boss/partner/manager (don't know which) came out and things definitely got better!

*picture credits to Amelia*
Right after waking up from our nap, we headed over to Komtar Walk for the Penang Road Chendul in the afternoon. According to Stephy it is the same one as the Penang Road, and this one serves food, plus we get to sit :) It was raining while we were seated so we slowly enjoyed our food ^^

Front: Durian Chendul - Back: Original Chendul

Being a durian lover, I absolutely loved the durian chendul. Bits of durian were in there and it boosted the taste of the chendul. But my friends said it was too sweet for them. Nevertheless, I got to eat most of it :P LOL. The original chendul is nice too!

Rojak

This was mediocre. Not enough oomph in the sauce!

Asam Laksa

This is the best asam laksa I've came across in Penang so far. Nom nom nom! Very rich in taste and flavour :D Savoured every single bit of it.

Service can be quite slow due to the limited amount of staff. But there is always a joy waiting for good food ;)

Kafe Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul (Komtar Walk):

21, Komtar Walk,

Jalan Penang 10000,

Georgetown, Penang.

Opens:

Mon - Fri: 10.30AM - 7PM

Sat - Sun: 10AM - 7.30PM

Check out their website for more of their outlets!

It's the night before Christmas, kids!











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So after my handing up my final assignment on a Friday last month, me and my two friends headed over to Penang the very next day! I think we only got less than four hours of sleep and then started our journey at 6AM. We stopped by Ipoh for dim sum and then headed off to Penang. I don't know how they drove, but stopping in Ipoh and heading to Penang with a total of four hours...must be pretty fast. LOL.

The very first thing when we checked into our room was to sleep! Yes...SLEEP! We were still very exhausted from all the late nights and stress from our final assignments. So we spent a few hours getting some well needed rest. We stayed at Bayan Baru which is quite a distance from the city so the accomodation was pretty cheap. It's not a hotel, more like a homestay/backpack kind of thing. For 4 days 3 nights, we paid RM60 per person! Woke up in the afternoon and headed off for cendol and asam laksa ^^

Dinner was lok lok at Pulau Tikus! Love their special sauces, especially the Tom Yam :D
Went to check out some of the cafes in Penang after our dinner. Will blog about those in another post ^^
Spent our night planning the itinerary for the next few days! But in the end we skipped a few places such as Gurney because we overslept :P

On the second day, we headed over to Kek Lok Si after breakfast! I haven't been to Penang for more than 10 years. Lots of things have changed, or mostly because I don't remember...

Went up to the new Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy Pavilion right above Kek Lok Si. The statue of Kuan Yin was about 30.2m tall :O We should have drove up. The waiting time was pretty long at the escalator.



Me, Amelia and Stephy

There is also this lovely structure that is facing the mountains at the garden.


View from the top!


After our visit, we headed off to Khoon Hiang Cafe at Dato Keramat for lunch


Char Kuey Tiao


Their Lo Bak was nice :D

*picture credits to Amelia*

Met up with Jun Fook!


After lunch we headed to Armeninan Street to take a look at their wall painting. Only managed to see a few as it was drizzling. And many people were queing up for photos, so we just took a pic of the wall painting. haha


Old houses


Wanted to check out this temple but it was raining. So, we ended up at Amelie Cafe.


Headed over to Chew Jetty to explore the place!




This is the one of the places where they shot 'Ice Kacang Puppy Love' movie




Hanged around the jetty to enjoy the breeze and we headed off to dinner!


Roti Samurai at Abu Mamak! Weird! But have a try xD


For our 3rd day, we stopped by Continental Bakery for some breads. It's a pretty popular place and the breads are cheap too! My grandma loved the breads I brought back ^^


Trying some of their famous cream puff. It was alright for me.


*picture credits to Amelia*

Most of the cafes we wanted to check out we closed. So we ended up getting frustrated walking and driving to closed places. MoonTree47 was opened too, but unfortunately, they didn't serve food that day D: The place was lovely nonetheless, would come back next time. The owner was kind to give us some suggestions for meals but unfortunately they were closed too :/ So we headed back to Kwong Sang House for lunch.


Headed to Jalan Burma to visit the Sleeping Buddha Temple.


Its was pretty hot that afternoon, so we quenched our thirst with fresh coconut water which is sold just outside the temple :) The coconut ice cream was nice too!

*picture credits to Amelia*

Headed to the Batu Ferringhi beach to chill in the evening with a bottle of wine :P
Later that night, we went to the cinema to watch Cold War and Behind 50 after that for late night snacks.

*picture credits to Amelia*

On our last day, we slept in and checked out from our accomodation at 12pm. Had sandwiches for brunch, bought some cookies, tau sar pneah etc and then dropped by Yeng Keng Cafe & Bar as one of Amelia's friend was having lunch there. We drove past this place on the previous day and thought that it looked nice. Yeng Keng Cafe & Bar serves a mixture of Hainanese and Western cuisine. Their hotel decoration is traditional with a mixture of modern designs. Quite pricey too!

The waiting time at Him Heang for their tau sar pneah was quite long so I didn't manage to get it. I used to love it whenever my dad brings it back from Penang when I was young. I bought the ones from Ghee Hiang instead.

That's about it on my Penang adventures! Will definitely be back next time for more sight seeing! Didn't get much of a relaxing holiday as we wanted because we were busy doing touristy stuff :P Had a great time nonetheless ;) A few other blog post will be up soon on some of the cafes that I've visited :D