Sunday, August 9, 2009

Penang, Malaysia Day 3: Aug 8-Shopping, Sucking fish heads, and Terrimikasu (sp)

**Pictures should be up in the next couple days.**

It was time. For a completely new thing that had never been done before in this trip: shopping. No, we had been shopping pretty much every day since we arrived, actually everyday. But alas, my grandmother needed supplies from Tesco, a Costco type warehouse store. Tesco is what you would expect from a giant warehouse store, with cheap prices, and lots of products ranging from ping pong balls to boxers to coconut oil.

The highlight was lunch at the Chicken Rice Shop, with my family ordering a RM90 Family Fiesta set meal containing 12 things. Fish balls, salad, rice, chicken, assam fish, sprite, fruit cocktail, tofu, vegetables, chicken soup, and some other miscellaneous item. Pretty worth it, with great service, and even better food. Chicken rice is amazing here. The atmosphere is pretty clean and family friendly, so this joint is highly recommended.

Dinner was with relatives at a Chinese seafood restaurant just a bit north of Bayen Lepas. The name I have forgotten already, but the food was pretty decent with a whole fish and chicken wrapped in leaves as the highlights. In Asian/Malaysian style, adults at adjacent tables suck on fish heads til they're bone (or brain), and let out a burp. Chicken was extremely crispy, while the fish was nice and tender. Not bad food, just a bit pricey for Malaysian standards.

Well I have to go now, but thank you for reading. Hope all is well in Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, and to all who have read this far. Terrimikasu.

1 comment: