"If you come for food or look for others.." Penang by yuet29

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If you come for food or look for others.. - Penang

I was born in a small island in north peninsular Malaysia called Penang Island. Penang consists of two parts including the island and a small part of the mainland. However, i can assure you those staying on island are so prideful for being a Penang lang until most of the time, we thought Penang is only the island. Yes, we called ourselves Penang lang, where ‘lang’ means people in hokkien, a kind of Chinese dialect. 99% of Chinese in Penang Island speak hokkien; even Malay and Indian here speak hokkien. Penang is unique as it is dominated mostly by Chinese.

Penang is recognized for its best hawker food in Malaysia. Malaysian outside Penang comes here not for colonial heritage, not for beaches but for food, food, food. If you never try the hawker food, don’t tell others you visited Penang, they will laugh at you, especially Penang lang.

If you come to Penang for FOOD or looking for OUTSKIRT ACTIVITIES , yes you are in a correct page.

We organise trips to go around Penang for some REAL GOOD FOOD , not those you get in a touristy area; and we have trips for trekking, camping and cycling too. Drop me a mail if you are interested and we can talk about that.

Other than that, we provide FREE walking tour in the old town, and of course we can recommend you some good food in town as well!


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    Cess8's Profile Photo
    Dec 4, 2008 at 9:22 PM

    Penang in '09? hehehe. Hope you are enjoying your Visayas trip, where are you now?

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    kelnsha's Profile Photo
    Aug 12, 2007 at 9:46 AM

    Your pages remind me of my annual visits except these two years because of my newborn baby girl but it's time to visit Penang again. Thanks for sharing - Kelvin, Singapore.

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    Jul 16, 2007 at 2:26 AM

    particularly this island gives me a feeling of nostalgia. Hope that u can give me some hot tips to discover upur island. of course, eating is always my favourte way to experience the culture of the people or a place.

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    Oct 15, 2006 at 9:47 AM

    lovely page! Nikos

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    Dec 16, 2005 at 1:22 AM

    Agree, jalan selamat CKT is expensive alright. Hmm, interesting story about the bridge;p

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    Aug 14, 2005 at 10:23 PM

    Servi\ce at 32 Mansion's bad. Orderd some cakes but only 1 came. Waiter's reluctant to serve the rest of orders. When the bill was called, we were charged 1 extra item. When questioned , the headwaiter just threw some cash at us for the refund. How rude !

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    peerapa's Profile Photo
    Jun 28, 2005 at 9:48 AM

    Sawasdee ka Tham!...How're you?...Hope you've a good dream for tonight & nice day for everyday...May ;)

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    Linda_T's Profile Photo
    Jun 24, 2005 at 12:42 AM

    great page, looking forward to a Penang Laksa

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    airasia's Profile Photo
    Apr 15, 2005 at 9:40 PM

    meals included ?

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    l_joo's Profile Photo
    Mar 10, 2005 at 7:23 PM

    Hahaha tham, Penang sure no PniahTeen everytime. I was bad luck once witness a local Indian-Malay-gang beat up a Tanglang vendor at the Feringhi night bazaar area, that Tanglang had blood all over his face, tourists and locals stood and watch...

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