Laksa Kitchen - Georgetown

▶Laksa RM5.00
▶Nyonya Laksa RM6.50
▶Chicken wings RM3.50/pcs
▶Popiah RM2.50/2pcs
▶Curry fish ball RM2.50/2pcs
▶Curry Puff RM2.50/2pcs
▶Ice-kacang Ice cream RM3.50
▶Ice Jelly RM5.00
▶Chendol RM3.00
▶Rendang curry chicken rice RM8.90





【Laksa Kitchen】

Address: 82, Jalan Hutton, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang
Biz hour: 10am -8pm daily
Tel: 010-512 4050/ 016-7667812
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Laksa.Kitchen.Gurney11/

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Communication made easy for Japanese tourists

Communication made easy for Japanese tourists

Japanese tourists in distress will now find it easier to get help and make reports at police stations in Penang.

A series of communication flowcharts in Japanese, Malay and English, designed to break language barriers, are now posted at police stations here.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Seri A. Thaiveegan (pic) said the flowcharts would ease the communication process to make it easier for Japanese tourists to make reports.

“Every year, thousands of Japanese come to Penang and this number is expected to increase. As such, we came up with the posters with the Consulate-General of Japan in Penang to help Japanese visitors.

The consul-general of Japan Kenji Yamakawa handed the flowcharts to Comm Thaiveegan at the contingent headquarters in Penang Road on Monday.

~News courtesy of The Star~

Merry Christmas

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a government gazetted heritage building located on Leith Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The mansion's external decorations and indigo-blue outer walls make it a very distinctive building, and it is sometimes referred to as The Blue Mansion.

Built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of the 19th century, the mansion has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases and 220 vernacular timber louvre windows. It served as Cheong's private residence as well as the seat of his business activities in Penang.



The mansion is eclectic, but mainly reflects Chinese architectural styles of the Imperial Period. Features of the house include Gothic louvred windows, Chinese cut and paste porcelain work, Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles made of encaustic clay in geometric pieces all shaped to fit to a perfect square, Glasgow cast iron works by MacFarlane's & Co. and Art Nouveau stained glass windows.

The mansion was originally built with careful attention to the principles of Feng Shui. The domestic annexe is built in front of it to prevent any road being built to create a T-junction in front of it; it has water running through a meandering network of pipes that begin from the eaves of the roof, channelled through the upper ceiling, down the walls collecting in the central courtyard before being channelled away from the property via a similar network of pipes, in this case, underneath the entire flooring system and is built with a step in the middle to create a slope (to ride on the dragons back.)

The distinctive blue colour of the mansion is the result of mixing lime with natural blue dye made from the Indigo plant. The blue was very popular in the Colonial period and the dye was imported from India to Penang by the British. 

The lime-wash was very effective in a tropical weather as it absorbed moisture and cooled the house whilst dispelling moisture without damage to the structural integrity of the walls. Though white was the most easily available colour, the indigo-blue was chosen because it was highly-prized by all communities, adding stature to the mansion.

~wikipedia~

Entopia by Penang Butterfly Farm

ENTOPIA BY PENANG BUTTERFLY FARM



Recently relaunched after an extensive facelift, Entopia by Penang Butterfly Farm is a large butterfly enclave with about 15,000 butterflies, dragonflies, and fireflies. It is an ideal place to entertain and educate both children and adults alike.

Operating Days Monday - Sunday
Operating Hours 9.00am - 7.00pm
Contact Number +604 888 8111

Entrance Fee

RM49.00 per adult (with MyKad; 13 to 59 years old)
RM65.00 per adult (without MyKad; 13 to 59 years old)
RM29.00 per child (with MyKad; 4 - 12 years)
RM45.00 per child (without MyKad; 4 - 12 years)
RM29.00 per senior citizen (with MyKad; 60 years and above)
RM45.00 per senior citizen (without MyKad; 60 years and above)

Email
info@entopia.com

Website
https://entopia.com/

Address
830, Jalan Teluk Bahang, Teluk Bahang, 11050, Penang, MALAYSIA

~info courtesy of mypenang.gov.my~

Fancy Dessert House

【Fancy Dessert House】

Add:100-1-2,The Landmark,Jalan Tanjong Tokong,10470 Tanjong Tokong,Pulau Pinang
Tel:012-4802120
Biz hr:12pm-11pm
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pg/fancy.dessert.house/photos/?ref=page_internal
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/vFdjaFNc1mL2