4 Days 3 Nights : PLACES

We started our journey to Penang early in the morning by 7 morning. Instead of driving across the bridge to the island, we opted the ferry.

In the car, waiting for our turn to go into the ferry.

Sister and me sitting behind the car, feeling very happy taking our own photos..

Excited SIL & sister, their first experience in the ferry to Penang. It was my second time.

The strong wind was blowing straight to our face

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Reached Penang Island in 10 mins. We stayed at the Miami Beach at Batu Ferringhi.

Don't really like the beach, too much rocks 

The lovey dovey pat toh on the rock

It was a nice feeling though when the sea water hit our feet !

I brought my swimsuit, but too bad, didn't get to swim.....Aunty Visit.. haiz...sien....

We went to the Penang Hill. Waiting for the train, the fella behind me so "chor teng" 

Up at the Penang Hii, Bukit Bendera, another fella next to me also very "chor teng" 

Visited the Kek Lok Si in Air Hitam. The buildup of Guan Yin statue has not completed.  

I made some well wishes on the ribbons and hung them on top of the bamboo pole. I wished my parents & parents-in-law be healthy, I wished my husband do well in business, I wished my daughter always happy, and I wished myself be peace....

 So glad to visit the Nyonya House.  

This place is not unfamiliar to me since I had watched the Little Nyonya and the Iron Lady 

Posing at the Tok Panjang , the long dining table where the Baba Nyoya had their feasts with the guests.

Sitting on the huge chair, a note saying DO NOT SIT was pushed to a side, so I pretended I didnt see it lah..hahaha 

Had an evening walk by the Straits Quay. Weather was hot, didnt stay for too long.

Stopover at the largest toy museum  

I specially like this collection

Purposely took this photo to make Papa-M jealous, his fav Transformer. (pity him, if he was in the museum, he would definitely WOOOO and ARRRRHHhhhh)

This photo for Bb-G to see

In Ipoh, we just went to Kellie's Castle. An unfinished, ruined mansion built by a Scottish.

A bear tree was nearby the castle.

In the restaurant in Kuala Selangor , waiting for our seafood to be served.

The End ~

4 Days 3 Nights : FOOD

Last week I was having some holidays in Penang + Ipoh. There were only bro+wife, sister and me. Papa-M & Bb-G were left at home…

(Side track: Well, initially I had asked Papa-M to go with me, but he said he was busy and tight up with work, he couldn’t spare aaanyyyy free time to bring me for aaanyyyyy holidays. If I were so desperate to bercuti-cuti, I could go with my bro & sis. Okie lor, since he said so, I just carried on with my holiday plan without him. When I told Papa-M I would be away and he had to take care of Bb-G , this old man planned a holiday pulak on his own to Sabah,  just few days before my trip! Wah,  我作初一，他作十五 huh )


Anyway.....
Bro was the driver for the entire trip. It was a relaxing vacation with no tight schedules. We managed to go to most of  the places we wanted with the help of GPS. Places that we went shall come later. This post is all about food that we had during the trip ...YUMMMM...

We had this for breakfast before we hit the north-south highway.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My Subway sandwich – very healthy to start the day, full of vegs, I can’t even taste the ham & eggs














Lunch in Bukit Mertajam. We took yam rice, complement with braised pork in dark soy sauce and the "kiam chai" soup.

Oh, I love this kiam chai soup very much. The pork balls were super delicious! Sister-in-law said the pork balls were mixed with cuttlefish bits , hence they were flavourful.

We had our dinner for 2 days in Gurney Drive. They were good.....

Char Kueh Tiaw



Fried Oyster, Or-jien

Yam Cake

Otak-Otak

Bb-Q Chicken . Very well marinated

Assorted fried food 

Fish Ball Noodles. I like the soup, but the fish balls were not nice (too soft). I still prefer the fish balls' springy texture from Singapore hawker centres,

Asam Laksa



We took some sweet desserts at a cafe. Can't remember where but it was located at those pre-war building.

Sesame paste filling (white) & red bean paste filling (pink)  tang yuen in warm milk with rose petals. Interesting combination

Same tang yuen but in peanut cream

Sweet Potato tang yuen in gula melaka syrup

Snow fungus in soy bean milk

 

Before we left to Ipoh, we ate our lunch in Bukit Tambun . Maybe we went to the wrong restaurant, the food did not meet our expectations.

Sizzling hotplate tofu, normal

Stirfy sweet potato leaves, plain

Kong Pou style prawn mantis, not good, basically we were eating flour...

Salted egg yolk crabs , very dissapointing..Too much egg yolks and could not bring out the crab taste

The first food I had in Ipoh, sizzling plate noodles from a foodcourt in a hypermarket. It was raining at night in Ipoh that day, hence we just settled our tummy in a very simple way.

Morning dimsum in Ipoh , in a famous restaurant. Hmmm.. famous for the name, but food so-so only ler..

Meat crystal dumpling with black fungus

Dumpling soup

Water chesnut kuih

Pork and century egg porridge

Fried dumpling

Prawn chee cheong fun

Not sure of the name, but fried type, with meat floss and some meat as filling, top up with mayonaise. Taste ok.

This was another fried dimsum, with custard as the filling.

On the way back to KL, feeling dissatisfied with the seafood we had in Bukit Tambun, we went to Kuala Selangor for another round of seafood lunch. Luckily we made the right decision and went to the right restaurant. Food there were splendid. A fulfilling meal to end our holidays

Fried sotong. Yummy yummy. Outside crunchy, inside tender

Lala fried mihun. Very tasty. When the dish was served, it brought back my childhood memories, my mom used to cook this type of mini lala dishes when I was young.

Butter crab. The chef had added some curry powder into the butter cream. It was so delicious

Fried mantou to dip with the butter cream from the crab. Mantou was crispy and soft at the same time

We actually wanted the salt-baked prawn mantis, but this restaurant used another method in their cooking - deep fried with salt. It has actually ruined the freshness of the prawn. Taste was ok though...

A plate of stirfry lettuce , crunchy

Coconut juice to cool down our body