China House @ Georgetown, Penang

It has almost 2 years since i step into Penang again. This time is for my friend's wedding which falls on 11th November. I booked my flight many months ago once i received notification from the buddy. I reached Penang one day earlier before the wedding. Boon Yi recommended me a nice place called China House which is located between Beach Street & Victoria Street. The amazing heritage old shop houses terrace place transformed into a cafe cum dine-in place & art gallery for customers.

I am amazed with the structures and the decorations of the place. It truly a colonial place which makes us feel so vintage and comfortable for leisure time. However, one thing to take note that the parking space is limited and you might have difficulties to find place to park your car. It's worth though to give it a try here and enjoyed the atmosphere and the ambiance of such a cosy place. 

Each area of the place has different theme and the dinning areas option are available indoor and outdoor too. Too bad as i am using iPhone to take photos so spare me from my poor quality photos of the place.

We went there on 11th November which is happened to be Boon Yi's birthday. So we have a mini celebration. Just two of us only with a nice meal and companion. Each table is set up with white 'mahjong' papers. I even saw some of the customers drew on the papers so i requested for colour pencils from the staff. Guess what, i got the brand new crayon set. I was kinda happy to reminisce my favourite drawing session with colourful crayons. I drew a birthday cake on the papers.

Let the photos below do the talking:-

Chinese Pear Salad - RM30 per serving. 

It's one of the popular salad which served with shaved parmesan, cranberries, coriander, cashews, red onions and crispy greens. I can taste the sweetness and sour taste from the combination. It makes my appetizing more appealing. I love the colours of the salad too. 

Boon Yi's Beef Curry Spaghetti - RM28 per serving.

The presentation looks tempting to us. The beefball taste good. The meat is not tough and still manageable. I love the curry sauce made to accompany the spaghetti.

The recommendation drink- Gula Melaka Pistachio Shake -RM16

I don't really like it though because it is way too sweet for me. The taste is strong too. I can't take it and didn't finish them in the end :(

Boon Yi with the cake

Dessert always served after main course. We headed to the desserts area to pick the cakes we want. They served varieties of cakes and it looks good and taste good too in my point of view. We choose Banana Trutle Torte - RM15 per slice. It was 'huge' slice for us. The taste is fascinating. The sweetness of banana with the chocolate makes the overall taste bud feels satisfying. 

After the lunch, we headed upstairs level 2 to see the art gallery. It was understand that there is different theme of art exhibition going on monthly. This time round we saw the circus art exhibition. I took some of the photos from the gallery and here I am sharing for your viewing pleasure.

 

*All photos taken using iPhone 4s* 

Location address:-

China House

153- 155 Lebuh Pantai

Georgetown

10350 Penang, Malaysia

Tel: +604 2637299

Website: www.straitscollection.com.my/

Situ Patengang, Bandung

After Kawah Putih, we wanted to go to Tangkupan Perahu which is famous with the volcanic crater but it was closed for maintenance that day. So,we continue our journey towards Situ Patengan.

 

Situ Patengan, comes from Sundanese "Pateangan-teangan" with the meaning is each other looks for. The legend was shared by that formerly there is a couple of lover named Ki Santang and Dewi Rengganis . They were split-ups for long period and was forced to split under certain circumstances. Their tears formed a lake there and named Situ taken from the word teangan pateangan which was said earlier.

 

Boats are available and the colors of the boats are bright enough and outstand the surroundings. It was peaceful and calm when u step into this place. The entrance fee was around Rp7000 (entrance fee per person + car (which is shared among total people in a car)). So basically less than SGD1 per entrance fee.

 

Water transportation facilities are available such as rowboat rentals, boat and water bikes at a price which is negotiable with owner. There are many stalls along a path where they sell souvenirs and foods which is owned by the people who are staying at the area. However, when we arrive there after 4pm, most of the stalls are closed. So it was very quiet and calm feeling. We didn't rent the boats but just walked around the reservoir and snap photos.

 

 

 

This stall sells very interesting vegetables. There are indonesian brinjal which is called terong belanda. It can be raw eat and also make into juice based on the local recommendation. But we did not buy and try. There are many locals grow their own strawberries and sold to tourists at very cheap price. The taste of the strawberries are the same we have in Malaysia and Singapore.

 

Love the shadow photos taken during sunsets.

All photos taken using iphone & Samsung phone. #nofilter or #noedit. Perfectly nice and i am loving it!

 

Quiet path with all the stalls closed on that late afternoon.

 

After rounds of snapping non-stops at the lake, we continue our journey to Bandung town area and headed back to hotel. We came across the tea plantation along the route and went down to take a few snaps on the photo. It is basically like Cameron Highlands tea plantation and we can see young couples climbed up to the hill for dating and viewing the overall view of the outskirt town. It's just a simple yet happy kind of life without complicating town bust.

 

 

Evening shoot of the tea plantation which blends the green environment with the nature beauty. Sometimes, you will just feel contented having looking at the blue sky and smile your worries away...