A Trip to Remember ~ Penang Part 1

Few days before this trip, mama mentioned about going to The Lost World of Tambun for a holiday, but not before we spend a night or two in Penang. Penang? sounds great, I know they have beautiful beaches there and hills too. One of the few Hard Rock Hotel is in Penang, so this place must be very happening!

after more than 4 hours on the road.. we reached Penang just in time for lunch, so we went to a restaurant at Prangin Mall, a shopping mall adjacent to Komtar. Everybody was starving so we just ate at the first restaurant that we found. It was still early to proceed to the hotel as we were told to check in at 3 pm, so we went for window shopping at the mall.

this was the hotel that we checked in, The Northam Suite Hotel, a bit far from the city centre but nicely located facing the sea.. the check in process was anything but smooth and we only managed to enter the room after 3:30 pm..

the suite is spacious, just look at the bathroom! It is huge!!

With king size bed.. and beautiful view of the sea.. we were gonna love this hotel. We have to freeze the moment and catch it on camera, look at me and babah trying to look cute with that duckface pose.. hehe

Adeeb, posing for the camera.. isn't he's cute? Well, he thinks so.. and that is how a boy who think he's cute posing for the camera. Adeeb will kill me if he read this.. and that will be in two, three years time till he can read.. hehe

just after we checked in, changed Adeeb's diaper.. (and mine) we went to Balik Pulau with mama's friend, Auntie Aini, Touted to be the best laksa in Penang and Seberang Perai.. Unfortunately I don't eat laksa, and so is babah and Adeeb. Not to worry, as we ordered, quite the best, bihun sup in the whole of Penang and Seberang Perai.. It was a great place called Laksa Janggus, located at Kampung Perlis (not to confuse it with Negeri Perlis okay). It is a self service restaurant and you have to queue to order, and the queue was quite long.. and it is a problem for babah, as he can be a little bit impatient sometimes.. hmmm

we were all sooo tired that night, too tired to go out.. so we asked babah to tapau food and he returned with pasembor and yong tau foo. I know yong tau foo, mama loves it, but pasembor? never heard of that, but I like it, although not quite perut friendly with its thick gravy. Some people would simply call this rojak, rojak tambi etc. and there is possibly hundred types of rojak out there, and not all are called rojak..

the next day was spent in the pool.. after breakfast, we changed to our swimming suits and went straight to the pool. Great, nobody were there except us.. I guess nobody was interested to plunge into cold water, in a cold strong wind, with stomach still full after breakfast,.. except us.. but who cares, as Pak Long would usually say.. ada Aku Kesah??

the view from the pool was great! if you look at the photos above, it looked as though the pool is placed dangerously too near to the edge. Well it wasn't and actually there is a balcony next to it.. but for me, it's still scary though, as the pool is not for children and the strong wind add up to the scary experience..

so.. it's not surprising that I was the first to get out of there..

I better save my energy for the Lost World of Tambun tomorrow!