My college friends came visiting me on the first day of Hari Raya. It was quite some time we did not meet each other due to work commitment. Ching drove all the way from KL, with Swei and Lijun to meet me. I’m glad that they took some time to visit me in Melaka.
Basically, this was our makan makan and chit chat time. They reached Melaka quite early, about 9am something. I picked them up at Jusco and brought them for breakfast. I brought them to Yong Mao Coffee Shop for dim sum breakfast, as Swei and Lijun have yet try the dim sum here before. Of course i recommended them the glutinous rice wrapped with “he ye” or we called it “he ye fan”. ^_^
After that i wanted to take them to ride the Taming Sari Tower beside Dataran Pahlawan. But it was closed due to public holiday. What a stupid thing i think because there were more tourists would wanna take this ride due to public holiday! Then, i brought them to have a coffee at Good Morning Vietnam. Yes….i simply love the ice coffee there.
More varieties of menu compared to last time, such as cupcakes. But i was dissappointed as there was no cupcake on that day. 
Nee told me that the cupcakes here not bad especially the chocolate cupcakes. I purposely come here for ice coffee and cupcakes.
The vietnam ice coffee. One of the best ice coffee in town. At least suits my taste lah. Hehe
Ice blended dragon fruit. What can i say? It is pure real dragon fruits, not artificial flavouring kind, with water or ice. But i think it would taste better if some milk added on. I’m still missing the mango juice from Vietnam Kitchen at One Utama. It is really pure mango juice with no water added. So concetrated. hehe
Mango and coconut pudding as replacement for cupcakes. One scoop of vanilla ice cream is topped at the pudding.
We sit down and talked and talked for about two hours. I shared my Bangkok trip experience and photos i took with Swei and Ching as they are going in couple of weeks.
After that we went to have light lunch. I brought them to New Newton Foodcourt near Plaza Mahkota. Ching once passedby here and comment that the ambiance here is quite good. So, just brought them to local foodcourt to have some local food.
Here are what we have….
One of the most famous popiah in Melaka. What make it so famous? The pork lards!!! haha
Taiwan style chee cheong fan. Different with HK style chee cheong fan. Here, they put curry and dark tomato sauce to the chee cheong fan and it is very little. Besides, there is minced pork wrapped inside the chee cheong fan other than normal prawns.
“Lei cha” biscuits. I don’t even know got such thing here. This is ordered by my fellow college friends. 
Thin layer of the biscuits. At first i thought it is crunchy, but it is not. Quite lembik lembik one. But it does have fragrant of the lei cha. But the taste of the lei cha is not strong enough for those love lei cha, like me.
Squid satay. My first attempt. How embarassing hor!!?? But i still prefer pork satay lah. Hehe…
Lastly, my friends ordered fried oyster after seeing lots of people ordering. But it was really really bad and i really wonder why so much people ordering. I think this is the worst fried oyster in Melaka. I don’t even bother to take the photo.
Very full… let’s go for drinks and more chit chat session. Next, Nadeje Patisserie Cafe.
Rum raisin and original mille crepes.
Cheese and strawberry mille crepes.
My favourite among four… ranking is as follows:
1. rum raisin
2. original
3. cheese
4. strawberry
Long black coffee, only about RM2 or RM3 for every each mille crepe ordered. Not mine as i’m definitely do not favour dark or bitter taste coffee. :-S
Tea, also at about Rm2 or RM3 for every each mille crepe ordered. Nah, this is mine, tea lover!
Forgot the name of this drink. Ordered by Lijun, who likes trying different thing. But she told me no taste one, like mineral water. Haha.
This tea time costs us more than RM60, for 4 pieces of mille crepe and drinks. Of course we sit down more than 2 hours here, if not how to recover the RM60? Typical auditor/accountant!! 
After that, we have a shopping session at Dataran Pahlawan. Lijun bought the most and we really wondered why she could spent so much in PDI Concept Store Melaka, but not in KL. I believe KL PDI Concept Store has more varieties and choices compare to Melaka loh. I bought one stylish sandals at 20% off. Swei and Ching bought nothing as they were saving for Bangkok shopping spree!! hahaha.
After the shopping, it’s our dinner time before my friends headed back to KL.
Dinner at the following post….
) and traffic light just few metres away.
Yes. Kedai Kopi Seow Fong Lye, the coffee shop that we had our last breakfast in Penang.
We also ordered Ipoh steamed chicken rice. At first we wanted to go Lou Wong restaurant (famous for Ipoh beansprouts chicken rice) but we not able to find. So just had this at Kong Heng. Basically, not really that bad. But the beansprouts not really that fat and short compared to first day one (Thean Chun Coffee Shop).
This chicken satay really not good! The meat is very hard.
Fruit rojak. I don’t really fancy of this fruit rojak actually.
Our NBD 2222, the car that contributed the most for our Penang trip! ^_^
Originally Penang Hill is called Flagstaff Hill by the British Administrator. However, the locals have always affectionately referred it as Penang Hill or Bukit Bendera. According to history Bukit Bendera got its name from the flag fluttering from a flagpole on Bel Retiro, the home of Penang’s governor during the British rule. The flag was used as a beacon to Fort Cornwallis. Bel Retiro and some other colonial houses can still be seen standing majestically on Penang Hill.
The train was going through the tunnel.
The operating board in the train.
Finally we reaching …top of the hill…..
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.
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…
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 only Penang bridge photo that I managed to shot. ._.”’
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!
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.
Nyonya Lorbak. The more dark in color one is more nicer. On the right are the chilli and tomato sauce. 
Taken with the lady boss infront of her Koay Teow Th’ng stall.
The penang Clock Tower. Melaka also has one clock tower but in red color.
The Francis Light statue.
Scenery from Fort Cornwallis. It looks so nice isn’t it? But i tell you, it was freaking hot morning!!
One of the earliest structures in Pulau Pinang, Fort Cornwallis was erected in 1786, not long after he acquired Pulau Pinang for the East India Company, from the Sultan of Kedah. The site where the fort was built is actually the first place where Light disembarked from his ship in 1768. Fort Cornwallis was originally built of nibong palms, but was replaced in 1804 with a sturdier stone and brick structure.
Although built for defense by design, throughout its existence, Fort Cornwallis served more as an administrative centre for the British, having survived without much threat of enemy attacks. Fort Cornwallis was once surrounded with a moat roughly 9m wide and 2m deep. Along the perimeters of the fort’s wall, several canon bays were strategically placed overlooking the harbour in the north and the port activities along the eastern waterfront. In the 1920’s due to a malaria outbreak in the area, the moat surrounding Fort Cornwallis was filled in.
The entrance to Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. Admission fee is RM12 per person include a bookmark. Not allowed to take photograph inside the mansion.
This majestic 19th century Chinese mansion belonged to Cheong Fatt Tze, a Hakka businessman from Tai Pu in the Teochew district of China. Cheong Fatt Tze left China when he was only 16 years old, fleeing from the civil war that broke around 1856.
The quarters just opposite Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. It was staff quarters and for those unfavoured by Mr. Cheong were stay in the quarters. The kitchen also in this quarters.
The guided tour lasted for about one hour. The lady told the us about Cheong Fatt Tze’s history, how he arriving penniless from Guang Dong, province of China, how he started his business and came to Penang to raise his sons and family. The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion dubbed “La Maison Bleu”, this flamboyant masterpiece of 38 rooms, 5 courtyards, 7 staircases and 220 windows took a very special man to create. Every part of the mansion has its very own good fengshui.
Taken with the nice Japanese lady promoter.
The weather was very hot, we decided to look for cendol. Yea…I have been looking for this coffee shop, Kek Seng Coffee Shop because their ice cendol and durian ice cream has over 30 years history. Kek Seng Coffeeshop located nearby Komtar. We found it. We parked our car at one of the lane. 
Ice cendol and the homemade durian ice-cream. Yummy yummy!!!
Besides ice cendol, we also ordered asam laksa. The asam laksa is so-so only.
RM1.50 per bowl. We shared one bowl two persons. The red bean is big and sweet. But in terms of gula melaka quantity, Melaka sellers are more generous. But overall, not bad!
Mee berkuah and mee goreng. Personally, I prefer mee goreng because it taste better than the mee berkuah. Each plate costs us RM3 each.
Noticed the white hair auntie? She was the one asking me if I’m a reporter. 
The first Buddhist temple in Penang, the Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple was consecrated in 1805. One of two major Buddhist temples located within the Theravada Buddhist (mainly of Thai and Burmese origin) enclave surrounding Burma Lane, the Dhammikarama temple was built on land donated by a Buddhist devotee known as Nyonya Betong.
The beautiful murals depicting scenes from the journey of Prince Siddharta before he finally became Buddha and reached the state of Nirvana along the entrance.
One of the many statues of Buddha in different poses of meditation, donated by temple devotees. 
Each silver pot represents different wishes and blessing. Just drop few coins into each pot that you like.
One of the most notable features found in the temple is the pair of Panca Rupa, or ‘Guardian Protectors of the World’, standing over a replica of the world globe. These mystical beasts are said to be the masters of water, land and air, with appendages of various animals – the head of a lion with a trunk like an elephant, body of fish, wings of the mystical Garuda, ears and hooves of a horse and horns of a deer.
Penang’s first Buddha temple, which houses 8.3m (27ft) standing Buddha.
Of note are two rows of smaller Buddha statues behind it, which are from different part of the world.
This Buddhist temple of Thai architecture in Lorong Burmah houses the 3rd. largest reclining Buddha in the world. The statue measures about 33 metres or approximately 108 feet. Behind the statue are niches where urns containing the ashes of the dead are stored.
The Bruce Lee collection
Famous Lord Of The Ring character. But i do not know what is the name. haha…
Life size Stich! It’s so big and cutie!! 
The only Hello Kitty collection. My Hello Kitty collection is much much more than this owner!!
Ready to fly!! I was so scared.
Landing….the scariest part. PL used all her energy to pull the string in order to make we land on the land, not the sea. I was so scared that we would land on the sea.
The “rou chuok mee” and the stall. It is very nice. The boss was generous enough because the minced meat and the mushroom is a lot. The mee is handmade mee and it tasted a bit like Indian curry taste. 
The teochew fried oyster. This stall is run by a Chinese old lady. Initially this stall was run by her husband. After her husband passed away, this old lady took over. She also using charcoal fire to fry the oyster. We only ordered the smallest size, which is RM5 plate, but the old lady really put a lot oyster and the oyster were all quite big!! Very nice too! Conclusion, Penang and Muar fried oyster are both better than Melaka.
This turned out quite disappointed, especially for TSE. The soup is too much until covered all the mee sua and the ingredients. Personally, I feel it is still ok. Not really that bad.
We also ordered sar hor fun.
Curry Chee Cheong Fun
Ipoh Kai Si Hor Fun
0330pm: Continue to Khoo Kongsi (Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi).
Taken at the entrance of the Khoo Kongsi temple. One of the grandest clan house in Penang, where Khoo Kongsi features tall thin columns supporting a gently sloping, red tile roof, topped with carvings of dragons, phoenixes, animals and various scenes from popular Chinese legends. 
The scholars’ name and qualification board of Khoo Family. The board has been reduced to smaller size after the number of scholar getting more and more.
The mua-chee.
The Indian Pasembur costs us RM12! After that we only realised that it is expensive because there are fried cuttlefish, and it is not only one but more than two we guess. 
Fruit rojak.
Fried oyster. Both fruit rojak and fried oyster are so-so only. But I personally like fried oyster in Penang than Melaka just because the oyster is bigger and the egg is more rather than the flour. 
Asam Laksa. We added two fishball for asam laksa. The taste for this is so-so only.
Char Kuey Tiaw. the char kuey tiaw is good! Penang char kuey tiaw do not has “si-ham” but prawn, which is different from Melaka. PL was still not full and she ordered apam balik. The apam balik stall, according to her, been on tv before. So we decided give it a try.
The first one is apam balik. The second one is I do not called what, but it is thicker than apam balik and there are banana slices inside. The apam balik is really good, very very thin and crispy!! The banana one, a new thing for me because I never try before. It smells good with banana inside.
