Travel - Penang March 2015
Day 2
2nd day was alittle laid back for us as life in Penang was no rush at all. Had done alot of research on what to do and where to go but as its no rush so we decided to slow our pace, no deadlines hahaha.
After our first day's visit to the Pinang Peranakan Museum, curiosity still kept me excited on the Peranakan culture. Upon hearing the story of that Blue Mansion the super rich owner of this well-known blue mansion - Cheong Fatt Tze had 8 wives. He adores on this 7th wife who was the pretties among the rest and only age 17 when she married Cheong who at that time was already 74 yrs of age and sired a child with this 7th wife. The whole estate of this Blue Mansion was left to this child till he passed away in 1989.
I was so excited wanting to know more about this 7th wife’s lifestyle. Upon reaching "The Blue Mansion - Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. As I didnt do well finding out on timing of the visit to this place, we reach at 12pm sharp. We were not allowed to enter as we liked, and there are strict rules and strict timings tp follow.
My first disappointment arose when the guard told us to come back at 1:30pm and follow the guided tour.
Note :
Daily guided tours of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion in English are at 11:00am, 1:30pm and 3:00pm. Admission charge : RM12.00 / person. No Photography
We decided to explore around the area till 1:30pm and go back to feed my curiosity.
Around the area we came to this Chocolate Museum
Chocolate Museum
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| Lots of Chocolate and local produced coffee beans |
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| Walking around the streets near the Blue Mansion |
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| Started to get lazy when we saw a cafe |
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| Getting our caffeine fix, ice coffee and ice cappuccino |
Gala House Cafe & Restaurant
Tel: 04-2613118
Address: 102, LEBUH MUNTRI .10200 GEORGETOWN, PENANG MALAYSIA
Finally 1:30pm !!! we rushed back to the Blue mansion and had reached the gate at 1:25pm. The guard told us that the guided tour had just started 5 mins ago at 1:20pm, come back at 3pm and depending on the number of head counts to enter. On top of that he told us strictly no Photography in the mansion. Need to follow the guided group strictly no wondering around. Upon hearing that I was even more disappointed with this place and the so called "Strict" rules. So strict that he guided tour which supposed to start at 1:30pm had started at 1:20pm instead with so few heads counts? Felt that the whole tour was overly exaggerated and very commercialised. Visiting the Pinang Peranakan was a much more pleasant and enjoyable experience. Hence we decided to skip this and proceed to next destination.
The Clan Jetties
Clan Jetties are part of the Penang Heritage Trail. There are several jetties, one was demolished by fire and now Six left. They are known as one of the last bastions of old chinese settlements on the island, this waterfront is home to houses on stilts. we went to
2 jetties, The Tan Jetty and the Chew Jetty. The most popular clan is Chew jetty.
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| This view reminds me of the old place of Loyang Tua Peh Gong in Singapore |
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| Does this view look like the Old Singapore River back in the 80s? |
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| Fish balls at the Chew Jetty is delicious |
Local Street Snacks
This snack can be found easily on the streets between Tan and Chew jetties
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| Great things in life, is deep fried |
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| Vegetable, flour, peanuts and deep fried |
Chendol
A must try local dessert,
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| Chendol - refreshing dessert with lots of Red Bean, jellies, Coconut milk and the magic add is the "Gula melaka" |
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| The Famous teochew Chendol - always long queue |
Penang Famous Teochew Chendol Food truck
Lebuh Keng Kwee (at Penang Rd), 10000 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Dinner we head off to Red Box Karaoke at 1st Avenue. The Karaoke comes with a sumptuous buffet spread.
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