Made In Penang Interactive Museum . 美因檳廊

Most of the people travel to Penang with the main purpose of finding good street food and some attractions which well-known by most tourists; you have one more place to visit now - Made In Penang Interactive Museum (美因檳廊). I went there months ago right after Jayne came and visited me in Penang, should went there earlier with her, feel quite regret for not going there earlier. Sign. 

Since we went there few weeks after their opening, we got to enjoy the promotion on their entrance fee (I paid only RM5 lol), I'll list down the price at the end of this post. Love how their entrance ticket looks like, it comes with a QR code, do keep the ticket with you as you will be needing it when you found their interactive kiosk. I'm not going to post how it works, I'll leave it for you to discover. 

This is the first part - miniature for local trades and Weld Quay. Hold your gasp when you see the miniature of Weld Quay which show you the 19th Penang Jetty Diorama (Behn Meyer Building), it is so amazing they can made things like that. Right after the miniature area, you will move to their interactive kiosks where your entrance ticket will show you some magic. The most exciting part will be their Trick Art Gallery, where more than 20 paintings are waiting for you, I'll only share some over here. 

Ignore some of my funny face, it's hard to pose here when others are seeing you and waiting for their turn to take the some shots with the paintings, very gan cheong (means nervous in English) you know. Try not to go there during peak season (public holidays) as those paintings are quite near to each other, and it's quite hard for you to take photos in the crowd. I saw some new paintings are up from social network, I think I should pay another visit, but I don't think they have promotion for entrance fee anymore. 

Before you exit, you will be heading through a mini theater providing a video presentation of Penang story (in English and Mandarin version), you can decide to stay and watch or not. It's quite impressive that they make the story in 3-D effect, I think we spent around 2 hours++ inside the Made In Penang Interactive Museum, it's quite worth for you to pay a visit. 

Location

No. 3, Weld Quay, 10300 Georgetown, Penang.

Entrance Fee

Tourists (non MyKad holder) : RM30

Malaysian (adult) : RM15

Malaysian (kids/student) : RM10

Operating Hours

9am - 6pm (Daily)

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Made In Penang Interactive Museum

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Bought a casing for my iPad mini, finally. 

Brekkie . Roti Bean Cafe

It's been awhile for me to introduce new cafes in my island, the last one I posted here was during November; I did not stop unveiling new cafes these 3 months, in fact I visited a lot of new cafes with friends and family. It's just the time matter that I didn't post here, you can still see how active I am in hunting new cafe if you follow my instagram (follow my instagram @stimfishchong). Few months back, I've been to Roti Bean Cafe for my brekkie which located at Lorong Chulia; lot of cafes blooming over here btw. 

There is no signboard for the cafe, but you will know it's the right cafe once you see the colorful bikes parked neatly in front of the cafe. 

We was the first customer there, shown up sharp at 9am. Heart the laid-back ambiance, a great place to enjoy your hearty brekkie or even brunch, it's a small cafe and the main seating is located at 1st floor, there is only 5 to 6 tables if not mistaken. However I don't think this cafe is suitable for the elderly as the stairs is quite steep, it's already quite hard for young people like us. 

Simply shot something once we placed our order, they actually used iPad to take our order and with that for billing as well. Maybe the cafe is still new when we paid our visit that time, their menu is pretty limited so we didn't took long time to decide what to order (actually we google before we reached, the power of network!); now they have renew their menu to include more variant of breakfast.

RB Signature Soya Milk . RM4

Good brekkie must pair with healthy drink, so we had the signature soya milk (soya milk was the only beverage provided in the menu afterall). Soya milk cost only RM3, top-up another RM1 you can get their signature soya milk, why not go to the best? The only difference between the original one and the signature soya milk is the additional of Horlicks flavor which make the latter one richer and sweeter. The sweetness is still to my liking until the last few sips, it became too sweet for me. Oops, my bare feet! Yup, you need to leave your shoes at ground floor before you went up here.  

Egg Benedict with Smoked Turkey Bacon . RM10

Egg Benedict is not something usual you can find in Penang, I had some outside the island, that's why I was quite excited to try Roti Bean's Egg Benedict. It's like an art when they serve the brekkie to us, I would say it's like an open sandwich! Lettuce, 2 pieces of smoked turkey bacon, poached egg (doused with Hollandaise Sauce) was placed on top of white bread which spread with butter. Overall it's quite good, but I prefer smokier turkey ham and fluffier bread. 

Egg Benedict with Smoked Salmon . RM11

Mine! Similar to the top one, but there's no lettuce between the smoked salmon and bread, those is taken out and placed aside. I always feel food topped with salmon will be the best food, a little bit too bias but who care, I really love salmon what! Laugh. This Egg Benedict is to my liking compare to the one I had in Red Tomato, Langkawi, the one with too much steamed spinach on top; here they only sprinkle some dried herbs. This bread is fluffy enough, so I recommend this to you all for your first time to try Egg Benedict. 

Before I put them all in my mouth, I cut the bread into half and the yolk is runny, the great moment to capture some photos for that scene, lol. The perfect poached egg for Egg Benedict, you should kick start your day with great brekkie over here. 

Location

No. 5, Lorong Chulia, 10200 Georgetown, Penang.

Business Hours

9am - 5pm (kitchen closed at 3pm), closed on Tuesday

Contact Number

04-2613719

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RotiBean

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Hope I don't get the Monday blue tomorrow, after rest for 5 days.

art is rubbish / rubbish is art

If you are Penangites, you should know who is Ernest Zacharevic, he is the one who started to beautify our island, at the heritage area. I know this post come a little bit too late as his solo show - Art is Rubbish / Rubbish is Art at Hin Company Bus Depot left only one week; but I think most of the people should have pay a visit already. I went on the first day, which I think I shouldn't (but I'm glad I went there on the opening) because you need to wait for your turn to take those arts. Ended up I went to visit it again one week after the opening.

The opening show is open to public at 8.30pm, best friends of his or reporters were invited to his private party at 6pm. When we were waiting outside, you can see that those reporters rush in and out to take photo of the crowds; the next day when I read the news, I saw my face (to be exact, only my head) on the newspaper, lol. I saw real person run out from the drawing and shown up on that night, they take photos with their drawing while we take photo on them with their drawing. Quite funny btw. I upload some of his arts over here, if you wanna see all, please go to Him Company Bus Depot, this show is until 14th February.

This is not his art work, but I found this is quite 'art', so I take a shot on this. What do you think?

Many people wanted to take photos with him on the first day but he rejected as if he take one, all of us will run to him and take non-stop. On my second visit, I managed to get one photo with him! My life is complete, laugh out loud. 

Location

Hin Company Bus Depot, Jalan Gurdwara, Georgetown, Penang.

Opening Hours

12pm - 8pm (Until 14th February)

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Ernest Zacharevic

Website

www.zachas.com

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Reunion dinner . G cafe

Happy Chinese New Year to all my lovelies, wish you all the best in this year and dreams come true. This year, I might not get the dense Chinese New Year feel at all, now I started to regret that I didn't apply leave for this festival, gosh, I think I should apply some to rest at home. While waiting my relatives come over to visit (I done my part on the first day), blogging can really kill time. Decided to blog about our reunion dinner at G Cafe; my mum was so lazy to cook this year that's why we this is the first day we had our reunion dinner outside. They provide Chinese and International cuisine for this CNY buffet which cost RM98++ per person, luckily I made reservation 3 weeks before and they almost run out of seats that time! Again, I let the photos do the talking, enjoy!

Family photo on that night. Really feel that there are nothing to do during the CNY night time as most of the shopping mall will be closed on the first and second day. The only entertainment during the festival is to watch movie, yeah, gonna have movie date with my family on the 3rd day, can't wait! That's all for today, let's see if I free to blog more or not. Laugh. 

Location

Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Georgetown, Penang.

Contact Number

04-2380000

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I need the determination!

Tropfest SEA 2014 . Penang Esplanade

Tropfest SEA 2014 which held at Penang Esplanade yesterday was awesomely ended, I saw lots of people went there to support young and creative film makers; there are total of 12 finalists and the theme for this year Tropfest is RICE. Sitting on the grass (I was actually sitting on the cube chair provided by Digi) with group of people and watching the short films together make me feel like it was a backyard cinema, so nice! Food and beverages stalls are provided but not much choices, end up I went to hunt for supper after the event. I'll let my photos to do the talking because I'm so lazy to write, enjoy scrolling and enjoy my photos too.

Watched total of 12 short films and I really feel youngster nowadays very talented to make a film like this. Congrates to the winner Sothea Ines from Cambodia, if you missed the event, you can actually watch her short film here. Before the Tropfest ended, they actually announce Year 2015 Tropfest SEA theme which is WHEEL, for more info, please follow their website. 

Found a booth during the event which caught my attention due to their simple yet nice design and decor I think - Scoops which selling ice cream. Their ice creams are homemade, preservative-free and come wih unexpected flavors such as chempedak mint, mango pulut, LOL (Lots of Lemon, this really make me lol), banana pistachio and many more. Of course, they are also selling those normal flavors if you wonder. They only makes two flavors last night which are nutter butter and gula melaka ice cream; I choose the latter, really love the rich and creamy texture! They do not have own shop now, so if you want to get their ice cream, please email them on scoops.pg@gmail.com or leave a message in their facebook page. They have rum and raisin flavor, my all time favorite! Wink. 

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CNY please come faster, I wanna wear my new clothes asap!