Eating Spree (Part 2/2)

" An empty belly is the best cook " - Estonian Proverb

I awaken myself up from hibernation and it was the start to another 'makan-makan' adventure. We prepared ourselves early Sunday morning and glued our bottoms to the car seat for about 3 hours. And yes, we then had to glue it again before reaching Sg Petani!


For breakfast, we stopped at Ipoh. For lunch, we ate at Butterworth, Penang.Later, we boarded the ferry to get to the island. The main purpose of going to the island was to stroll and dine in Gurney Drive.

Since we were there before the stalls were open, we headed to the Gurney Plaza just to window shop and pass time. We parked our car not too far from the plaza and the food place.

Love this picture. Taken by me outside the plaza, along the road. It was low tide, and you could still see the horizon and the mainland. Time to eat when the time came.

As we strolled along the place, we could find food ranging from 'char kuay teow' to 'fish ball noodle', 'prawn mee' to 'asam laksa'. A man making 'Ma Zhi' for us while all our eyes were on him. No doubt, Malaysia, on a whole, is a food paradise!

Deep fried chicken skin! Just imagine the amount of fats inside the layers of crispy, crunchy skin. And, this was ours. I wanted to try this before but then it was closed. Fortunately (May be not), i was just lucky. And there goes our dinner.

We didn't stay a night in Penang. After dinner, we diverted to Sg Petani and spent our 3 nights there. As for Sg Petani, i didn't take any pictures of the food- it becomes too common then, cliche. On the whole, Sg Petani's nice- especially the food. If you've been there, you'll know what i mean! And the food is much much cheaper than KL's. For a plate of delicious 'wan tan mee', we only need pay RM 2.70. In KL, unfortunately, we have to dig deeper into our pockets and pay for a price of RM 3.50 (on average). Obviously, it's a lower standard of living area. Bloated, the only word that best describe the feeling of my stomach, it was a wonderful time.

Checked out on Wednesday and we diverged to Ipoh town for dinner. Tasty 'Ipoh hor fun'. By the time we were in Ipoh, we received many smses informing the increase in petrol prices. Along the highway, we couldn't get the radio channels on and there was no tv to catch the news. So, we were quite slow on the latest news. And after dinner, the news was confirmed and we started to look for a petrol station to fill up the tank - most people would do that. An increase by almost 41%, RM 2.70 per litre for petrol and RM 2.58 per litre for diesel- resort to other means of transportation soon. And by August, it will follow the market and price could be as high as RM 4! Wow! Expecting other things to go up too...

Found a Petronas station that wasn't as full as others- Esso, Mobil, Shell, Caltex to name a few. They were all packed with cars and lorries. We had to queue too.

Filling diesel before price rises.

Due to jams in nearby station, we reached home a little later than usual. That marked the end of my Eating Spree and really, i'll have to hit the gym or do any sort of exercises!

Yummy, wc08, licks his tongue and feels thankful for the food he ate.