Day 2 in Penang

My 2nd day in Penang and its been an awesome food adventure.. from waking up at 8 in the morning and going to eat Hokkien prawn mee to having wan ton mee, chee cheong fun, ondeh ondeh at one coffee shop and then just down the street stop to eat goreng pisang, chempedak and kuih ku doh or something like that..

Then travelling down to the Kek Lok Si temple where there was a huge kuan yin statue made out of bronze apparently.. It was quite a sight to see.. Spent like an hour or slightly more looking around and snapping photos.. It was a pretty hot day and after the breakfast that we had felt so lazy to move around.. HAHA.. But after coming down from the temple we went in search of the famous Penang Laksa in the area at the market, we found one and it was really crowded so we assumed that it was the one that we were looking for haha.. Sat down and initially ordered 2 bowls for the four of us, but when i tried the soup i knew i could order one for myself.. It was practically one of the best Penang Laksa's i've tasted.. After that we had muah chee and siew pao.. The siew pao was nice and hot when we ate it..

We then made our way down to Jalan Penang where we went to search for the famous Chendol which we were asking around since yesterday.. Today we asked an old man where the stall was, he told us the direction to walk and all that but later as he rode his bike further up, he stopped at the street where the chendol was and pointed to us where the stall was located at and guided us to the stall.. What an awesome Encik man.. The chendol stall is just a roadside stall where people stand around holding their bowls and finishing the chedul as its spelt here, filled with gula melaka, coconut milk, red beans, green worm like jelly and ice.. It was freaking awesome..

Then it was off to find the peranakan mansion.. We thought of taking the car down to the restored mansion but a lady heard us talking abt it and told us that it was nearby and we could walk there, but with the heat and the distance it wasn't a very good walk.. haha.. My feet ached and felt quite crappy after reaching there.. It wasn't all that great cuz the peranakan mansion though some parts authentic it wasn't very well planned out and was a slight disappointment.. We had to take a long walk back to the car then went to look for a place called Gurney drive.. Filled with all the hawker stalls it looked good from the outside, but hearing from a local friend we made our way to a more local spot called Jalan Macalister.. There we had lots and lots of food.. Curry mee, Char kway teow, Sting ray, O Luak, Chicken wings, Chye tau kueh, Cheng teng, and there might have been some more that i missed out.. BUT !!! It was an awesome food adventure.. Back to singapore tomorrow..

Till next time..

Adam