Wandering 4 Food Food Food

Hi everyone

At the jetty there was more walking and the path a downward slope. So control, control lest you go too fast and not steady ha ha.

Out from the jetty complex we did not take a bus or taxi or uber. We crossed the road sneaked through the five foot way , took a short cut along a side lane and hah the hotel!

My travelling partner

 After resting a while we went to explore  nearby familiar  places.  But first to the famous mee sotong noodles with cuttlefish, at the esplanade (because it is marked in google map so I say its famous).

Got to wait for a while because the vendor got  lot of order. At last our order arrived.

Fried

Rebus

Very hot and spicy. Very nice very satisfying. But be sure not to take fizzy drink or milky drink too soon . . .  b e c a u s e  . . . he he

Another favorite eating spot was the Kapitan cafe at Chulia street. I like their naan and tandoori chicken and also the claypot mutton bryani and best of all their mango lassi and the almond milk.

The almond milk was concocted by mixing ground almond cow's milk sugar and saffron and boiled in a big pot. The drinks were very nice indeed. If you ta pau you get more than drinking it there . . .

See all these food are fattening. We did not worry even a little bit because before eating we  walked all the way from the hotel to the restaurant.

Almond milk yellow with saffron

Just like one morning when we did not take the breakfast at the hotel we walked for more than twenty minutes to a well known roti canai outlet at Transfer road. I don't know was it because of the long walk or hunger that the roti and the mutton curry and the coffee tasted so nice. While you eat concentrate on the roti and not to mind the plate or the host ok.

They also have here the famous roti potong , white bread toasted on charcoal filled with kaya and topped with soft boiled eggs - two eggs! 

That can give you energy to walk all over town and see familiar places that can bring back fond memories.

Once for our mid morning tea we walked to the China House famous for their delicious cakes and latte. I agreed to try here because I wanted to experience say a passion fruit cake or the almond cake if it is said to be delicious then how delicious. A cake of a certain name how it should really taste.

I want to know because I learn baking i.e one of my hobbies, only through books and the internet. The cakes are only in images. No matter no form. No smell no taste. I don't know whether the cake I baked  tastes right, just for self approval

A variety of cakes

Then there was the supposed famous pasembor outlet . Yes we went there to have a taste. Hmm expensive and nothing like the old fashioned pasembor sold by hawker who carried their ware with a pole across their shoulders. I think you can never find the food on the kandar anymore now.

A heap of pasembor

When people come to Penang the food item that they never miss buying to bring back home is this

Pickles

I think the pickles, some are imported. There are so many types unlike in the old days it was mainly pickled nutmeg. Original. Penang mari.

So there. About the wandering cari makan. There are so many food places even right there very near to the hotel we can get fast food such as this

Nasi lemak assembly line

And more here  . . .

This the replica. See the notice on the board

That's it. If you jalan you makan. Burn first then eat. So its okey to enjoy the sinfully rich, the fatty and the gooey food.

More in the next episode.

Till then bye.

Wandering 3

Hello again

How do you feel being cut off from the world. I mean the virtual world. For three days my internet connection was down totally. There was a bad thunderstorm a major communication cable was struck by lightning. It was a huge sigh of relief when the tech people finally came.

My happiness was short lived. The connection was interrupted again. It was a heart ache. In a situation where you were not given assurance when things would  be okey again can make your whole chest ache you know.

Its not such a big thing but then you are so used to having a place of reference for the many questions on your mind. You can access the answers to your problems and puzzles. Reliable or not it never fails to give you some clues for whatever.

That is not to say that I missed reading my favorite blogs with their catchy entries and the chatty comments that follow.

Such is the life now, feeling missing over nothing.

Hah so much for my whining.

Lets go back on track. About my leisurely ferry ride.

Climbing the stairs ( remember  . . no escalator there) and walking the distance it got me breathless a little ( and I thought I was fit all this while) but when entering the ferry the cool sea breeze put everything right again. It was, can I say a dejevu. Experiencing the the whole thing once again after so many years.

There are now two bridges built for you to cross this narrow straits. I chose this way via the ferry just to have a relaxed journey I did not really have fixed place to go its just kind of walk around and look see  - yes just wander . . . so time did not matter.

I did not see much changes to the ferry service except the increase in the one way fare. But still cheap. Cheaper still for old people like me. Compared to the time during my late teens when I very often used the ferry service in those days it was cheaper still. I think we the students got special rates . I don't quite remember how much. But then at that time we did not think it was cheap. What more when you were just students.

Standing there by the railings and looking out it was a sight to behold.

I like the seascape with the Pearl of the Orient bordering the sea and the sky.

People are equally curious but some are more curious than others 

Standing by the side railings enjoying the seascape

This zoomed photography confuses me

Ripples created by the moving ferry

The travel over water which seemed slow and leisurely was actually less than twenty minutes, soon the wharf was in sight, the island within reach.

A temporary good bye to the main land.

We'll take a walk around town soon.

Bye for now . . .