♥Sep 15th Monday♥
When we're in Penang, we never failed to visit the market at Jalan Kuala Kangsar. One of my favourite shop Fook Weng Grocery has moved out from Jalan Kuala Kangsar, so we spent most of our time at my other favourite shop, Pots Kitchenware.
And when it got really hot, we went over to Toh Soon Cafe (located at a lane along Lebuh Campbell, Pulau Pinang) for a drink. The place was jam packed; so we packed the drinks and drank at the walk way. Their ice milk coffee (kopi ping) is sooooo awesome, especially on a hot day.
When it was lunch time, we were near Joo Hooi Cafe (located at 475, Jalan Penang, George Town, Penang), where the famous Penang Road Teow Chew Chendul stall was, and tried to get a table, but it was another crowded place. So we packed fried kuey teow from Joo Hooi (which was alright) and some muah chee outside of the cafe, and brought back to the hotel room to eat.
CROWDED!
Muah Chee is so yummy!
Back the hotel after our in room dining (of packed food), and a rest, we checked the weather outside to ensure it's no longer so hot, before going out again.
We decided to cycle around Armenian Street area, so we went back to Chin Seng Leong Bike Shop (84, Armenian Street, 10200 Penang. Tel : 0125533553), which we used last year. Since it wasn't a car free day that day, we thought it's best the daredevil Zaria rode with hubs, instead of cycling on her own; we rented 3 bicycles, with one having a child seat, and off we went.
Armenian Street area has changed so much over the span of one year, it's becoming a tourist trap now, more bicycle rental shops, along the streets lots of street vendors selling drinks, ice cream, muah chee etc; hope it won't turn into another market street like Jonker's street.
But Georgetown still have a lot of charm. We came across a youngster intricately decorating the wall at the entrance of Sekeping Victoria just with a permanent marker.
And we took a glimpse inside the quaint retreat, which was really nice.
We tried hunting down some of the street arts, but spent quite a fair bit of time hanging around at the Clan Jetties.
I like Tan Jetty the most.
The long walk bridge that stretches out to the sea is a nice place to sit and enjoy the sea breeze.
After sunset, we braved the traffic in our bicycles and headed towards Lorong Abu Siti Lane, planning to dine at Nonya Breeze, our favourite restaurant in Penang. The hubs was so stressed worrying about all our safety riding in the dark. We arrived safely, but alas, Nonya Breeze at Lorong Abu Sit Lane is closed permanently!
We rode all the way back to Armenian Street again, returned our bicycles, and then just picked DownTown Art Heritage Cafe for dinner, where food wasn't that good and pretty expensive.
For the Twa Pek Kong Festival, some temples around Armenian Street were having night shows, and we managed to catch 2.
A Teochew Opera.
Which seemed to have only one really interested audience.
And a few streets away from the 1st opera, a Teowchew Puppet Opera.
The girls handling the puppets seemed to be having a good time.
By then the streets were rid of the hordes of tourists, the famous street arts by Zacka were all ours.
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