Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Little Penang

The week zoomed by faster than we could imagine and it was Wednesday again. We did a heritage trail of Penang for the Wednesdays. After work, the weesians gathered at the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion and waited for our "chauffeurs" to pick us up. Smartly clothed in our office attires, looking very out of place, we clambered onto our Trishaws with excitement and off we went on our discovery ride around parts of Penang we never knew. Super Tanker commented how some passersby must be amused by why such smartly dressed people could not afford proper rides. We oohed and ahhed when our Trishaw peddler gave us some lessons in architectural 101.
It was indeed an educational Trishaw ride for us - Penang albeit a small island offers a unique taste of culture and is rich in its heritage. 

Those who are interested or have never been on the trishaw should try it. Its an eye-opening experience. In today's fast pace world that we live in, we often do not have time to stop and appreciate the richness around us until it is gone. Go now, there are plenty of Trishaws awaiting around Penang Road to take you around and you can act all touristy and speak in funny English or Japanese or Korean.






Then we went to have some not-so-nice food at Sri Malaya, Jalan Pintai Tali.




However if you are interested to check out the food and proof us wrong - here're directions to get there.



I do not know why our food did not turn out as mouth watering as you are seeing it on the net.



This is what you see online



This was what you get at the place.

Go try for yourself....