We decided that we had to do some touristy things so we headed to Penang Peranakan Mansion. Word’s that The Little Nyonya filmed part of the show there. But then again, don’t they seemed to have film it at every other Peranakan location? In all […]
If you’re a fan of Humble Beginnings and you happen to be in Malaysia, try having the cakes be delivered to you and bring it back to Singapore instead. The base price for the cake and delivery price are much cheaper in Malaysia than Singapore. […]
If you’re planning to visit the Penang Peranakan Mansion, you might want to drop by Eng Loh coffeeshop for some breakfast first. The coffeeshop is directly opposite the museum and serves some interesting bread. There are plenty of bread options available ranging from the more […]
Take a walk through Georgetown and you’ll see…
For some weird reason, my friends and I enjoy hanging at board walks to take pictures and gaze into the never ending horizon. Well… we tried that at Penang too but unfortunately, we were there at low tide. Being the shameless people we are, low […]
Gurney Drive hawker centre is quite big but after walking around, you realise that there isn’t much varieties of food. They’re mostly repeated stalls selling the same kind of food. The thing that annoys me about hawker centres in Malaysia is that specific tables are […]
Auntie Kua (Shu’s mama) asked her to get some coffee for her and we trooped to Coffee Tree to purchase some coffee. Coffee Tree is pretty near to Gurney Drive hawker centre so you can walk over easily for dinner. Coffee Tree produces their own […]
Lesson learnt in Penang: Google Maps cannot be transposed onto Penang streets. Google Maps told us that the walk from De Tai Tong Cafe to a flea market, Lorong Kulit, was pretty short but it was not true! I learnt that Google Maps cannot be […]
At Red Garden, we stumbled onto this little bakery. The bakery owner, Nellie, was very hospitable and urged us to try her cakes which were baked without any preservatives. We got the Russian cheesecake and it was indeed moist and buttery. Worth a try if […]
For this Penang trip, my travel companions and I didn’t do much research on it. A lot of our itinerary were planned the night before using the Internet or via recommendations from Time Out (Penang) magazine that a colleague kindly loaned to me. So on […]