JONATHAN'S ONE-DAY TRIP IN GEORGETOWN & OOTD BLOG

Hello world, my name is Jonathan and in today's blog I will be sharing a few places to visit in George Town, Penang for our assignment purposes. Penang Road and Armenian Street to be exact and we will be bringing our volunteered tourist to help us, their names are Tian Tian & Su Yao and a simple OOTD outfit to share to all of you.

(Source: Google, 2018; Edited by: Jonathan)

The very first stop is not other than Ban Heang (萬香餅家) which we can buy variety of home made biscuits with lots of flavors. This biscuits also be bought as a souvenirs to give to your friends and family.

Address: 245 & 247, Penang Road, 10000 Georgetown, Penang, Jalan Penang, George Town, 10000 George Town, Pulau Pinang

Business Hour: 9AM - 9PM Daily

For more information you can visit their websites : BanHeang

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Next stop, Roti Bakar Hutton Lane which we head for our breakfast so that we can have the energy for our next visit.They have a lot of variety of food such as roti canai, roti telur, roti bakar and many more. one of their specialty is Roti Bakar Cheese.

Address: 300, Jalan Phee Choon, George Town, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang

Business Hour: 5.30AM - 2PM Daily

For more information, can refer to their Facebook page: Hutton Lane Roti Bakar

(Source: Google, 2018)

The following places where we go is the Octopus Footbridge which link us to our next destination, Chowrasta Market and Penang Teochew Cendol. A brief about this Octopus Footbridge is that is a four-way pedestrian bridge crossing over Penang Road. Built in 1993, it comprises four arms, with access stairs at Penang Road, Burmah Road, Prangin Road and Komtar Walk.

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After walking under the scorching weather, we decided to go to the Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendol, some say if you did not try the Chendol, it means that you have not visit Penang before. This chendol stall started way back in the year 1936 which then took over by the sixth son in the year 1977 to improve their business which turn out to be a success.

Address: 27, Lebuh Keng Kwee, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang

Business Hour: 10:30AM - 7:00PM (Monday to Friday)

10:00AM - 7:30PM (Saturday & Sunday)

To find out more about them, you can go to their web page:Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendol

(Source: Google, 2018)

A Malaysian dessert of shaved ice with soft fresh pandan-flavored palm flour noodles top with coconut milk, gula melaka and kidney beans.

(Source: Jonathan, 2018)

Next stop, Chowrastaaaaaa Markettttt!!! Chowrasta Market was exist way back in the year 1890 which began bu Tamils from Southern India and was replace with the current Chowrasta Market in the year 1960s. A renovation which began from the year 2013 and end in the early January 2017. A market that sell a lot of things and the special about this market is that on the second floor, there is a few second-hand bookstore that a lot of youngsters will go and buy their missing textbooks. HAHA!!! that includes me.

Address: Lebuh Tamil, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang

Business Hour: Starts around 6:30AM

For more info about Chowrasta Market please click on the underlined words: Chowrasta_Market or visitpenang.gov.my

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After Chowrasta Market, we went to Jeruk Madu Pak Ali, which is a store that produce preserved fruits. It started way back on the year 1985 and it is now spread throughout the whole Malaysia.

Address: 423 & 425, Jalan Penang, George Town, 10000 George Town, Pulau Pinang (one of the store in Penang)

Business Hour: 9AM - 8PM (Monday to Thursday)

8:30AM - 8:30PM (Friday to Sunday)

For detailed of history, you may visit: Jeruk Madu Pak Ali

(Source: https://www.jerukmadupakali.com/pulau-pinang.html,2018)

Next stop, Armenian Street which is a 10 minutes drive away including the traffic from Penang Road. Once we reached Armenian Street, we head to Chew Jetty. Chew Jetty started from as early as the 1900s which is still exist till today. The Chew Jetty is actually a whole settlement of wooden houses built on silts and the name “Chew” (周) is the surname (the first name) of the residences and that’s where the name was derived. Migrant’s families with this surname would live together in this area.

Address: Chew Jetty, Weld Quay, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang

To find out more about Chew Jetty, please do visit: visitpenang.chew-jetty or chewjettypenanghistory

(Source: http://www.visitpenang.gov.my, 2018)

The second last stop for the day is Ming Xiang Tai (名香泰). Ming Xiang Tai started in the year 1979. Traditional handmade pastry from heart to customers mouth. Their vision is to flourish the culture of eating traditional handmade pastry and biscuits to the coming generations.

Address: No.26, Lebuh Victoria, George Town, 10200, Pulau Pinang (Armenian Street)

Business Hour: 10AM - 9PM (Monday to Friday)

9AM - 9PM (Saturday to Sunday)

For more info you can go to: mingxiangtai

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Last but not least, Armenian Street. Armenian Street is a street in the inner city of George Town and within the core zone of the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site. It derives its name from an Armenian family who once stayed at the junction of the now Armenian Street and Beach Street in the early part of the 19th century. The street is the venue of the weekly Armenian Street Fair.

Address: Lebuh Armenian, George Town, 10450 George Town, Pulau Pinang

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Group photo of us and the tourists.

(Source: Herry, 2018)

(Source: Silvia, 2018)

Itinerary:

8:00am

Gather at KDU University College Penang.

9:00am

Ban Heang Biscuits at Penang Road.

9:30am

Breakfast at Roti Bakar, Hutton Lane.

10:00am

Georgetown pedestrians bridge (octopus footbridge).

10:30am

Penang Teow Chew Cendul.

11:00am

Jeruk Madu Pak Ali.

12:00pm

Chowrasta Market.

1:00pm

Chew Jetty.

1:30pm

Ming Xiang Tai Pastry.

2:00pm

Armenian Street

2:30pm

Souvenirs shop at Armenian Street.

3:00pm

End of the trip.

This is the end of our trip in the one-day trip in George Town area. Thank you for reading all of the above. But wait!!!! This is not the end HOHO. There is still OOTD below. ENJOY =)

OOTD is the meaning of outfit of the day. Guys like me are simple, I will just grab any outfit with what I see the first thing I open up my closet, buttttttttttttt sometimes we do dress up, reason being is to make our self to look cool and to attract O.K. lets move forward haha.