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Few sceneries photos taken from the Penang Hill. But the it was cloudy on that day. We able to see the long Penang bridge, but it was quite blur. In fact, for me, there is nothing in Penang Hill.

Group photo taken at Penang hill.

Here it is….the “bestest” asam laksa I tasted so far!! The uncle was so kind and generous to let me take photograpy. He even asked me if I need to go in to take photography. I just told him that the asam laksa is very nice, we come over after recommended by other people. Cut the crap…here we go….
The asam laksa soup base. The minced fish meat already included inside the soup base. Two big pot to cater the good demand.

The asam laksa is so yummy! At least, this is the best asam laksa I tasted so far and till now, I still miss this!. Only RM2.30 per bowl. The soup are spicy and sour. I felt in love at the first scoop. OMG…I really miss this…

The Temple of Supreme Bliss, or better known as Kek Lok Si temple, stands majestically on the hillside overlooking the town of Ayer Itam. It is the largest and best known temple in Penang and also one of the finest Buddhist temples in South-east Asia.

The chief monk of the Goddess of Mercy Temple in Pitt Street is the one that conceive the Kek Lok Si project with the support of the consular representative of China in Penang. The project received the sanction of the Manchu Emperor Kuang Hsi, who bestowed a tablet and gift of 70,000 volumes of the Imperial Edition of the Buddhist Sutras.

The construction of the temple started in 1893. In 1930, the Pagoda of Rama VI, named after the Thai king who laid the foundation stone was completed. The Pagoda is also known as the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas. This pagoda features gardens, a turtle pond, shrines and beautiful sculptures. There are many souvenir shops leading up to the temple which offers good bargains. The Pagoda is built in tiers and it combines a Chinese octagonal base with a middle tier of Thai design, as well as a Burmese crown, reflecting the temple’s embrace of both Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism.

I was so busy admiring the beauty of the carvings, craftsmanship, the statues, sceneries until I took only so little photos from Kek Lok Si Temple. After Kek Lok Si, we visited the Pagoda of Rama VI. The entrance to Pagoda is RM2 per person.

Me, PL and TSE successfully climbed to the highest level of the Pagoda. The photo was taken from the highest level of the Pagoda. I forgot to count how many level as I was a bit dizzy and tired climbing the spiral staircase!! Haha…

Next, we visited the 30-m (100-ft) bronze statue of Greatly Compassionate and Sagely Kuan Yin Bodhisattva. We followed the signs and get into the lift. The lift costs us RM4 for two way for each person.

The lift take us to a spacious deck with great views of Georgetown.
The beauty of Kuan Yin with a bottle of holy water. The bronze statue Kuan Yin already completed. But they are building a shade for Kuan Yin and it is in construction.
There is a average size temple and serene garden on top the hill. Along the way to the temple, there are 12 animals statues. I took photo with dog (my year) and dragon (hubby’s year). The environment here is so peaceful.
The time was around 5.30pm. We quickly got down the hill as we planned to go Bukit Tambun to have our seafood dinner. We worried to lost our way as we never been there before.
The only Penang bridge photo that I managed to shot. ._.”’

The sky getting darker, it was started to rain. Luckily it was not heavy rain and just few minutes. We crossed the bridge and we entered to Seberang Perai and Bukit Mertajam. But this is not the right way. I remembered I saw Bukit Tambun signboard when we were on the way going to Georgetown from Ipoh. I was pretty sure that we must go in to North-South highway in order to reach Bukit Tambun. We turned and turned inside the town for about 30mins before we able to find our way to the N-S highway. Once we reached Bukit Tambun tol, we asked the operator how to go seafood village. We showed him the address. Turn right and go straight, his instruction. We followed. But seems not right after we entering a village, whereby there are two rows of houses on your both side. We stopped by and asked the local people there. Yes, we were right. He directed us to go straight to the end. Within 3mins, we found the restaurant.

This is the seafood restaurant we are looking for. I found out this restaurant from Rasa Malaysia (http://www.rasamalaysia.com/2007/02/seafood-fest-bukit-tambun-penang.html (blog, recommended the food here good and cheap. Word just could not judge how delicious the seafood is. Let the photos judge….

Fresh scallops on the half shell; steamed with only soy sauce, garlic, bird’s eye chilies and shredded garlic @ RM11.
Tom Yam Stingray. It is so sourish and spicy.
Mantis Prawn @ RM30. The flesh is so sweet. It is unexpected big! When it was served infront of us, our eyes like O_O. I never see such big mantis prawn! My fav among all.
Oyster egg @ RM8 only. It is darn cheap because there is quite a lot big oysters inside.
Mix vegetables with “luo” @ RM20. This is so sweet and heavenly good!

Total for the meal was only RM90.20 included rice and Chinese tea. This was really under our expectation.

We were so happy with tonight’s dinner. Happy and full…we departed back to Georgetown at 7.30pm.
As the time was still early, we decided to hunt for shop that selling local products. We went to a shop at Lebuh Leith, just right opposite of The Chocolate Boutique. I spent more than RM50 there. OMG…I really overspent.

After that, while we was driving, we saw the New Lane hawker centre. It was so many people and stalls there. No wonder so many people recommended New Lane hawker centre.
One side of the hawker centre. Another side just opposite the lane.
The “Chu Cheong Chuk” stall. (Pig’s intestine porridge). The intestine just hang up in front of the stall. I just can’t help myself from take this photo!

Honestly, I did not eat that full in Bukit Tambun because I only take half of my rice. But my friends all were full already. So we just have a walk there. By the way, at some times, I really could not resist the nice food especially when I see the stall been recommended one.

TSE and LML said they are very full. Unable to eat anymore. But I was so wanted to try this chee cheong fun. Finally, PL agreed to share with me. I was so happy. We ordered small plate at only RM1.70.

What makes Penang chee cheong fun so special? Okay…Melaka one is plain chee cheong fun with white sesame seeds and chilli and tomato sauce. KL one with yong tau foo, but Penang one is also plain chee chong fun (also with whilte sesame seeds on top), but they got extra paste, which is Shrimp paste (hae-kor)! I think it would taste better if we mixed all the sauce and paste together with the chee cheong fun, which we didn’t.

After had our chee cheong fun, we back to YMCA. This ends our day.