Station 07 Penang

October 23, 2020

Station 07 Penang - Day One

Same as Malacca, I knew Penang way back to my secondary school, from history textbooks to food documentaries. There are many keywords that drew my attention, nice food, different cultures, ancient history, and yes, street art! After I arrived in Malaysia, finally I have the chance to go to Penang, to experience everything there.

I don’t think one day is enough, also it is a long-distance trip, so I plan a two-day trip. Purchased the flight ticket to Penang from AirAsia, packed my bags, started my Penang trip!

Tourist route: Day One: Georgetown City Tour

St. George’s Church – Kuan Yin Teng – Mirror Georgetown – Penang City Hall – Padang Kota Lama – Fort Cornwallis – The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower

As a matter of fact, Georgetown is quite small for me, especially for the city center there. You may finish the trip on foot. A very useful tip here is that, bring your sunblock and umbrella. I got sunburn just a few hours, and it is clear that my arm got tanned even I applied the sunscreen. Use the high UV sunblock, waterproof one is better. As Georgetown is so small that I did not exactly follow the order as planned, just randomly walked around, like a small discovery, life will surprise you any time.

I was really indulged in finding the street artworks, sometimes it’s on the wall, and next time is just around the corner. I spent hours explored in the city center of Georgetown to find them. There is a website listed most of these artworks with the location, but it would be more fun to search by yourself. There are too many pictures I took, it is hard to upload all of them here, thus I made the video and post on my YouTube channel, you may click and view it. The link is below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYT9p_-42iSOJe-DbHLdbMw

Here are some restaurants that I would recommend. There are too many nice cafes and restaurants in Georgetown that I cannot try them all, a little bit of pity here.

Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul

Address: 27-29, LebuhKengKwee, Pulau Pinang

Operating time: 10:00 – 19:00

Highlights: Their chendul is the best! Among all the chendul I have tried in Malaysia, they are the best one! There is a stall nearby, sells local food also. The laksa there is quite nice and different from other cities.

Lebuh Kimberley

Address: 27-29, LebuhKengKwee, Pulau Pinang

Operating time: night

Highlights: They have a night market here. There are four famous restaurants here, you may choose either to dine-in or take away. Dine-in will charge extra fees for seats unless you order desserts inside. BTW, there are some durian stalls or trunks nearby, OMG the durian there is the best!!!