Penang: Day 2

Day 2: we had less than 5 hours worth of sleep.

Its drizzling and we fervently pray that it'll stop or else we are doomed.

We had breakfast at morning market nearby where the food was cheap but delicious. Not to mentioned, variety of choices available. No photos taken because our brain was not fully functioning yet-.-"


First stop: Penang Hill / Bukit Bendera
It was closed for renovation. Dang! We go all the way and to be told by the sign at the gate that it's closed? We want cable car! *grumble grumble*




2nd stop: Botanical Garden
We passed by Youth Park but decided to forgo it since it's still drizzling so we head straight to Botanical Garden for a walk instead although it's still drizzling anyway

free-styla!

After a walk, we headed to the stall that sells "bread ice-cream". Literary it is a two full scoops of ice-cream (you can choose up to two flavours of your choice) sandwiched in between the bread.

Very yummy. Very Unique.

Haha since we are totally engrossed in our new found favourite dessert, we forgot to take any photos! paiseh!




3rd stop: Penang Bowl
Still raining so the only place we can go is indoor. We chose the oldest bowling centre in Penang.





It stopped raining liao.
4th stop: Penang Road
we walk around Penang Road and most people did not leave empty handed. I got myself a cute bag at a very good price haha so happy. My bro lagi happy, his wish come true ler, i buy him a big remote control car. See how good i can be to my bro? *eyelashes fluttering rapidly*


What's Penang Road with the famous Penang Road Cendol?
Even Phua Chu Kang and Rosie went there ler...dun pray-pray ar...

Penang Road Cendol. A must for me whenever i go to Penang

all of us enjoying cendol except for Rae. She ordered ice kacang with ice cream topping

5th stop: Lorong Selamat Char Koay Teow
Eversince i heard so much of it i really wanted to give it a try. Alisan even swear that it's the best Char Koey Teow in the world! May said the auntie who fried it wears goggles. How dramatic is that? And we have to wait forever for our Char Koey Teow to arrive.

True to its reputation, it was great. Charcoal fried Koey Teow really tasted nicer. I like!

But it sure doesn't come cheap lor. One plate of plain Char Koey Teow cost RM5.50, with egg RM6.00 and "special" RM8.00. Haha and the thing is, this "special" Char Koey Teow only have extra 2 prawns and is served in glass plate!



We practically round the whole Penang Island Town by car because it keeps raining and we can't stop at anywhere. So in the end, we passed by Esplanade, Fort Cornwallis, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (it was closed by the time we were there), pray at Goddess of Mercy (Kuan Yin) Temple and i can't recall if there's anywhere else.


Dinner: Thai Food at a restaurant named Atawoo
The food there was super delicious. Totally recommended for anyone who likes Thai food.
Rating: Both thumbs-up.
Price is very reasonable too!!!

group photo

Let's see what we've ordered: L-R fried sotong, tom yam soup, otak-otak ala thai (insert), asparagus and green curry (best green curry i have ever had!)



Then we went to Kek Lok Si.

It was closed.


Snoopy keep shaking his head and ranted that never in his life he heard of Kek Lok Si close (although Win & Roy both are more skeptical of the idea of visiting Kek Lok Si at night because people usually visit in the morning) erm....no idea!

Kek Lok Si Temple at night

SS ourselves since no people around to bother us anyway!

After that we went to Queensbay Mall just for this;
Haha seems like my influence quite big, i managed to tempted the others and stirred their curiosity

A copy of Taiwan's famous street snack concept

Should be only available in Penang as i know of...please correct me if im wrong

Menu in toilet bowl shape

group photo again

the concept store that sells not just ice-cream, but solid food as well

take a look at the insert carefully: that's your seat haha!

this is what we've ordered

cute miniature toilet bowls in different colours and sizes

If you look hard enough, you will see that the top-right hand T.Bowl has poker card imprinted on it. Poker on toilet bowl??? is that weird or what?

Rae & Roy actually promoting the toilet bowl...

My verdict of this shop: so-so lar... 5/10
Seriously, other than the ambiance, the dessert there were just so-so only lor. Not very nice. It's kind of below my expectation lor, i thought it will be like the one in Taiwan where the ice-cream they serves is really like the product we produced in the toilet, brown brown (you get my meaning) but they are less adventurous it seems.




Supper: New Lane hawker stall

Wahhh the food there was so delicious lor and reasonably priced. In fact, most of us agreed that the Char Koey Teow at New Lane was as great as the one in Lrg Selamat, if not better. Priced at RM3.50-4.00 it has the same amount of prawns just like the Lrg Selamat's RM6.00 lor. Save money save time, worth it ler? you decide for yourself la.


That's about the end of Day 2...