PENANG-licious! Food Paradise

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Penang is a state at the north-west coast of Penisular Malaysia. Part of the state is on the main penisular but the main attraction in on the small island connected by the magnificient bridge! We took a plane from KL to the Penang island though, just to save a bit of time ( and of course cheap airfare.....:p )

Penang is famous for their hawker food. Fast, convenient, and most important of all - DELiiiiiiiiCIOUS!!! You can find hawker food anyway, especially in the evening. Seems like all the poeple come out to eat!!! Love the char kueh teoh, the fried oyster, the prawn mee and yes, Penang laksa. It's sour, it's 'fishy', it's spicy, it's hot, but i just love it!!!

Like they say, always pack your clothes a size larger whenever you come to Penang!

Well, with those high carbo food, sure you could have lots of energy to explore this enchanting island. Love the architure of the old buildings in Georgetown. Walking down the small lane, constantly checking on the faces of the building lining both sides of the street. Majority of the Penang population is chinese, so you can see some of the arts/architecture from china brought in by the immigrant years ago! Some temples are really breathtaking. The delicate detailed carvings on the temples door, windowsl and roof ridge, the bright vivid red colour of the wall & pillars, each having their own stories to tell! Kek Lo Si, Khoo Kongsi, Cheah Kongsi, Temple of God of Mercy, Burmese & Thai temples..........etc

The more modern part of Georgetown is the Gurney drive. Many hotels, condos, and shopping complexes there!!! Haven't got time to really explore the place, but had a wonderful meal at hawker food centre there!

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Photos

View from my hotel room
The 'stick' building is the tallest building in Penang

Cheah Kongsi
This is the organisation that helped the new immigrant from china to penang

Khoo Kongsi
This is where early chinese settler gather to mingle with each other

Kek Lo Si Temple
One of the bigger and famous temple in Penang Island

Another temple
There were so many people inside the temple

Sleeping buddha
to take this photo, i have to push myself to the very corner of the building in order to capture the full length!! Should get a wide angle lense! ;P

Food food food
Delicious hawker food
Yummy

It's look like......
No no no, it's made of rice flour and shape this way so you could have a better bite....Taste good

Mosque in the city
Nice one