{"id":8435,"date":"2014-11-27T23:19:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=8435"},"modified":"2014-11-27T23:19:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T15:19:20","slug":"penang-2014-part-3-around-georgetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=8435","title":{"rendered":"Penang 2014 \u2013 Part 3 Around Georgetown"},"content":{"rendered":"

OMG! Year end holiday has already started and I’m still not done talking about September holiday.. <\/p>\n

Continues from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2665Sept 16th Tuesday\u2665<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is how a Executive Suite looks like in Traders Hotel (oh, now it’s called Hotel Jen<\/strong><\/a>). It’s 2 rooms attached, 1 being the bedroom, the other being the living room where they have placed an extra mattress for us.
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Started the day at Lebuh Armenia (Armenian Street)<\/strong>, rented bicycles again from Chin Seng Leong Bike Shop<\/a><\/strong> and wanted to ride around Georgetown, but it was such a hot day we returned the bike after less than 15mins (without any refund, sigh).<\/p>\n

We walked instead. Enjoying the sights and trying to hunt down more street art\/murals.
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On a hot day like this, it’s nice to spot an Ice ball seller.
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And the girls have a chance to taste our childhood dessert.
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We visited the Peranakan Mansion<\/a><\/strong> just to show the girls how the Babas and the Nyonyas live.
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Such a grand mansion, which is a favourite spot for wedding photos.
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After that, we had a simple lunch and then spent the rest of the evening at Golden Sands Resort<\/strong><\/a> at Batu Feringgi. (This is the thing about staying in Traders Hotel<\/strong>, you get to make use of the facilities at Golden Sands Resort<\/strong>; with the hotel now rebranded to Hotel Jen<\/strong>, not sure if the same still applies).
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That night’s dinner, we went to Nyonya Breeze Desire<\/strong><\/a> at Straits Quay. We’d been going to Nonya Breeze every year during our (11 years) annual visit to Penang, not one year we missed it. However, after this visit, we’re no longer compel to go there as the menu here is limited, and taste wise it wasn’t as good as how it was like in the Lorong Abu Siti outlet.<\/p>\n

\u2665Sept 17th Wednesday\u2665<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After breakfast, we checked out and did more exploring at Georgetown. First stop was Toh Soon Cafe<\/strong> (again) for a nice refreshing cup of coffee.
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Zaria insisted on a visit to La Vanille<\/a><\/strong> (located at : 122 A Hutton Lane, Pulau Penang<\/em>) for macarons. Ah… again, this round, we didn’t think it was that nice.
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Then we went to the famous Lorong Selamat Char Kway Teow<\/strong> (located at : Kafe Heng Huat, 108 Lorong Selamat, Penang, Malaysia<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Auntie Shower Cap now has an apprentice who fry along side her (the apprentice used to be an order taker). That stove the apprentice was using was not a charcoal stove, but a gas stove.
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Hubs and the girls got a plate from Auntie Shower Cap herself (this photo); I got a plate from the apprentice which was drenched in oil (I tilted the plate, and oil was dripping down!), and there’s not enough wok-hei. Just horrible!
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Luckily the Heh Jian (fried prawns) from the neighbouring coffee shop (yes, you can order over) was good, so it was my lunch instead of the Char Kway Teow.
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Unplanned, we passed the Made In Penang Interactive Museum<\/a><\/strong> and the girls seeing a crowd outside, wanted to visit it as well.<\/p>\n

It’s basically a trick eye museum.
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With a few interactive screens.
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And some small models depicting life in Penang decades ago.
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One visit is enough. <\/p>\n

When we left, Zaria wanted to have a caricature draw her, but because there were 3 people ahead of her (a long wait), we decided against it.
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It was time to leave Penang, and we took the ferry across.
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