24 November, 2008 <3
Went Penang with Zen on 14th November.. We took the morning bus and reached approximately 11 hours later...
His mom and his sister drove his car to pick us up from the bus station. The first time seeing her sister! She ushered me to sit in front because Zen will be the one driving. Our first stop was to have dinner, at some street side stall, had this prawn porridge. It was SLUPERLICIOUS! The bowl was extremely huge and the prawn was half the size of the bowl!
See! And the prawn was FRESH!
Second trip was to his maternal grandmother's house. We reached her house at 10pm and by that time I was having difficulty keeping my eyes open.... Luckily Zen's sister was chattering away, and I managed to stay awake. We left around 10.40pm, just as I thought we could go to his sister's house and rest for the night as planned.... Then Zen told me that he's picking his uncle and aunt up to have supper at a prata shop! Luckily the trip to his uncle's house was almost 30mins, so I slept while on the way there. When we reached his uncle's house, it was almost 11.15pm. When his uncle and aunt saw him, there were so surprised to see his new look.
The ride to the prata shop was very short, so within moments we were there. They ordered food and drinks for me, and looked at me as if I have never been to a prata shop and they thought I never had Indian Muslim food. LOL. The food there is delicious though, the roti tissue was really really really interesting. It's almost 1m long and, as thin as tissue. Coated with sugar and butter, it's very crispy, but by the time it reaches my mouth, it melts with the sugar... Whoa! It's just super nice lah! I wanted to take a photo of it, but my hp went flat.. :(
Apart from the roti tissue, their prata was great too, though it's more salty from the ones that we usually eat in Singapore. And the curry was cooked with chick peas! The peas were soft enough and the taste with the curry paste goes well together.
After supper, we took a 30mins ride to his sister's house. I thought I could take another nap, but he and his sister were scaring me with ghostly encounters! I was soooooo scared, that when I was at her house, I didn't want to sleep with the lights off! Anyway, her house is very cosy, with a great view of the sea. It was a breath taking view. Zen made me stand so close to the balcony that I was trembling. Hahaha.
By the time we washed up and get into bed was 4am. I was sooooooooooo tired but couldn't sleep, all thanks to the ghost stories. I made Zen talk to me till I fall asleep. But as usual, he falls asleep before I do.
Woke up at 7.30am on day 2, showered and prepared to leave his sister's house. Went to have dim sum breakfast with his uncle and his aunt. The food there was alright, just a little too salty for me. After breakfast, we drove his sister to the market and met her husband there. The market is huge! Ground floor is the wet market, second level is like our hawker centre and the third level is the dry market, there are shops that sells clothes, household items and dried groceries.
After shopping, Zen's sister and her husband went to their cafe to start business. Zen, his mom, uncle and I went to the largest temple in Penanag. Called 'Ji Le Shi' if I'm not wrong it's the biggest temple in South East Asia.
The temple, and a pagoda at the back
One of the wings
Penang food = YUMMYOur Endless Love<3
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