Where is this comfortable place?
It is a Baptain Hair Salon located at 1926 Heritage Hotel.
This salon provides Professional Cut, Colour, Perm, Hair & Spa Scalp Treatment and Hair Extension service.
Here have a very comfortable waiting place and also a children playing corner for those bring their children with them.
Baba and Nyonya is a unique community, they are descendants of Chinese immigrants from Fujian to Malaya. They created a unique lifestyle and customs which has been influenced by the Malay, Thai and Myanmar community.
Pinang Peranakan Mansion is Baba-Nyonya museum, when you visit it, the house guide will tell you about the historic of this mansion and also the customs and tradition of Baba- Nyonya.
Add: 29, Church Street,10200 Penang
Tel: 04-2642929
Website:www.pinangperanakanmansion.com.my
Visiting Hours: Daily 9.30am-5pm
Admission fees:RM20
Yum Cha (tea session) and eating Dim Sum are originated from the Cantonese in southern China. In Penang there are many traditional Dim Sum restaurants. De Tai Tong Cafe is one of the famous Dim Sum restaurants which have been there for more than 60 years.
Tai Tong is still preserving the traditional way of serving dim sum with the traditional pushing carts. Besides that, Tai Tong is providing a very good job opportunity for elders where most of the serving staffs are elderly women, which is an additional uniqueness of the restaurant.
Add: 45, Lebuh Cintra, 10100,Penang
Dim sum: 6am-12nn,6pm-11pm
Lunch 12nn-2.30pm
Penang Pesta Dragon Boat
Date: 6 & 7 December 2014
Venue: Teluk Bahang Dam
Time: 9am- 5pm
www.penangdragonboat.gov.my
Cheong Fatt Tze mansion is located at Leith Street. Its Indigo-Blue outer wall makes it a very distinct building in the area. The mansion is one of the only three stately Chinese – style mansions remaining outside China.
This mansion built by the most generous philanthropy and influential businessman Cheong Fatt Tze. He hired a team of master craftsmen from China to build this mansion and it take 7 years to complete.
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion has won numerous awards such as 2000 UNESCO “ Most Excellent” heritage Conservation Award, 2011 Lonely Planet One of 10 Greatest Mansion In the World’s.
Now it is open for public to visit, the tour are offered in English three times a day, 11am,2pm and 3.30pm. The tour guide will tell you the historic and architecture of this building, Cheong Fatt Tze biography etc.
Add：14 Leith Street，Penang
Tel：60-4-262-0006
Fees：Adult RM 16, Children RM 8
“My Pulau Tikus Tour” is a free guided tour for locals and visitors to know more about Pulau Tikus heritage and historic.
This guided tour is only on Sunday, its started from 14/12/2014.
If you are interested, please meet outside Gurney Plaza, Kelawai Road entrance at 1.50pm.
For more information, please visit below website:
http://www.mypulautikus.org/index.php/free-guided-tour
Putu Mayam is Indian snack; it is eaten as a sweet dish. In Penang this food commonly sold as street food.
Putu Mayam taste like steam vermicelli, it is served with brown sugar, white sugar and grated coconut. Some places are also selling green Putu Mayam which adding juice from aromatic pandan leaf as flavouring.
This food can serve hot or cold, the stall near Penang Times Square is serving hot Putu Mayam, they made the food at road side so it is always fresh. A lot of local people like to eat this food, they normally parking their cars or motorcars at roadside to buy a pack of Putu Mayam.
Add： Dato Kramat Road side, near Penang Times Suqare
Business Time:3.30pm-10pm ( Close on Sunday)
Penang Chinese Methodist Church is the first Chinese Church in Malaysia. It was established on May 5, 1895 when Dr West and Lau Seng Chong from Singapore started gospel work among the Hokkien speaking Chinese in Penang.
In the early year this church did not have a permanent worship place. The present Madras Lane site completed on July 4, 1937. The chapel been used since then. It has two Sunday service, 8.45am is English Chinese service and 11am is Hokkien service.
The church building is refers to the Europe and American church architecture. It looks good and special. It is a traditional church, you can see the long wooden chair, Chinese tradition bible, Hokkien hymn in this church.
Building on left is Menara Centennial Methodist, the office, kindergarten and multipurpose hall in this building. And the building on right is for refreshments and Disciple training.
The church is not open for visit; however you are welcome to join their service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Add: 18-20,Lorong Madras, 10400 Penang
Tel: 04-2271478
Facebook: Penang Chinese Methodist Church
Penang Street art has become one of the most popular attractions. These street arts done by local and foreign artists.
You will often find crowds of people waiting to have their photos taken in fronts of the mural.
Let’s walking around trying to find some mural in Penang.
The Little Children on Bicycle—Lebuh Armenian
This mural was created by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic. It was picked by British daily The Guardian as one of the 15 favourite murals out of 378 submitted from around the world.
Have you try “Loh Bak” and Prawn Fritters at Tan Jetty?
There are a stall hidden away from the main road selling “ Loh Bak” ,Prawn Fritters and fried bean curd for more than 20 years.
It is famous because of the food is good and tasty. Even though it does not provide any seat at the stall, people still willing to stand there or take away the food. You may also enjoy the food at the coffee shop at main road.
If you don’t know where is the place, just ask any local people, they will show you where the famous Lok Bak you shouldn’t miss.
Add: 90-A,Tan Jetty, Weld Quay, 10300 Penang
Tel: 016-4520637
Business hours: 8am-6pm Daily
Monroe Café & Lounge
Monroe Café & Lounge is Penang first and only café & lounge integrated with Marilyn Monroe design theme. It is located at 1926 Heritage Hotel.
Monroe Café & Lounge is a cocktail bar, restaurant, live music venue & performance space all in one.
The food is western cooking styles such as sandwich, pasta, pizza, waffle, snack etc.
Now it has set lunch which including soup of the day, main course, dessert and drink. The set lunch is serving from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
If you like a sweet, just come for a slice of cake and Americano or Tea for only RM9.90. Add on RM 2 for Cappuccino or latte.
Business hours: Mon-Sun 11.30am-2am
Phone: 04-2271926
Email: monroecafeandlounge@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/monroecafeandlounge
Armenian Street got its name from the early Armenian merchants who settled here.
Now, if you ask what you can see at this street, people will tell you “street art”.
Since the “Little Children on Bicycle” become famous, a lot of local and foreign tourists come to this area.
This street has few street arts drew by local artist. Some are very meaningful related with the cultural or lifestyle in Penang.
Besides that, this street has more fun during Saturday evening. It became a market with local’s arts crafts on display or sale, some musical performance, traditional food etc.
Where are 101 kittens in George Town?
101 Lost Kitten is a street art project leading by Thailand artist Natthapon Muangkliang, Malaysian arties Louise Low and Tang Yeok Khang. It is to create awareness toward stray animals.
Take some time to walk around heritage area to get the mural painting and sculpture. Some are easy to get, some are hiding at the back of building.
Give you some tips, try to walk around Lebuh Armenian, Gat Lebuh Armenian, Victoria street,Beach street fire station, Cheap Gong Si . Let see how many kittens can you collected.
https://www.facebook.com/101lostkittens
If you are rush or hungry, I will not advise you to get a plate of Fried beehoon with fried fish meat at New Lane Goh Chew coffee shop ,because you have to wait unless half hour to one hour for food to ready.
Why people willing to wait for long just for a food?
Actually it is a normal fried beehoon, but the fish meat is delicious and fresh. You can see the staff cut the fish there and they deep fried the fish to golden colour, so the skin is crispy and the meat is still juicy inside.
The price is not cheap; it is about RM 10 per portion.
Add：Goh Chew Coffee Shop, Lorong Baru, 10400 Penang （near Sunway Hotel）
Business hour: 8.30am-12nn (Tue Off)
Did you see these 3 wall murals?
“Sister and Brother playing basketball”, “Children on the Swing” and “Nostalgic Meal Order”.
These wall murals are painted by local young artist named Louis Gan.
He was invited by a businessman to paint the first mural wall “Children on the Swing” at Step by Step Lane (Gat Lebuh Chulia). It show that two children enjoying themselves on a swing.
When you cross the road to the old Kwang Wah Yit Poh building, there is another wall mural “Sister and Brother playing Basketball”. These two murals attracted a lot of local and foreign tourists.
Beside that, “Nostalgic Meal Order” on the wall of Pinang’s Pinang, Kinta Lane is painted by Louis Gan too. This mural reflecting the actual past society in Penang. The people living on the second floor were getting their meal from the hawker through a basket lifting out from the window of the house.
New Murals at Penang.
In Novermber 2014, Penang organised an international art festival called Urban Exchange: Crossing over 2014.
A part of this festival, 16 local and international artists painted14 murals in Penang.
There are two large murals at Beach Street private car park.
A large colourful piece is done by local artists group called 4Some. Members of 4Some are Fauzan Faud, Fritilldea,Donald Abraham and Jojo Yusof.
This wall mural is near Little India. Since that place is a bright and vibrant place full of colours, so 4Some decided to make the mural colourful. And the large boat is reflects the old days when Indian labourers come to Penang by boat.
On the other side of car park, there is Symbiotic mural done by Germany artist Karl Addison.
Add：Car Park Lot next to 150 Beach Street
‘Reaching up’ is a mural painted on a wall along Cannon Street. It is one of the murals painted by Ernest Zacharevic. It show that a boy standing on a chair, reaching for something at the hole in the wall.
This mural attracted a lot of local and foreign visitors coming to take photos.
Hong Kong TVB drama “Outbound Love” also has a lot of street art scene. This “Reaching up” mural appears many times in that drama. Not the less, similar mural also found in China.
Now Cannon street become more popular, souvenir shop, café, restaurant become more and more.
Nagore Square is a new heritage lifestyle hub in Penang. It mix of heritage buildings, housing a potpourri of unique shop catering to cafes, beauty salons, restaurants , pubs, pet centres, wine shop and cake house.
Art and mural is another attraction of this place. Some of the murals painted by local artists and some painted by foreign artists.
Want a bowl of Ice Kacang?
If you walk around Tan Jetty, Weld Quay, why not try a bowl of Ice Kacang.
The Ice Kacang stall is just at the roadside, it is running by an old man for nearly 3 years. He also have Cendol and other drinks.
He said it is a branch from Penang Road Cendol which opposite Joo Hooi Cafe.
The Ice Kacang is delicious because it has a lot of sweet corn, herbal jelly, read bean, peanut, attap chee ( Palm tree fruit) with red syrup and topped with evaporated milk.
It is not too sweet so it just taste good.
A bowl of Ice kacang is RM2.00, take away price is RM2.20, Ice Kacang with ice cream on top is RM 2.80.
Add: Tan Jetty Roadside, Weld Quay
Business hours: 12nn-6pm (Close on Wednesday)
Setting the mood for Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is coming soon, all the shopping centre, street, shop been decorated and you can hear the New Year song from radio, TV program.
If you want to feel the New Year atmosphere, Chowrasta market is one of the best places. You will see a lot of Chinese food, cookies, decoration item etc.
