on one very random night taoyong msn me and asked me what i’m doing on the following week, as usual my answer is nothing cause basically i really have nothing to do except sleeping ,eating, playing and sleeping. So he suggest that we have a trip to Ipoh and Penang for food and off we go.
We spent 1 night over at Juan Mun house as he will be joining us to Penang as well on the 2nd day. no pictures taken as we forgot about camera but basically we had the routine stuff in Ipoh, the famous hor fun and etc. Had dinner at some food court ordering some random stuff and some tai pai toong recommended by Juan Mun. Well for me it tasted alright cos what i was waiting is the dim sum breakfast that many were talking about. At last we choose to have it at Foo San (富山) which i must say didn’t disappoint me after some 200km of driving from KL. The fried stuff offered is just too good to be described and among the dimsum, the fishball just left me breathless. no pictures of the food as my photographer is busy eating and forgot his camera once more -.- but he managed to take the picture of the shop.
We had a short nap back home after the incredible dimsum before we head towards Penang.
The road from Penang to Ipoh is the worse period for my car as the road is rather bouncy and with some 30kg ‘burden’ thanks to Chuan Wooi(he’s bringing 4 years of notes from kl to penang -.-), the tires will sometimes hit the bottom of the fender wherever the road get bouncy. At first it’s still alright when i do 100-110km/h but it got worse so i was force to go slower, how slow?here’s a few series of pictures to show you.
80 is not too bad right?but sometimes the tires still hit the body(and im wondering why am i paying toll for such road?) At the end…
Yes!!60km/h on NSE!!!You know what’s more humiliating?
1. Avanza overtaking me
2. lorry overtaking
3. Military truck
4. bus
u name it, i have it!
worse still, i got blocked by police and he claimed that i was speeding. (WTF!!) Then i told him i did not and he took my license, walk around and gv me back my license and ask me to go -.-”
Seriously this is my 1st time and it will be the last, no more heavy bag on my car tq!!!
We reached Perai around 2pm and the plan was to stay at Perai for one day and move to the island on the 2nd day. Of course the 1st stop was Chuan Wooi house to drop off the ‘burden’ on my car(my car : “what a relief” =p) and we head to somewhere for yam rice for late lunch. Again my mr photographer did not take the picture of the food but only the shop ~.~
After lunch we went on and walk around before checking in to Pearl View hotel. They charged me for Rm190/night on a weekday which i think is expensive but what to do, i have no clues on Penang hotels.
After some rest we went off for dinner, can’t remember the name but it’s quite some distance from where we stay, finally some pictures of the food.
We ordered 8 dishes and it cost us less than Rm90 and there’s 4-5 dishes that has seafood so it’s kinda cheap.
Next up is supper time, this is a stall by the road side and the owner has a BMW with L 55 number plate @@
The curry taste ok and in the 3rd picture are the stuff that we ordered separately. They add in some dried shrimps which is crispy and it’s kinda special for me. The price for a bowl of curry is Rm2.50 or so which is reasonable but the price for the extra stuff we ordered is kinda expensive. If i remember correctly it’s about Rm15 for that bowl alone @@
On the 2nd day we woke up quite late cos i was watching MU-Arsenal game in the midnight (hahaha). Anyway we went to have prawn noodles(they call it hokkien noodles in penang) and loh mee with some pork slice on top of it. The loh mee is so so for me but the prawn noodles is not bad. Sorry no picture as i found none on my photographer’s facebook.
Then we depart to Penang via ferry as it is nearer from us. my poor car could no stand the vibration when the ferry moves and the alarm keep going off and i hv to disable it at the end. well i guess that’s good so if anyone tries to tow my car it will go off as well, good job? =D
After we landed on the island we head off looking for asam laksa and cendol which i tasted about 4 years ago. I’m not a big fan of asam laksa but i have some good memories of it’s taste of this particular stall when i came here with myviclub. (yes yes, with her as well) Not forgetting enjoying a bowl of ice cold cendol after the spicy and hot laksa =p
The CKT(char kuey teow) is just so so for me, i can have such taste in kl as well but the prawn is big. Asam laksa is still as good as i tasted 4 years back. Love it!!
When i came 4 years back i had it at the road side and it was on weekend so it was all full. Now they have this shop lot with air cond for you to sit down and enjoy. Still good as you see the thumbs =D
After the late lunch we went to Queens Bay Mall to walk around before checking into out hotel. My dad has being recommending this hotel for so long and i’m so glad i took his advise. It’s Northam Suite which is located near to gurney drive (just 1 street away i think). It cost Rm218/night for a junior suite but they upgrade it to deluxe suite and just let the picture tell u everything.
Small toilet just beside the entrance on the right
Living room
Dining Table, (the drawing is not there anymore when we left LOL story after the pictures)
Office table if you need it and here come the best part of the room
yes the washroom, it’s big, no, it’s huge and has a big jacuzzi. i’m suspecting that it’s bigger than my room lol
And here’s the bed
so ya it’s more than just a place to stay, strongly recommend if you want a place to relax and etc. Of course the price is on the high side but i’ll say it’s totally worth it.
on the story of the drawing, we were playing cards while waiting for the Chelsea-Barcelona match. so one of my friend that sit just in front of the drawing suddenly raise both his hand to stretch his body and next thing we know, the drawing fell and the glass broke after hitting his head ~.~
Ended up paying Rm150 for the glass hahaha (can stay 1 more night topping up Rm70 >.<)
After having some rest we went for dinner, having no idea what to eat TaoYong called his girlfriend opss, is friend and she recommended this western food in hainan style (i saw the board). There’s sign of ah xian from Astro AEC visiting this place as well
Taoyong’s fish and chips recommended by his girlfriend, sorry, is friend!!=p
JuanMun’s, i dont know the name but it’s more than deep friend chicken. There’s a layer of ham hiding inside the chicken chop.
Chuan Wooi’s chicken chop, again i don’t remember the name but the sauce is good, match well with the grilled chicken
My marryland chicken chop, served with ham and sauage.
Well overall the taste is ok and more importantly it’s not expensive, the price range from Rm8-Rm10 depends on what you order.
After dinner we drive around komtar area looking for hawker food, unfortunately a few places that we know are closed and we randomly picked one place to taste the food. At 1st the guy who sell the beverage asked me what we want, with super useless hokkien i point to the next table (drinking some herbal tea) and said 3 and guess what he served us
yes 3 bowl of ice kacang, but i’m glad he listen wrongly cos it taste good!!
Also ordered prawn noodles again cos we saw everybody was ordering it, this side is black cos my friend claimed it taste better if we mix with loh mee’s gravy.
After that we went on to gurney drive to see the ’silver man’ and fire show
at 1st i thought it’s some statue but my friend claimed it’s actually a real man dressed with silver dress and sit there letting people to take autograph with him. Of course you can pay if you like. Later on i see him moving and smoking to realized he’s actually an ang mo @@
Yes, i’ve seen better with fire performance but thumbs up for his effort since he’s doing this free on the road side. He then put up a big can indicating you can pay him some if you want and we leave him a few bucks. We then had a drink and some food at the food court before heading back to the hotel.
On the 2nd day i was planning to go back to have the asam laksa and cendol again as my sis request me to tapao for her but while we were on our way she sms me saying she’s sick. The plan is then cancel and we were heading to get some biscuit as gift, on the way we saw this food court that is sort of full so we stop by and had lunch. I ordered some fried fish fillet soup noodles as it looks promising after taoyong ordered it. The aunty asked me whether i want it to be fish fillet or mixed pork(meat and some spare parts) so i told her to mix it around and she says “ok, i mix abit of both for you”. When it came…
She did mix but instead of abit of both, she gv me a double portion -.-” It cost me Rm7-8, honestly the soup was so so but the fish fillet is good.
Then we head towards the shop selling the biscuit (tau sa peng). I don’t know if this is the best shop but i like their tau sa peng, it’s solid outside and soft inside.
That’s all for Penang, we then sent Chuan Wooi home and heads back to Ipoh to send Juan Mun home. When we leave ipoh for Penang we were planning to have the soya milk in Ipoh but it was closed on that day. So we tried our luck again
The signboard, Funny Mountain. they claimed that they will close for the day once they sell off everything.
Tao fu fa + tao jiong =D
Then we head back to KL, i used 2 hours to upload all the pictures and posting -.-
The profile pic my sis got for me =)
