Though we spent much of our time in Penang eating (and chasing after street art), we did learn a little about George Town’s rich history by visiting some of its most notable museums and cultural attractions.
To be honest, we didn’t take a bus to the foothills of Air Itam to visit Kek Lok Si Temple. We went to seek out two of Penang’s most legendary hawker stalls.
With all the heritage houses and street art to be discovered here, it almost feels like a giant labyrinthine playground.
Set inside three heritage houses with hip and uber stylish interiors, ChinaHouse is a multifaceted concept that’s hard to put into any one box.
When you continue putting this much time and effort into something, even after 30 years, it can only mean that you love what you do. Without question, the Por family LOVES making these bowls of duck koay chap.
Lok lok is a type of communal steamboat where diners sit around a table with a central pot of boiling water. A wide selection of food ranging from seafood to meats and vegetables is skewered on sticks and placed around the table.
Presented over three courses — starters, mains, and dessert — Chef Malcolm Lee aims to give diners the experience of going to Grandma’s house and being served a thoughtful sequence of lovingly cooked food. It’s an interesting concept we thought, and one that says a lot about Peranakan culture.
I was on a tour of Tibet when the bus suddenly pulled over to the side of the road so we could relieve ourselves. Amidst the tundra nothingness was an odd structure: a wooden platform 10 feet high with a ladder and topped with a half-wall.
Around Sultanahmet Square is where you’ll find the city’s biggest cistern, it’s grandest mosque, and the iconic Ayasofya which is Istanbul’s most revered tourist attraction.
We had already seen all of Istanbul’s major sites so we wanted to do something that was still fun but a little more relaxed on our fifth and final day. Going on a scenic all-day cruise of the Bosphorus — an experience that some say is one of Istanbul’s greatest pleasures — was exactly that.