Penang Shopping Tips by RoyJava

FLEEMARKET LORONG KULIT: A Ragbag & Jumble Of Odds & Ends Grocery shopping/wet market Review

Love it or loathe it, Penang's flea market at Lorong Kulit has gained quite a hiphop reputation among Malaysians and tourists alike. Formerly at Rope Walk it is for now next to City Stadium. Electric stuff, watches, shoes, second-hand goods, antique, well, try a good bargain.

Maybe a true Thieves Market once today you may acquire the goods in a legal way. It is just fun to try and find you some bric-a-brac or excellent finds ...

flea market = market, usually held outdoors, where antiques, used household goods, and curios are sold (good translation of French Marché-aux-puces)

What to buy: The name of Lorong Kulit already is worth a while, so we went our way and managed to buy there our Rolex. However, if there is a kingdom of watches in Asia (near Hong Kong, Japan or Malaysia), its King will certainly be Rolex. This is because my Asian family is extremely fond of Rolex watches, I heard. Best time to get there is about 10 am when most of the traders would have displayed their goods ...

What to pay: Paid about 30$ and enjoyed a long time this faky ...

Address: City Stadium off Dato Keramat Road

Directions: The market can be found at the intersection of Lebuh Acheh and Lebuh Armenia, right beside the City Stadium off Dato Keramat Road

Theme: Jewelry

KOMTAR Shopping Mall: Shopping Time At Penang Road Shopping mall Review

See one of the tallest building in SE Asia; the KOMTAR, Penang's largest shopping paradise (64 stores). When staying at Golden Sands Hotel or sister Shangri La Inn a shuttle bus will drive you to Georgetown and you can carry out all your shopping in this complex.

Take a walk along the streets nearby where in practically every corner, there are departments stores and shops some for everyone. For antique hunters, a short walk to Jl. Pintal Tali, otherwise known as Rope Walk is a must. Here, you can find treasures from the island's interesting past; bronze pots, chinaware, ceramic, silver and even gold Dutch ceiling fans ... all at negotiable prices.

What to buy: We spent an hour or so looking through discarded, musty, dusty collectibles and made the best for our own fave souvenirs. I loved the batiks, endless in print and colour and, I managed to get my personalized seals, handcarved ivory stamps. If you're really tired of the "tawar", negotiate, take a walk into the jungle like I did ; -))

Seal Carving Page

What to pay: Negiotable prices, my personalised seal and handcarved ivory tiger stamp was about 15 RM

Address: Penang Road, Georgetown - Penang

Directions: Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (Komtar)

Theme: Department Store