David Brown's Restaurant, Penang Hill - Penang

David Brown's Restaurant is located at the Strawberry Hill of Penang Hill (N5°25.457' E100°16.183') It's hill upon a hill....

"It is believed that Captain Francis Light originally leveled the slope of this hill expressedly for the planting of strawberries. Visitors or tourists disembarking at the upper station of Penang Hill's funicular railway can see the entrance to David Brown's on Strawberry Hill along the road just minutes' walk away from the station."

We were attracted by the location where it's obviously appear in front of us!

The entrance of David Brown's Restaurant

The customers of the Restaurant will not disturb by the public, because you cannot just walk around at the area. Therefore, we decided to had our tea break over here.

You need to climb up the brick staircase....and....

The Beautiful gate of the Restaurant was open for us...

We were surround by the beautiful plants and flowers at that time!

The waiters are waiting and welcome us after the gate.

"This is an quintessential British colonial Restaurant and Tea Terraces. There's a small well-manicured garden in front of the restaurant and the Lily pond was just in the middle which is enhance the beauty of the restaurant."



Initially I found this table which we can enjoy the view of Georgetown but it's too hot under the sun...

I think to myself, there will be no other enjoyment rather than having a Ice Cold Beer in this calm and relax environment!

So I grab a glass of Carlsberg and Lau had the Guinness Stout.
Beside that. we also ordered the 'Smokehouse Cream Tea set' which comes with scones, fruitcake and tea. And one orange juice....

We changed to this table where's much cooler than that table under the sun and I can snap this photo (below) for unforgettable memories...

Kids were happy running around the area...
I also take some photos inside the colonial building which furnished with comfortable old world furnishing of a past elegance.

The counter of the Restaurant.

I did request to visit the 1st floor of the Restaurant, but the waiter answer firmly "No".

Before we leave this beautiful place, I just can't resist to snap a few photos of the washroom too! Haha!

The corridor to the washroom.

The antique of the Male washroom.

The damage of the Tea Break : MYR99.00.
The cost of having a break at the 720 meter Altitude. :)

I thought it's a best place for blogging here, but too bad...it's only 2G available...

Penang Trip - Chinese New Year 2009 :-
* Dengkil R & R (RSA) Area - Selangor
* Sing Tat Garden Hawker Center, Butterworth
* Blossom Seafood Steamboat at Auto City, Butterworth
* The Nine Emperor Gods Temple (九皇大帝) at Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth
* Long House Seafood Restaurant, Batu Kawan - Butterworth
* Auto City of Juru - Butterworth
* 1926 Heritage Hotel at Burmah Road, Penang
* Funicular Train Station at Penang Hill, Ayer Itam - Penang
* Top of Penang Hill (Flagstaff Hill), Penang
* Bellevue Hotel at Penang Hill, Penang
* Famous Tau Sar Pneah of Penang
* My CNY Penang Trip

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Top of Penang Hill (Flagstaff Hill), Penang

After almost 25 minutes, we reached the Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) of Penang!
The convenient shop just wanna close shop when were there, it's 5.30pm.

Convenient Shop

Once we walked out from the Train Station, the Breathtaking view appear in front of us!
Penang Bridge, Komtar of Penang, and others....

Magnificent view of Georgetown, Penang.

KOMTAR of Penang

It was so Beautiful! I was standing here for more than 15 minutes to admiring the scenic view...

Tourists are everywhere...

The weather was just nice and the temperature was between 20°C - 22°C. It is the coolest place in Penang Island.
Along the way, there are many stalls selling souvenirs...



Surprisingly this monkey wanna tell us that we are standing at the Altitude of 720 meter.

I miss this type of stall very much! (picture below) We used to call it - The "Kacang Puteh" stall...

I never see even one at Johor Bahru area...But it's hot if you take too much! :)
Behind the stall, it's a small size of food court and also some shops selling souvenirs.

We missed the Snake Show and the Fire Show which shows on only on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday....beside the stage, you will witness the First Funicular Train of Penang Hill.

The train is separate to Class A and Class B cabin.

The Mosque and the Indian Temple are side by side with no racial conflict and tension. The children playground it's just located in between.

The children playground between the Mosque and the Indian Temple.

More pictures for the Indian Temple...

The repeater behind of the Mosque.

The fountain before the Temple...

I believe this building above was built long time ago, especially the antique design...

Suddenly, we spotted a beautiful area for our tea break after 30 minutes walk! The place called David Brown's Restaurant...

Penang Trip - Chinese New Year 2009 :-
* Dengkil R & R (RSA) Area - Selangor
* Sing Tat Garden Hawker Center, Butterworth
* Blossom Seafood Steamboat at Auto City, Butterworth
* The Nine Emperor Gods Temple (九皇大帝) at Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth
* Long House Seafood Restaurant, Batu Kawan - Butterworth
* Auto City of Juru - Butterworth
* 1926 Heritage Hotel at Burmah Road, Penang
* Funicular Train Station at Penang Hill, Ayer Itam - Penang
* David Brown's Restaurant, Penang Hill - Penang
* Bellevue Hotel at Penang Hill, Penang
* Famous Tau Sar Pneah of Penang
* My CNY Penang Trip

MY TRIPS - Home

Funicular Train Station at Penang Hill, Ayer Itam - Penang

Me and Lau went for the tickets booking on 12.30pm.
This Tourist Spot had been changed a lot! My last visit was 25 years ago....

The Penang Hill Funicular Train Station

The History of the Railway Station :-
* Construction of the railway took place between 1906 to 1923, at a cost of 1.5 million Straits dollars. The railway was opened to the public on October 21, 1923. The 2,007 m (1 mile 435 yard) journey takes about half an hour and the train may stop at intermediate stations upon request.

On the left, there is the Entrance of the Railway and also the ticket counter.

The Ticket Counter building. (Left after the main gate)

There are many Souvenirs shop on the right....

Souvenirs Shop on the right.

The queue was really Long when we were there...it's took us about 30 minutes to get our 5.00pm tickets. The timing was just right during that time, because others tickets was sold! We got our Last 4 tickets and the following ticket was 5.30pm onwards.

Ticket for the Funicular Train to Penang Hill :-
MYR4.00 for adults
MYR2.00 for children (Below 12 years old)

The train operating hours was from 7.00am to 11.15pm. Extend due to Festive Season, normally the last train is 10.00pm.

We have our rest at the coffee shop beside 1926 Heritage Hotel....and also fill up our stomach.
We started to to drive from the Hotel on 3.30pm. Because of the heavy traffic jam, we don't wanna miss the train. (The total journey from the Hotel to the Penang Hill Station is 7.4km)

The timing was just right when we reached. Everyone were anxiously waiting for the train...

The railway of the train.

After about 15 minutes waiting, the train finally arrived....(The interval was 15 minutes...)


And it's packed with peoples....looks like sardin!

The Control Cabin of the Train.

We choose the last cabin which you can enjoy the view from behind...

Do you think it's 'Creative' enough to hang the 2 table fans like this way?!!

Scenic view along the way....there's a staircase beside the railway, I don't think it's not for hiker....maybe it's maintenance.


The cable which is pulling the train and release on the other train...
The local called 'Cable Car' instead of Funicular Train...

The Famous Red Swiss made Funicular Train can carry up to 80 passengers per trip, and manufactured by Habegger Engineering Work on the year of 1977. (Empty weight : 7.5 tons)

It passed by many small station along the way....that are for those residents who stayed around the hill.

Claremont Station

We need to change to the other train in the middle of the journey. Every passengers were rushing to the other train during that time, while I took out my camera....they all already inside the other train...
Before it reach the peak, it went through one tunnel which is constructed many years ago. There's not enough time for me to capture the year that embossed on the wall.
The total journey took almost 30 minutes.

To be continue....

Penang Trip - Chinese New Year 2009 :-
* Dengkil R & R (RSA) Area - Selangor
* Sing Tat Garden Hawker Center, Butterworth
* Blossom Seafood Steamboat at Auto City, Butterworth
* The Nine Emperor Gods Temple (九皇大帝) at Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth
* Long House Seafood Restaurant, Batu Kawan - Butterworth
* Auto City of Juru - Butterworth
* 1926 Heritage Hotel at Burmah Road, Penang
* Top of Penang Hill (Flagstaff Hill), Penang
* David Brown's Restaurant, Penang Hill - Penang
* Bellevue Hotel at Penang Hill, Penang
* Famous Tau Sar Pneah of Penang
* My CNY Penang Trip

MY TRIPS - Home