5.1.14 (Sun)
Today we welcomed our first guest of the year, my cousin MeiYi. We picked her up from the Penang Airport around 9.40am and headed to Georgetown for food!
First stop - Siam Road Char Koay Teow. I knew about this Ah Pek, frying koay teow using charcoal at Siam Road from a blog that I followed. The stall is located at the intersection of Anson Road and Siam Road. If you spotted the Hock Ban Hin Cafe, then you are near the stall, because most of his customers will order a plate of char koay teow and eat it at the Hock Ban Hin Cafe. However, the stall is closed on SUNDAY!!! Gosh..was a lil disappointed. (the blog mentioned above said it is open from Tues-Sun) So, we decided to go for Lorong Selamat Sister's Char Koay Teow. As Hubby was driving, we passed by Macalister Road and I saw the Sister's Char Koay Teow at Lam Heng Cafe (one of the recommended stall by most food bloggers). I quickly stopped Hubby and we had our breakfast there.
As we walked into the cafe, there were not many people yet. Not sure if it was too early or because it was a Sunday morning. Anyway, our purpose here was to try the fried koay teow. We ordered 4 plates. One of the specialty about the Sister's Char Koay Teow here was they added shredded crab meat besides big prawns. But, we were surprised to see that n old man was the one frying the koay teow. So, I asked the owner of the cafe and was told the old man was the son of one of the sisters. (one passed away last year and the other was too old with heart attack sickness) We also ordered one bowl of "Hokkien Mee" (aka prawn mee in Penang) Hubby and cousin liked it.
Second stop - Air Itam Asam Laksa, another must eat food when you come to Penang. The stall is located near the morning market besides Kek Lok Si. The stall is open from 11.15am to 7.30pm. However, finding a parking was not easy especially during public holidays. With RM4 per bowl, you could find rice noodles, vegetables, cili padi, lemongrass, onions, peppermint topped with spicy mackerel based soup. I liked the sour and spicy taste of the soup..delicious!
Second stop - Air Itam Asam Laksa, another must eat food when you come to Penang. The stall is located near the morning market besides Kek Lok Si. The stall is open from 11.15am to 7.30pm. However, finding a parking was not easy especially during public holidays. With RM4 per bowl, you could find rice noodles, vegetables, cili padi, lemongrass, onions, peppermint topped with spicy mackerel based soup. I liked the sour and spicy taste of the soup..delicious!
Third stop - Made in Penang Interative Museum, located near the Weld Quay Bus Terminal, the latest tourist attraction in Penang. Will have a separate blog on this later.
Fourth stop - Teochew Cendol at Lebuh Keng Kwee. I always like cendol as dessert, especially during the hot day. It was not hard to spot the Penang Road famous teochew cendol, especially when you see a long queue of people, awaiting for their bowl of cendol under the hot sun. My cousin chsoe to eat her cendol beside the stall while I "da bao" the cendol in the cup and enjoyed it inside the car.
Fifth stop - Penang Street Art. We went there during last November. But since we were around the Penang Street Art areas, so we decided to just quickly 'visit' the famous wall painting. There were some new additions to the wall paintings for eg The Legoman, Bruce Lee kick etc. However, I was surprised to see that the Legoman wall painting was actually a sticker, and not hand drawn. And, the sticker almost came off due to the hot sun. We managed to stick it back using a creative way..hehe..
FInally, after a long day under the hot sun, we went back to our house and rest!
A useful link on must try food in Penang.
Fourth stop - Teochew Cendol at Lebuh Keng Kwee. I always like cendol as dessert, especially during the hot day. It was not hard to spot the Penang Road famous teochew cendol, especially when you see a long queue of people, awaiting for their bowl of cendol under the hot sun. My cousin chsoe to eat her cendol beside the stall while I "da bao" the cendol in the cup and enjoyed it inside the car.
Fifth stop - Penang Street Art. We went there during last November. But since we were around the Penang Street Art areas, so we decided to just quickly 'visit' the famous wall painting. There were some new additions to the wall paintings for eg The Legoman, Bruce Lee kick etc. However, I was surprised to see that the Legoman wall painting was actually a sticker, and not hand drawn. And, the sticker almost came off due to the hot sun. We managed to stick it back using a creative way..hehe..
FInally, after a long day under the hot sun, we went back to our house and rest!
A useful link on must try food in Penang.
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