We checked into Equatorial hotel Penang late that day after dinner. Skies have turned dark. We were told that our room faced the Penang Bridge but all we saw were darkness and lights from buildings few miles away.
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We got ourselves good rests and woke up without being alarmed the next morning.
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GPS Coordinates: N5 25.022 E100 19.741
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I was guessing that the little chain formed by the lights at the left corner of the picture was the Penang Bridge.
We got ourselves good rests and woke up without being alarmed the next morning.
I was quite surprised to wake up to this Bukit Jambul Golf Course because it was all dark last night and I thought what beneath our balcony lies a piece of unutilized green.
Weather was blissful so we have decided to go to the Batu Ferringhi Beach!
What was going to Penang without feasting on local food?
I have this habit of jotting down what I find special in each day on my Dayre. Fayth saw my post on the first day of my trip. She suggested that I must not leave the Island without having the famous Hot Bowl White Curry in Ibu Siti Lane.
So, we made Hot Bowl White Curry our first meal of the day.
The portion was pretty small.
Just nice if you need to reserve some 'space' to explore more food.
The curry was ladened white with Coconut milk making the soup literally white. You have to plop chillie paste into the soup for spiciness. I love the cockles raw so when you pressed it down into the hot soup it got cooked just nice.
The darker color ones were Teo Chew Style fried Otak-otak.
Their famous Hainanese Chicken were nice but I remember having better ones in KL.
They are only opened in day time and closed on Mondays.
Hot Bowl Nyonya Delight White Curry Mee
16-A, Abu Siti Lane, 10400 Penang.
Talk about Penang food, the first thing that came to my mind wasn't the famous Penang Laksa, nor Char Kuey Teow.
But a Chee Cheong Fun stall in Macalister Lane.
One Chee Cheong Fun that I know of closest to this one can be found in Publika's Food Court, Lorong Seratus Tahun. But comparing to this one, this taste much better with just the right degree of sweetness and saltiness. Unlike the usual runny sweet sauce Chee Cheong Fun we have in KL, this one in Penang serves with thick sweet-salty shrimp paste.
The Chee Cheong Fun stall located humbly at the very left side of Seow Fong Lye restaurant.
Chee Cheong Fun (since 1955)
Seow Fong Lye Café
94C, Macalister Lane, 10400 PenangSeow Fong Lye Café
GPS Coordinates: N5 25.022 E100 19.741
7:30am to 12:30pm.
Closed when coffee shop is closed.
Mdm Lim Mei Fong (012-4575238)
Located not far away from Macalister Lane was the legendary Indian Fried Noodles in Bangkok Lane. I could simply tell that was the shop without looking at the shop's name. The shop is always crowded with people standing to wait for their turn to be seated.
I really love this tasted differently from every mamak fried noodles I have had thus far.
I wasn't very sure what were the ingredient used to make the paste but I think tomatoes were definitely in there.
The hokkien speaking Indian guy who got us to our table recommended this rojak so we tried. FYI, they called this Passembur. This thing tasted really special. I wish I could tell you exactly how it tasted like.
Seng Lee Café
270 Burma Road (Corner with Bangkok Lane)
10050 Georgetown,
Penang.
I will tell you more on our trip to Batu Ferringhi Beach on my next post!
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