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George Town Festival 2010 Revisited
Posted by leeks on June 30th, 2011
Here are some photos from last year’s festival to whet your appetite for George Town Festival 2011 taking place in Penang, Malaysia for the entire month of July, a celebration of the anniversary of the declaration of George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Real Char Kway Teow vs Wannabe
Posted by leeks on May 29th, 2011
I have recently been spending some time in a nearby island republic. During my stay, my mind at meal times would always stray to the food that I missed most – Penang streetfood! My misery was made worse one night when I decided to take a chance and try the “Penang Char Kway Teow” served [...]
Posted in About Penang, Food Trails 
Tags: Char Kway Teow, Oh Chien, Penang food, Penang Street Food 
No Comments »A break from Street Food – The 1st Penang International Gourmet Festival
Posted by sisi on December 30th, 2010
It has been low key, but Penang has certainly got its act together by organising the first Penang International Gourmet Festival (PIGF) from 22 December 2010 until 2 January 2011. The PIGF is one of the highlights of the Ministry of Tourism’s Fabulous Food 1Malaysia programme. And I must say the PIGF is an interesting [...]
Posted in About Penang, Food Trails Tags: 1885 Restaurant, Bagan Bar & Restaurant, Bayview Beach Resort, Bayview Hotel Georgetown, Chin’s Stylish Chinese Cuisine, Cititel Penang, David Brown’s Restaurant & Tea Terraces, Deluxcious Spa Cuisine, Dragon-I Restaurant, E&O Hotel, Eastin Hotel, Evergarden Restaurant, Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Feringgi Grill & Bar, g Hotel, Garden Café, Gaya’s Beach Side Bar & Restaurant, Golden Sands Resort, Hotel Equatorial Penang, Ichiban Japanese Restaurant, Lone Pine Hotel, Main Street Café, Paradise Sandy Beach Resort, Parkroyal Penang Resort, Penang International Gourmet Festival, QEII – On the Sea, Revolving Restaurant, Sesame + Soy, Shangri-la’s Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Shores Restaurant, Suffolk House Restaurant, Swez Brasserie, Taipan Fin’s Chinese Restaurant, Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel, Tek Sen Restaurant, That Little Wine Bar, The Bungalow, The Gurney Resort Hotel & Residences, The Mistral Euro-Oriental Restaurant, The Northam All Suite, The View, Thirty Two at the Mansion, Uncle Zack By-The-Beach, Vintage Bulgaria Restaurant & Bar, Waka Japanese Restaurant 1 Comment »Top 5 Penang Experiences
Posted by sisi on December 28th, 2010
There’s something for everyone in Penang. While this is not meant to be a travelers’ shortlist (visitors are certainly welcome to it), I felt it relevant to name the Top 5 list of Penang experiences from a local’s perspective…mine.
1. Feast on a smorgasbord of street food in George Town
You can’t escape it. We (the locals) wax [...]
