This year Chinese New Year, I decide to go Penang to have my vacation and also have fun time with my friends who are in Penang. We travel from KL in afternoon, purposely eat the KL char kuey tiao for comparison of what I am gonna eat in Penang. I have visit Penang for three times and all the trip that I go there are not as long as the trip that I went this CNY holiday.
It takes five to six hours to drive to penang, but the time spend to travel is depend on who drive the car, some might spend only four hours or even less depend how fast they drive. I can’t remember well what happen during the road as most of the time in the car I rest my eyes and charge my energy for this trip. When I open my eyes, it is already near Penang bridge.
Love the picture of the motorcycle above, the guy directly have a post when he knows there are few camera aim to him. Wanted to tag him to facebook but I do not have time to ask facebook address as we are on the highspeed highway.. Love to see Penang bridge as we are almost arrive at Penang and my food journey is almost start. Another feeling that I am happy to see Penang is, I have decide to commit to run in Penang bridge 42 KM for this November if I am not mistaken. My friend from Australia has been pestering me to join marathon with her and Last year I can’t make it as I need to travel overseas. Another goal that I want to achieve this year 
After arrive at Penang, my host gives very warm welcome to his house and cook for us. He is famous among his family and peers of how good he can cook and I have the highest privilege to taste his cooking that night, Stuff with a lot of food and also steam fish. I love the steam fish and it is very popular dish. The moment I took my camera and plan to take some picture of steam fish, it’s only bone. Prove that it is indeed really delicious.
The next day, Wake up around 8 am and that is the time for our journey for food is start, we hit the old market at Penang to taste some good quality food that some of the shop has history for serving good food for more than 25 years old. I love going for local market to try local food and also seeing how many local people are trying to sell their product, food, vegetables, cutlery, and even singing on market for some penny. It is really good exposure to seeing how local people in the place living their life daily.
In this market, it is my first char kuey tiao that I ate in Penang. Total char kuey tiao that I ate on that day is three plates and even the last plate cost around RM 7.5 per plate and the portion is small and service is indeed beyond human can accept. It is in the lorong selamat and it has been review in many travel magazine, in the lonely planet book, and even some travel television also do review with this restaurant. It seems to me that the taste is not as good as what the review told. Never ever will go back to this place again.
Beside all the eating and also visiting food store, tasting all the food that we must try while in Penang, we also went to batu feringgi, a good place to have beach vacation in penang. The time we went there, the place is appeared in nation newspaper due to illegal water sport in that place that run independently and ‘Take your own risk’ attitude without proper safety measure. I do love the place, but I still miss Kuta beach in Bali that I stole my heart.
So many good places, good food and also good companion in Penang that really makes this holiday become memorable. I do love to come again to Penang mainly to visit friends and chuch member. I love all the activity and really enjoy my holiday to the max. I feel the time is stop and make me allow to release all my burden and have a rest and just enjoy the moment.
Last but not least, we manage to see Nasi Kandar Beratur (Queue Kandar Rice). It is quite hype in Penang at the moment. You need to queue to have some taste that the restaurant offer and I see many people willing to queue and during weekend the queue will be longer than the picture. I never taste it before but ‘Nasi Kandar Kayu’ still better and tastier according to local but the price in Kayu much higher I guess.
It is conclude that I do really enjoy for all the activity and also the trip.
