G Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, Away from Singapore - Penang
Penang indeed brings back many memories for my parents and my brother. However it does not happen to me as I was only four years old when I first visited there. Everything is nice there except for the toilets. Put that aside, the food there was awesome! It is not only tasteful but cheap too. You can get a bowl of delicious Penang Laksa at RM$3 which is equal to less than SGD$1.50. People there are nice too.

Mum & Dad at the airport

Hotel Lobby
A seaside view near Gurney Plaza

The famous Penang Laksa at Lebuh Keng Kwee

Chendol from the same shop
The relative who drives us around Penang

Awesome dim sum from Dim Sum Restaurant

Mum & Dad at the Revolving Restaurant

Brother and I at the Revolving Restaurant
This restaurant does rotate 360 degrees whereby we can see George Town in a nutshell.

Inside of The Peranakan Museum where Little Nonya was filmed

Group Photo outside Snake Temple
The view of Penang after climbing stairs in Kek Lok Si Temple
Outside of my relative house - looks kampong-ish uh?

Door to our relative's house

Many seashells can be found just outside my relatives' house
Brother picking up oysters from the river outside the house of my relative

Dad & Brother at relative's house
Standing outside a popular chocolate shop which sells unique flavours of chocolate including the one we bought - Chestnut Chocolate
This uncle is famous for his pancake which is also known as Apom Guan. Apom meant pancake while Guan is part of his name. It is skinned with egg and filled with cut bananas and sweet corns. It only cost RM$0.30 for one. It is worth waiting though he could only cook 9 pieces at a time. Usually people will buy 20-30 pieces. This uncle is well-versed in English too so non-Malay or Mandarin speaking customers can still buy from him. Yummy yummy!
All I can say Penang has really nice food, not forgetting to mention their Cuttlefish with Kang Kong, Kway Teow Thn'g and Lor Bak too! And the Char Kway Teow that my relative cook for us with extra prawns! They are quite famous for that, you can visit them at Tanjong Tokong.
Now I am back to country of reality - Singapore!
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