Posted by ~YienYien~ on Sep 27, 2008 in
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Reviews Ok.. i m not feeling well right after i get back from penang.. *haih* and soon i m getting lazier and lazier to post everything.. so make it SHORT. =.=” Day 4 of Penang is all gonna be visiting visiting and visiting.. and here u can see i m getting tanner everyday hor.. haih! sobx!
PENANG BRIDGE
Ok.. we booked a cab to bring us around town for the past 2 days.. RM 30 per hour..i very good tour guide i shud say.. thanks uncle Simon! First station he bring us to Penang Bridge.. We din went across so just somewhere near it!
SNAKE TEMPLE
Woohoo! i m kinda excited bout it coz everyone is talking about snake temple when mentioned penang! However.. there is Not much snakes around.. just some kept in the snake farm and some for photo taking! i heard my mummy daddy say last time when they visited Penang 20 years ago.. YES.. 20 years ago.. there are snakes in the temple.. under the tables.. at the corner.. and everywhere around the temple.. but now..NTH AT ALL.. ^^ and its under construction so its damn ugly.
Once we enter the temple!! woohoooz!! i saw snake!! thats wad i want!! hahaha!! i only wan the big one actually coz small one kinda gelik but.. nvm.. still cute! hahaha.. i got big one.. i got small one..
TADAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see those 2 little green snakes! eeuww!! i like bubu better.. sobx! the snake named BuBu.. same as my bear bear at home.. =…(
Heres some picture of snake temple.. see see? no snakes!
Snake farm.. RM 3 per entry.. well.. got 50 species of snake lah.. kinda cool lah.. and..
they actually put REAL TORRTOISESSSS at the corner just like that!! u see!! at first we thought was fake one..!
KEK LOK SI TEMPLE
Penang is full of different types of temples! this one is one of the veyr famous.. kek lok si temple.. =) its huge and its so up the hill..
hahaha!! do we look alike??
Thhat guan Yin is so huge!!!
In the theme park… =)
Our chinese horoscope!! weeehehe! is it called horoscope? wadever lah!
Tortoise pooL? yucks! its really full of tortoises!!!
AFter that.. we went to the very very very very very VERY VERY VERY famous Asam LAksa in Penang!! Uncle simon says that particular stall is the popular among all.. and u can see ppl snaping pictures of it.. so guess its really famous! i did snap the picture too! and the tauke is so friendly! hahaha
Never EVER compared PEnang laksa and SArawak laksa!! Its TOTALLY DIFFERENT DISH OK!!!! Penang laksa got a strong smell of fresh sardines.. with lotsa sayur and bawang and.. big bee hoon?
PENANG LAKSA
And Sarawak Laksa is Totally different thing!
SARAWAK LAKSA ( i heart sarawak laksa so much )
BUKIT BENDARA
Oh.. din get to go up the Penang Hill COZ the cable car is under contructionnnnn!! so unlucky! sobx!!!
anyway.. i manage to snap a pic.. evidence of me reaching that foot path.. =)
WAT CHAYAMANGKALARAM (sleeping buddha)
This is a famous tourist attraction.. the Siamese temple which enormous Sleeping BUddha!
huhuhu!! got dragon pearl can!
And of coz.. super ultra big sleeping buddha inside!
BURMESE TEMPLE
This is another temple just OPPOSITE the siamese temple.. Well.. wad can i say? they look quite alike oso lah..
Just that the everything in Burmese Temple is GOLD colour…!
And they oso not losing the point.. they got GIANT buddha inside.. look how big it issssssss…
NEW WORLD PARK
for tea break.. we went to new world park again… well.. as i said before, Penang ppl is really nice and friendly!! seriously! except two.. so far in the trip.. i only saw 2 rude ppl in town.. one is the aunty selling the ice kacang at new world park and another is the uncle selling ice kacang oso!! in New Gurney Drive.. hahaha!!!
This is HER ice kacang! not bad lah!! coz got banana!! my favourite!!!! and oso mango!! my second favourite! hehehehheheheeeeeeeeee!
Tee-Nya-Kueh.. well.. we saw this in a TV show and i decided to giv it a try.. nice oso! taste like ondeh ondeh.
Chicken Pie.. Hmm.. *mummy one nicer*
Banana Pancake.. haha! no doubt.. this is Mine lah!! i love banana! Oh.. one thing i notice.. Penang have Banana Penang everywhere! just like Fried Oyster.. they have it at every corner.. =)
Fried Oyster….. like i just mentioneddd.
Roti Canai.. i like the curry.. =)
Murtabak chicken.. not bad oso… but i prefer the one near my hotel!
RED GARDEN
YUp.. we went to Red Garden for Supper again!! one thing great about red garden! u will never get bored.. u noe why?? they actually have lotsa programmes in it.. like this night we went.. its dancing nite isit? coz there are TONNNES of AH MAs and AH GONGs dancing.. and they are actually spending their time lepaking in red garden!! cool lah! and i heard them announced.. they actually have singing nite, heineken nite, calsberg nite, ladies nite.. and casual nite something like that! and how freaks me… ALL THE AH MAS and AH GONGS drink BEER!!! hahahahaha!! u can imagine.. ah ma drinking beer, hands holding cigarrette and face with thick make ups and low cut dress! woooots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! swear its true!
Ok.. back to food.. =D
Chay Kuey Tiao..
Thailand style Pork Rice
Japanese Chicken rice set
and some BBQ sticks.. Beef, mutton, sausage and chicken! Mutton is the best!
We reached there at almost 9pm.. finish our food at 9.15pm and be “entertained” by the shows until almost 10.30pm!! hahaha! funny can! Perhaps.. when i m old.. i wanna dance with my hubby oso!
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Posted by ~YienYien~ on Sep 25, 2008 in
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Reviews Third day of mine in Penang.. well.. today doesnt really have much to do.. so all we do is to spend our time walking around carving for food. I woke up darn early today intended to go for a swimming and sauna which they “claimed” to be opened at 7am but then when i called, they say will only open at 9am! wth! no mood waiting for 2 hours so just went down and buy some SUNBLOCK (since i m very tanned now!)
nivea sunblock spf 30! i wanna get a 50 one but mummy say its too strong. sobx!
Da Dong Dim Sum Place
Then.. we headed to this da dung dim sum restaurant near Lebuh kimberley? hehe.. not sure lah.. somewhere around there.. well.. i think the dim sum served there is superb compared to others. Hmm..only SUNDAY i mean.. coz sunday they make more varieties of special dimsum.. =)
Basically they have the dim sum troley, the porriage troley, the bao troley, the tart troley.. and.. hmm.. pretty much like that..
so heres some dim sum!! yummmies! the price range is from RM 2.20 to RM 4.20. (mostly here are all RM 4.20)
Sweet and sour pork.. great!! perhaps a lil too sweet? hehehe
Chicken wing stuff with meat and egg yolk!
Omg omg! this one is fabulous!! did u see the yolk inside!?? *drooling can*
Har Kao.. hmm.. hmm.. kuching one taste so much better bcoz the prawn is bigger! haha! seafood at penang is expensive
Seafood Kao? heheh! yup.. mixture of seafood paste inside. taste cute!
i feel cute holding it too.. *blush*
Oh.. i feel cute eating it too!!! hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah yien’s favourite baoz!! inside got chicken meat, pork, mushrrom and glutinious rice at the bottom! thumbs up for this!! Ah yien love all the bao at Penang bcoz Penang served fantastic BAO!!!!
Yam Puff.. thumbs still up-ing!!!
Pork and fish cake.. nice!!
SHark fin Kao.. hehe! this one is kinda nice too.. but shark fin kinda tasteless.. just shark fin.
Lo mai Gai.. yummy! my bro LOVE lo mai gai!!!
Cake Bao.. hehee! taste cute too!
Egg Tart.. just so-so..
and.. pork rib in sour plum.. hmmm.. normal lah.. ^^
Gurney Plaza
Next to go.. my brother arrived at Penang at 12.30pm and we went to Gurney Plaza for a lil quick shopping.. hmm.. and then.. carve for food again! told u!!! today is all about FOOD FOOD FOOD and FOOOD..
So we went to this food court down there called “MAKAN-MAKAN”
We ordered this Ice kacang for RM 3.. not bad lah.. NOT bad only ar
And.. Nasi Kandar? hehe! hmm.. quite yummy but damn pedas! RM 8.50
Char Kuay Tiao.. RM 5? sth like that.. not bad lah.. almost the same..
and Pasembur.. woot! the pasembur is NOT very nice.. i got one pasembur which is REALLY nice.. at new gurney drive.. STay Tune!!!
AFter that.. continue shopping and went for High tea again!
600cc
Well.. if u happen to drop by and wanted to have a drink.. hmm.. don go here. hahaha!! No la.. provided if u have no other choice then can go lor..
the drinks are alright.. but.. its kinda not very healthy leh..
my daddy’s yam bubble tea.. hmm.. Ok lah still.. RM 5.90
My peanut milk.. RM 5.90.. at first it taste really good.. but u noe how they make it..? i saw them talkin the whole chunk of peanut butter and blended with milk!!!!!! eeeuwwww!!! how panas it is ok!!!! and after that.. i cann feel my throat is all SO-PEANUT BUTTER!! yucccks!
Ok.. forgot about that.. my bro’s lemon pudding.. not nice. =)
Again.. some snack.. O Arh Mee sua!! omg omg omg!! DON EVER ORDER THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in 600cc i mean)
We went walking around after the whole chunk of ffffooooddd! exercise we considered. hahaha!
Stop by New World park and take some pictures! (since there is nth much for today.. so nidda take some picss ma)
I loVe old town oso!!!
and starbucks!! the ONLY place i can get wireless accesss throughout my whole trip.. how not love it rite? One thing i do not like about Penang.. ITS DAMN HARD TO FIND WIRELESS ACCESSS!!!!!!!!!! Unlike Kuching u can find wireless access almost every of the cafee… haih!!
Picture of the day!
hahaha!! i climb so hard to get up into the tree trunk can?!!
Oh.. one more pictures!! nth special lah.. jus wanna show my newly bought earrings! hahahaha!!!!!!!!! =.=”
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Posted by ~YienYien~ on Sep 22, 2008 in
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Reviews It has been long since i wake up so so so early today!! 9am sth can? haih!!! went for breakfast nearby.. And of coz.. i tried out the everyone-recommended-CHAY KUEY TIAO.. and indeed, it taste great!! Also, the penang famous LOH MEE.. and the Bao.. haha! I tell u.. I love the bao!
The Chay Kueh Tiao
Loh Mee..
And ah yien’s favourite BAO.. lalala*
After breakfast.. we went kia kia around the old town. Oh.. haha.. i duno whether i m really odd but i feel kinda cute seeing those little old fashioned parking thing around the town.. Oh man! they realli have this kinda thing!!
One..
And two!!! hahahaha!! i thought it only appear in some oldies hongkong movieeee lehhhhhhhh!!
But anyhow.. Penang is a great place with extremely nice people.. and they’ve got really nice old times building which is awesome.. like this!
i duno wad is that la.. but they really have a lot of these kind..
I love the beach as well.. but.. Hmm.. kinda.. Hmm…. dirty? hehehe! mayb its stil under construction?
First station.. FORT CORNWALLIS.. haha! hmm.. din realli enter the park coz we are still waiting for my bro to be there the next day.. so just a little preview?
Not forgetting the troley thing which is available throughout PEnang!
More food! went to another duno wad name coffee shop for the local “ambla” and “kela semboi”..
Actually they are just the normal “bakulong” and the plum lime lor.. hahaha..
Daddy order honeymilk blended. *yum*
Again.. mummy’s chay Kueh tiao! she wanna compared.. and it end up the morning one is better! hahaha!
LITTLE INDIA
Walk along little India and i wanted to buy a Sari.. but.. hmm.. the pattern doesnt really suits me so just forget bout it! i m sure i can find better one.. *grin* oh.. we saw this tall indian food.. i dun really know wad is that.. but its TALL.. so just snap a pic of it..
With me!
PRANGIN MALL
The first shopping mall we went will be the PranGin Mall.. We have Dessert again! u see.. u can see my eating all the way in Penang… sobx!
The chef recommended dessert.. RM 3
Pearl Red bean RM 2.20. I only like the Pearrrl
RED GARDEN
Red Garden! famous of all.. u can see red garden brochure everywhere.. even in airports.. and so ngam is it just situated opposite our hotel. great!
I ordered Nutmeg juice and papa oledi HoneyDew ice blended =)
Hmm.. yong Tauhu? haha! RM 10 can!! and the thing is.. inside only got Tauhu and Mushrrrrooom and Vegeee! and the soup is kinda tasteless..just for me lah maybe.. (u noe lah.. have to be careful when complain)
But the Pot is Big..!
Pei Pa Duck. This one is Nice.. but the one at HongKong Noodles are even much better. *grin* RM 8
Fried Oyster.. my favourite! RM 6. Not bad =)
OH OH OH!! i have FRESH RAW OYSTER!!! YUMMY!!!!!!!! THUMBSS UP UP UP UP and UP!
Here’s it.. RM 3 each.. Mine is so Big..and daddy’s is like.. medium size. hahaha!
Served with lime and Tobascco sauce.
See how Happie I am!!!
Daddy is Happie too!! *cutes*
And even my non-oyster eater mummy. haha! the best thing with raw oyster is that they do not have the hanyir smell. =)
Shells are ugly
THE CHOCOLATE BOUTIQUE
Oops.. this one i will post separately later coz it was damn long. =) They give us to try out all the 90 kinds of Chocs! WOOOHOOO!! stay tune for more more more detailed Info!! Got chilli choc!
HoHoHoHo!! we bought 4 types. Green Tea Choc, Sesame Choc, Mango Choc and Durian Choc (Mango and Durian are fresh can!)
Happie yien yien!
and her favourite! RM 39 for 9 biji..!!! YES!! ONLY GOT 9 BIJI INSIDE
Camwhore me first before i went sauna-ing!
SAUNA.. hahah! small! there only me alone in the health center u see.. so i took pics lah..
Steam bath!! of coz cant see me..!
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Posted by ~YienYien~ on Sep 22, 2008 in
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Reviews Ok.. Vogue delayed and here come all the penang post sinnn.. =) I went to airport at roughly 7pm sth..Waiting for the flight at 8.15pm so.. camwhore! hahaa!!!
We reached penang by 10.40pm! wow!! damn long can? hehe! nvm nvm.. Our hotel is still consider pleasant.. nice beautiful.. clean.. friendly ppl..
BUT Wifi is not provided!! HOW CAN RITE?!!!!! Life without Internet is a NO No ok? Must impRovedddd!
Ok.. there is nth much at the first day as its oledi very dark when we reached here.. First to think of once we reached Penang.. FOODD!!! we are carving for food oledi once we stepped down from the airport. teehehe!
There is nth much near our hotel so we just simply get a hawker stall for food.. We ordered some so call piggy soup.. hehe! i duno wad is it call la.. sth like a soup with all the piggy parts one..
Hm.. wad can i say? food in penang come in big portion.. Big Portion as in the meat is so much more than the noodles or the kuey tiao or anything lah..
And guess what i have in the soup?? PIG BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
YUCKKKKSSSSSSSS!!! This is my first time trying out pig brain and i can say its really an “EUWWW EUWWW” and i wont go and take that any any any more!!!! Omg!! this night is a scary one for me.. =.=”
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