pieces of me: Penang Trip

Finally I have he time to blog about the Penang trip... been kinda busy with moving house and work... and recently do not have connections to blog about... so here it is...

We went on Tuesday, took a week leave to move house and for this trip... we first went to Ipoh to savour the infamous white coffee to start our journey...

After a cup of good coffee... we walk around Ipoh town, bought some stuff and had lunch at the famous Ipoh bean sprout chicken rice,,,

The a long journey of about 3 hours all the way to Penang... this is my first time there since a long long time ago when I was little... which I did not even remembered...

We reached about 1pm or so and went straight to our hotel... we stayed at the Penang YMCA (Young Men Christian Association)... it is a nonprofitable hotel, but it has all the necessities you need...

So after checking in, we went to the Wat Chaiyamangalaram, a Thai Buddhist Temple...

There is a lot of statues outside and inside the temple..

And also a huge sleeping Buddha inside...

The carving of the buildings and statues are amazing... perfectly carved...

Opposite the temple is another temple, Burmese Buddhist Temple... from the outside, the temple look small... but once inside, it is actually very big... a lot of decorations around it... it feels like you are in Thailand instead of Penang...

After visiting the temple, we went to Komtar... saw a cendol shop so we stop to rest... ordered some cendols... this is the radish cake... not so nice...

But the rojak test awesome... the sauce is very thick... perfect...

This is white coffee cendol... sounds and feel weird... but not the taste... it actually taste nice... very different... and unique...

Durian cendol... not bad too...

The name of the shop... very famous in Penang... it actually started from a stall in Jalan Penang... then it grow to a shop... the actual shop still there and a lot of people...