Itinerary | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
Leong Yew Kopitiam
This kopitiam (coffee shop) is quite old style and the customers are all seems like the locals. It feels like everyone is so relax. I ordered their famous coffee (mixed with the white sugar, sesame and vegetable oil). However, I don’t find it different from the ordinary coffee thou.
| There’s a mobile stall covered with cloth. It sells the yummy prawn mee! | |
| It’s so appetizing with the fresh red look. The soup is very tasty too. | |
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| The opposite Chee Cheong Fun stall. I’ve decided to try when I saw the a gourmet’s commentary. | |
| It isn’t the Hong Kong style’s Chee Cheong Fun that I always eat. | |
| However, it’s topped by the shrimp paste and it’s delicious too! | |
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Chowrasta Market
We walked around in the market after our breakfast. This is the place where the butchers sell pork.
| There are many pork shops and also those selling dry goods. | |
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Burmese Buddhist Temple
It felt so familiar at the first glance and then I remembered I came here when I was little.
Although it is a Buddhist temple, it is still slightly different from what we have seen.
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It’s heard that the Buddha statue’s height is up to 27 feet.
| Lift up your head to see the carvings, you’ll surely amazed by the resources they’ve invested. | |
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The Golden Pagoda
The guardian of the pagoda: Garuda
| There are different statues and monuments in different level of the pagoda. | |
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The world guardian (Panchaluba), a creature with deer’s horn, elephant’s trunk, horseshoe, dragon’s body and the eagle’s wings.
There’s another golden temple nearby too:
Address: 24 Burma Lane, Pulau Tikus, Penang
Phone: 604 226 9575
Opening hour: 7am – 7pm
Public transportation: Bus – Rapid Penang: 10, 101, 103, 104
Thai Buddhist Temple
It is just located opposite the Burmese Buddhist Temple:
| The guardians at the temple’s entrance are so spectacular! | |
| There’s a pagoda behind the temple which allows people to worship Guan Yin. | |
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You’ll be able to see the third largest sleeping Buddha (33 feet) in South East Asia:
| There’s a photo of Thai King and a mural that express the story of Buddhism. | |
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| There’s the coconut ice cream selling in the temple that I miss so much! | |
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Wat Chayamangkalaram Buddhist temple
Address: Lorong Burma
Phone: 604 226 8503
Public Transportation: Bus – Rapid Penang : 10, 101，103, 104
Cintra Food Corner
In the afternoon, we went to a food corner with 65 years history to enjoy our hi-tea!
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| I never know the various types of dumplings till I saw the newspaper clippings below: | |
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| I ordered a Fujian Bean Dumpling and the portion is really big! | |
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| My favourite yam cake: | The red bean paste with citrus peel: |
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Address: 40, Lebuh Cintra, 10100 Penang
Phone: 012-480 3308/016-457 9590
Opening Hours: 9am-5pm
Khoo Kongsi
| It feels good walking along the old town. It is so peaceful: | |
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| Kongsi is similar to the association. Its property and investments are meant for their next generation. | |
| Khoo Kongsi could be considered as the largest and most established one. | |
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| Looking at these Chinese style’s building, I feel like I’m in China now: | |
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| The exquisiteness of the architectural style shows the rich family has spent so much to build it. | |
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| This is the kitchen display of that era. Saw some familiar cooking utensils but I do not know how to use it: | |
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| I’ve always been admiring the carpenters’ talent in building this wonderful place: | |
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| These plaques shows the members whom name can be kept here: | |
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| There might be people who doesn’t want to visit Khoo Kongsi due to the RM5 entrance fee. | |
| There’s postcard given as souvenir too. | |
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You must not miss this if you like the monuments because it’s rare to find a well-preserved monuments in Malaysia.
Address: 18 Cannon Square, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.
Telephone: +604-261 4609
Opening Hours：Daily 9am – 5pm (inclusive of public holiday)
Straits Quay
| We went to Straits Quay at night. It’s so lovely to be able to enjoy the sea view everywhere in Penang: | |
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| We wanted to have dinner at Charlie Brown Cafe. | |
| However, it was too late and we only managed to took a few photos there. | |
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Leong Chee Kee
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| It’s so hard for us to find the old bakery that’s hidden behind the shop lot, a pathway leading to the flat. | |
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| This egg cake is my favorite in the bakery. | The coconut tart taste so good and it’s not too sweet. |
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| How could you miss these delicious hand-made cake?! | |
Address: 8C, People’s Court, Campbell Street, 10100 Penang (Located at Cintra Street, the People Court that is behind the “Da Dong” Restaurant)
Opening Day: Closed on Sunday
Tel: 04-2291851
