www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

When you are working and slogging like a dog or in sadness and sorrow, time seems eternally slow but time flies when you are happy, on holiday or free from anything cumbersome. Therefore, it is the "life" in your days that truly matter not the days in your life.  We were by now approaching our final bend. We were at Batu Ferringhi for seafood dinner. Just near the seafood restaurant, I saw this most unique bus stop. There was a tsunami scare in the afternoon. It was false alarm. So we came to the "Tsunami Village". Penang was hit by a tsunami especially Batu Ferringhi if you still remember. This spicy asparagus was awesome! The noodle texture was something I have not tasted before. It was crunchy with a firm texture fried with "tee poh" (a sun dried flat fish that give a great taste to any dry/soup or fried noodles, fish porridge or stir-fried vegetables).  The steamed fish was very fr...

Continued from Part 1... http://gforce-guru.blogspot.sg/2014/09/penang-pearl-of-orient-part-1.html The food trail continued. We had authentic old styled "Yong Tau Fu". In the centre of the soup pot was the pig's bladder soup. The Chinese eats everything! Anything that walks but only with their back to the sky are edible I was told.  You just won't find them like this any more. Suddenly I am inspired by Yong Tau Fu again. I am going to have this many times when I get back. Carlsberg is the de facto beer in Malaysia including Penang because it is brewed in Malaysia. They think that in Singapore we recycle our waste water from factories and toilets and then use them to brew our beer. Drinking beer in the car was an experience in itself. How I wish I have a driver to ferry me back home. We proceeded to Straits Quay.  Although called it a quay, it is really a Marina. It even has a lighthouse. Ah, lifestyle of the rich and famous with ...