Penang - Pearl of the Orient - is well known to all tourists as the food capital of Malaysia, famous for street arts, a UNESCO site with well preserved heritage buildings, long sandy beaches and major tourist attractions. Like a…
Category: Penang
Penang Dragon Boat Festival
Marking the 40th anniversary, Penang recently hosted its bi-annual international dragon boat festival in the weekend of 7th - 8th December 2019 at the Teluk Bahang Dam. There were 14 countries from all over the world, including Malaysia. A total…
Sam Poh Tong temple
Did you know Penang island is shaped like a turtle? Each of its four flippers at the corner tip on the island, where the northeast corner is the most urbanised. The southeast corner was once a small fishing village called…
Penang chicken rice
When it comes to food in Penang, locals like myself will still ask, "what do we want to eat" and "where" among friends and families. It's because we've too many choices. It's like which char koay teow, koay teow teng,…
Penang ferry
The iconic Penang ferry has been plying across the channel for over a century at its narrowest point 3 km from northeast of the island, city of George Town, to its mainland strip Seberang Prai (previously known as the Province…
Penang national park
Nestled at the northwest corner of Penang island and rising from the fringe of beautiful coastline is Malaysia's smallest national park and arguably the world smallest covering 25.63 square kilometres of lush, dense forest with diverse tropical flora and fauna.…
Penang market
Have you ever wonder how the most famous Penang street noodle "char koay teow" tastes so good with a charred, fragrant oily flavour and without that particular ingredient, it wouldn't taste the same? That unassuming tiny lightly browned, crispy ingredient…
Khoo Kongsi
Khoo Kongsi is the finest and grandest Chinese ancestral temple outside of China, built in the mid-19th century. It is also the most distinctive Chinese clan association in Malaysia with the family surname "Khoo" lineage tracing back 650 years. The…
