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"You don't have to swim faster than the shark, just faster than the guy next to you." - Anonymous
Sunday, November 13, 2005
WALKIE TALKIE LUNCH IN PENANG
I had just bough a 2nd hand 4 wheel drive when Lincoln decided to play devil’s advocate. “Dude” he goes, “I’m going back home to Penang for the Deeparaya holidays. Why don’t we drive up and test your car? We’ll share the expenses”.
I thought it was an excellent idea, considering it was my mother’s birthday on the 10th as well. The 4 day trip would do her good as she was suffering from mild depression from missing my younger brother, studying medicine in Crimea, Russia.
So off to Ipoh we went, to spend a night at my parents’ house before shooting off to Penang the next day. Our friend Amran, the General Manager of the Penang Sports Club was supposed to book 2 hotel rooms for us.
Arrived in Penang via the scenic route (read: ferry) and checked into Naza Hotel at RM140 per day. Ouch! Already over budget on the 1st day. Spent an hour and a half negotiating the completely jammed up Gurney Drive only to discover a new mall called Gurney Mall (what else?) and the hawkers relocated to Tanjong Tokong.
Ended up at Long Beach, Batu Feringghi with Amran and his lovely girlfriend Sylvia. We took in the night markets selling fake branded items and drank warm beer. The service was shitty due to the outlets being overcrowded. We proceeded to Hillside where we caught up with JD and Regina, looking resplendent in their raya bajus. Drank copious amounts of chilled beer.
Amran then took us to Kassim Mustafa along Chulia Street, where we had excellent duck kurma and dalca for supper.
The next day we shifted to Ah Beng Guesthouse (I swear! See picture) at RM65 for an air-com room with attached bath, along the beachside at Batu Feringghi. However, the mattress sank like a deflated condom and there was no hot water. My mum wasn’t amused so on to Malaysia Hotel at RM175 the next day.
We met the absolutely delicious Jarllyn Yee, Lincoln’s college mate, when he invited her to join us to whack a few balls at an outlet called Screwball. She proved to be an excellent ball buster when Linc and her wiped out resident champs JD and Reggie. Get your filthy minds out of the gutter people, we’re talking about pool. I’m told Jarllyn breaks male hearts on an hourly basis. Sigh...
The next 3 days were filled with sightseeing and eating as we took in Captain Francis Light statue, Fort Cornwallis, Convent Light Street, St. George's Church, Penang State Museum, Cathedral of Assumption, E & O Hotel, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion for its feng shui, Suffolk House, Penang Botanical Gardens, Kim Guan Coffee Factory (No 53 Stewart Lane. Operations hours (8.00am – 2.00pm, weekdays).
We bought traditional Penang Biscuits (Hoe Peng & Company. No 434 Penang Road (9.00am – 5.00pm), Preserved Nutmegs (Goh Eng Huat, 87 Magazine Road, Georgetown), Tropical Spice Garden (9.00am - 6.00pm, RM13 adult, Lone Craig Villa, Lot 595 Mukim 2 Jalan Teluk Bahang), Penang Heritage Trust (26A Stewart Lane, 10200 Penang)
For food, we tried the achee on Gurney Drive - delicious gravies, fresh fried tauhu, and the yummy fried chicken skin. Line Clear Nasi Kandar - guaranteed to clear any sinus problems you may have, the stalls along Swatow Lane, everyone of which serves delicious fresh hawker fare, the famous Curry Mee at the corner of the church at Jalan Paya Terubong, near Air Itam wet market. The Mamak Mee Rebus / Goreng with squid at Bangkok Lane facing Pulau Tikus road.
However, the meal that took the cake was our last meal in Penang. Amran coolly handed us a walkie-talkie, saying “just follow Sylvia’s car and holler if you get lost”.
Then it was through a rubber estate, naik bukit, turun bukit, masuk kampong, belok sini, belok sana, pusing lagi and voila! - we ended up at a seaside restaurant called Gee Seng at Bukit Tambun.
Sylvia and Amran did the ordering, and we sipped Chinese tea while waiting for the food to arrive. You should have seen my mother’s face as the first dish arrived. Steamed spindly sea shells - you picked the snails out with a toothpick and dipped them in chilli sauce. By the time the armoured King Crab made its appearance she was positively green in the face.
We politely placed the fried bee hoon in front of her, which she promptly polished off with a happy smile, and therefore a good gastronomical time was had by all.
I thought it was an excellent idea, considering it was my mother’s birthday on the 10th as well. The 4 day trip would do her good as she was suffering from mild depression from missing my younger brother, studying medicine in Crimea, Russia.
So off to Ipoh we went, to spend a night at my parents’ house before shooting off to Penang the next day. Our friend Amran, the General Manager of the Penang Sports Club was supposed to book 2 hotel rooms for us.
Arrived in Penang via the scenic route (read: ferry) and checked into Naza Hotel at RM140 per day. Ouch! Already over budget on the 1st day. Spent an hour and a half negotiating the completely jammed up Gurney Drive only to discover a new mall called Gurney Mall (what else?) and the hawkers relocated to Tanjong Tokong.
Ended up at Long Beach, Batu Feringghi with Amran and his lovely girlfriend Sylvia. We took in the night markets selling fake branded items and drank warm beer. The service was shitty due to the outlets being overcrowded. We proceeded to Hillside where we caught up with JD and Regina, looking resplendent in their raya bajus. Drank copious amounts of chilled beer.
Amran then took us to Kassim Mustafa along Chulia Street, where we had excellent duck kurma and dalca for supper.
The next day we shifted to Ah Beng Guesthouse (I swear! See picture) at RM65 for an air-com room with attached bath, along the beachside at Batu Feringghi. However, the mattress sank like a deflated condom and there was no hot water. My mum wasn’t amused so on to Malaysia Hotel at RM175 the next day.
We met the absolutely delicious Jarllyn Yee, Lincoln’s college mate, when he invited her to join us to whack a few balls at an outlet called Screwball. She proved to be an excellent ball buster when Linc and her wiped out resident champs JD and Reggie. Get your filthy minds out of the gutter people, we’re talking about pool. I’m told Jarllyn breaks male hearts on an hourly basis. Sigh...
The next 3 days were filled with sightseeing and eating as we took in Captain Francis Light statue, Fort Cornwallis, Convent Light Street, St. George's Church, Penang State Museum, Cathedral of Assumption, E & O Hotel, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion for its feng shui, Suffolk House, Penang Botanical Gardens, Kim Guan Coffee Factory (No 53 Stewart Lane. Operations hours (8.00am – 2.00pm, weekdays).
We bought traditional Penang Biscuits (Hoe Peng & Company. No 434 Penang Road (9.00am – 5.00pm), Preserved Nutmegs (Goh Eng Huat, 87 Magazine Road, Georgetown), Tropical Spice Garden (9.00am - 6.00pm, RM13 adult, Lone Craig Villa, Lot 595 Mukim 2 Jalan Teluk Bahang), Penang Heritage Trust (26A Stewart Lane, 10200 Penang)
For food, we tried the achee on Gurney Drive - delicious gravies, fresh fried tauhu, and the yummy fried chicken skin. Line Clear Nasi Kandar - guaranteed to clear any sinus problems you may have, the stalls along Swatow Lane, everyone of which serves delicious fresh hawker fare, the famous Curry Mee at the corner of the church at Jalan Paya Terubong, near Air Itam wet market. The Mamak Mee Rebus / Goreng with squid at Bangkok Lane facing Pulau Tikus road.
However, the meal that took the cake was our last meal in Penang. Amran coolly handed us a walkie-talkie, saying “just follow Sylvia’s car and holler if you get lost”.
Then it was through a rubber estate, naik bukit, turun bukit, masuk kampong, belok sini, belok sana, pusing lagi and voila! - we ended up at a seaside restaurant called Gee Seng at Bukit Tambun.
Sylvia and Amran did the ordering, and we sipped Chinese tea while waiting for the food to arrive. You should have seen my mother’s face as the first dish arrived. Steamed spindly sea shells - you picked the snails out with a toothpick and dipped them in chilli sauce. By the time the armoured King Crab made its appearance she was positively green in the face.
We politely placed the fried bee hoon in front of her, which she promptly polished off with a happy smile, and therefore a good gastronomical time was had by all.
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excellent stuff mate. is gee seng next to the other excellent restaurant called co fock, yeah what a name.
come over to the press club, there's some excellent mutton pizza to die for.
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