Christmas Decorations At Penang Shopping Malls

Since we are in Butterworth, our friends took us to Sunway Carnival Mall for a look around after our lunch at Ong Cheng Huat Seafood Restaurant. The first thing that caught my eyes were the Christmas decorations.

This view was taken from the floor above.

Looks like a Fairy land theme.

Lots of flowers and butterflies decorations.

Elf house and mushrooms.

There is also a deer.

More flowers and...

Bees too....

After Sunway Carnival Mall, we were taken across the bridge to check into the hotel.

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We prefer hawker food for dinner, so our friends suggested going for prawn noodle. The eatery is quite near to the hotel so we walked to avoid searching for parking space. There was a slight drizzle so we were walking with our umbrellas. When we reached, we found the place closed, so we open for the nearby eatery. 

We ordered 2 plates of oyster omelette or or chien in Hokkien.

Hubby ordered the above jawa mee but it turned out to be a great disappointment.

Penang lobak which was not up to our expectation.

Penang char koay teow which was quite tasty.

Chicken satay or bbq chicken which turned out to be hard and dry.

The peanut sauce with hardly any peanuts.

This is the first time that we were disappointment with the food we ordered. Surprising, the place was crowded and customers have to wait for tables. It could be that our expectation was too high or the food was not up to our Ipoh taste.

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After dinner, we walked with our umbrella to the nearby1st Avenue Mall as it was too early to go back to the hotel. Glad to see more Christmas decorations.

View from the floor above.

Christmas arch.

If you are tired, you can sit here and rest awhile.

Santa Claus flying in his sleigh.

Early morning view outside the window at 4:10am.

I was awoken by the sound of TV at 3am. Hubby wanted to watch football but he couldn't find the right channel on the hotel TV. Hubby went back to sleep but I was wide awake by then.

So, to while away the time, I read the news and played games on my hand phone. I managed to get about half an hour of sleep before going down for our morning walk.

An old fashioned door and windows of a house in Penang.

Linking to Tuesday's Treasures, Image-in-ing & Happy Tuesday.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse

so that there will be food enough in my Temple;

if you do, I will open up the windows of heaven for you and

pour out a blessing so great you won't have room enough to take it in!

"Try it! Let me prove it to you!

(Malachi 3:10, The Living Bible-TLB)

Hawker Food For Dinner @ Kafe Best Hillview, Ipoh

I was feeling lazy on this particular Sunday and I wasn't in the mood to cook. So we ended up having dinner with our friends at Kafe Best Hillview.

We were early, reaching at about 6pm and most of the stalls were getting ready for business.

Chinese rojak - small portion for 4 people to share.

We wanted to order different varieties to share.

Oyster omelette (or chien in Hokkien)

Bbq stingray fish (ikan panggang) with spicy sauce.

Prawn noodle (Hokkien mee).

For the purpose of sharing, we asked for an empty bowl.

Fried noodle Mamak style (mee goreng).

Sorry for the blur photo.

Evening sky at 7:12pm.

Once we finished our dinner, we left for home.

I sowed cauliflower seeds but this looks like Chinese kai lan from the look of the beautiful waxy leaves.

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Few days later, we went to Gourmet Square at Ipoh Garden for dinner with our friends.

We ordered bbq stingray fish.

Our friend ordered 2 pieces of spring rolls (popiah).

1 piece fried and 1 piece non fried.

In fact, we ordered a few more varieties but I forgot to snap photos.

This was the Ipoh Cathay cinema in the old days.

The cinema ceased operation and is now turned into a business centre.

This photo was taken in the year 2015.

The bright and striking red colour on the building is very eye catching.

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

If I try to hide in the darkness,

the night becomes light around me.

For even darkness cannot hide from God;

to you the night shines as bright as day.

Darkness and light are both alike to you.

(Psalm 139:11-12, The Living Bible-TLB)

Penang's Hokkien Mee, Oyster Omelette, Assam Laksa & CKT

This was another short day trip to Penang with friends. We woke up early to water my plants and waited for our friends to come pick us from our house.

Lovely sunrise at 7:30 am. A nice day for travelling. We had a smooth drive all the way to Penang.

1st meal of the day - breakfast.

Best Hokkien Mee or Prawn Noodle at One Corner Cafe, Penang.

After breakfast, we walked over to the New World Park Food City just to check out the place.

Saw this crow above me as I walked past.

Then it flew over to this palm tree.

Decoration at the New World Park.

Walking back to the car park.

Passed by this way to the car park.

Stop at this place for a drink and also for the oyster omelette (oh chien).

We ordered 2 plates for 4 people.

Generous amount of "oh chien" or oysters.

Bought these mini egg tarts from the next door shop.

Then we drove to Sin Hwa Kedai Kopi.

Ordered 2 bowls of assam laksa for 4 people to share.

And 2 plates of fried flat rice noodle or char koay teow for 4 people to share. Here ends another foodie mini marathon in Penang. 

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him.

With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises.

(Psalm 25:14, The Living Bible-TLB)