Thai (泰) Food Restaurant at Medan Batu Lanchang, Penang Island

Thai (泰) Food Restaurant (N5.38947 E100.30539) is located along Medan Batu Lanchang, Penang Island, just opposite the Batu Lanchang Food Complex. My first impression of this restaurant was the 'simple' name, it tell exactly what they sell - Thai Cuisine and unlike some of the fancy name.
It's advise to park your car at the market parking area which is about 100 meter away if you drive, because the parking area is limited in front of the restaurant.

Thai Food Restaurant at Medan Batu Lanchang

Simple setting and we like the ambience...

Cozy environment of Thai Foods Restaurant

We were there quite early just to avoid the dinner crowded situation...
The friendly owner of the restaurant - Mr Choong recommended their signature dishes to us...

Our order :-
*  Pla Neung Manao (Steam fish in lime juice)
*  Deep fried pork knuckles
*  Pla Meuk Pad Gai Kem (Deep fried squid with Salted Eggs)
*  Khai Jeow Cha Om (Cha Om Omelette)
*  Tom Yum Nam Khun (with red chili pepper)

Pla Neung Manao (Steam fish in lime juice)

Deep fried pork knuckles

Pla Meuk Pad Gai Kem (Deep fried squid with Salted Eggs)

Khai Jeow Cha Om (Cha Om Omelette)

Tom Yum Nam Khun (with red chili pepper)

All the dishes above served with rice, authentic!

The spicy steam fish was fresh, nice and the broth was unique!
The deep fried pork knuckles was cripy outside and tender inside, juicy! It's a must try dish for us!
The salted eggs squids was delicious and tasty!
Omelette taste average and not too salty...
The red chili pepper Tom Yum was Special! The sourness and the spiciness was just right and the level!
Overall, satisfied with the dinner and thankful for the Authentic Thai Cuisine served by Thai Food Restaurant! Awesome!

The Damage : RM88.00 for 4 adults and 1 child. Reasonable price for the Yummy foods!

We will definitely visit again on our future trip to Penang Island!

*  Food tastes are based on individual preference.

Thai (泰) Food Restaurant

19L, Medan Batu Lanchang,

11600 Penang. 

(Located beside Batu Lanchang Market, behind Batu Lanchang KFC & CIMB Bank)

Lunch - 11.30am to 2.30pm, dinner - 6.00pm to 10.00pm
CLOSE ON EVERY WEDNESDAY

Tel : +6012-486 9191 (Mr. Christopher Choong)

https://www.facebook.com/ThaiFoodRestaurant

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Discovered the mural at Lebuh Ah Quee, Penang Island

After exploring the Chew Jetty, we continued to discovered another few murals at Lebuh Ah Quee (N5.41513 E100.33905). The murals are located once we walked into the street, that was really save us some sweats...:)

Many tourists around the area with all kind of pose...Yes, these were interesting!

There are 2 murals here : "Boy on the Bike" and "Little Boy with Pet Dinosour".

Both of them are located side by side...

Boy on the Bike mural at Ah Quee street

Little boy with Pet Dinosour mural at Ah Quee street

Walked further, we saw another mural by the local (I think...) and it said..."Our Art Is Dying."

While you take photos of the Murals at Penang, do take note of your belonging. Because there are many peoples around the area, this was just a advise from firends...

We call it a day after these murals, there are still others murals in Georgetown that we haven't discover yet, that will be a good reason to come back before all faded...

Related posts :-
*  Exploring the Street Art at Lebuh Armenian (street), Penang Island.
*  Chew Jetty 姓周桥 (One of the Clan Jetty) - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Penang Island.

Location map of Lebuh Ah Quee (street) in Penang Island

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Chew Jetty 姓周桥 (One of the Clan Jetty) - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Penang Island.

Once we finished strolling along the Armenian Street and Acheh Street, we continue our walking journey to Chew Jetty (the clan jetty in Penang) (N5.41292 E100.33962). This area became a Tourist hotspot many years ago, and there is a public parking area beside the main road of Pengalan Weld.

"Having been a home on stilts on the shores for the Chew Clan community more than a century and is still now, the Chew Jetty has withstood the test of time and a strong testament of living heritage for Penang and the world to mesmerize.
Started merely as a wooden passageway and slowly created into a cluster of houses perch above the sea shores by stilts above the never ending shifting tides, this communal site is locked in a time zone by itself, disregarding the urban development that is taking place around it."
If you like to read more, please click www.visitpenang.gov.my.

The entrance to Chew Clan Jetty, Penang

There was a old and unique coffee shop (kopitiam) on the left of the entrance, I like the traditional atmosphere very much!
Before we start the tour in Chew Jetty, there were many signages to read though...

姓周桥 - Chew Jetty (Unesco World Heritage Site)
Established : Mid 19th Century
Ancestor's origin : Xinglingshe Village, TongAn District, Quangzhou Pretecture, Fujian Province - China.
Length : Part 1 - 182 meter, Part 2 - 122 meter
Total house : 75 units.

Leave your footprint, not rubbish...

Once we stepped in, the area was a bit similar with Kukup, Johor. The only different is Kukup is slowly upgraded to mostly concrete walkway and also the houses, but in Chew Jetty...most of it still remain in timber...the walkway and the houses...

The small alley above might connected to the part 2...I think...

We spotted the filming house in the movie of Ice Kacang Puppy Love ( 初恋红豆冰) which was the home of Eric Moo (巫啟賢).

The Ice Kacang Puppy Love filming area...

Along the way, I saw this homestay signage...you can google it to find out more info about it...
I think that will be a totaly different experience to stay in the Clan Jetty, I wish I have a chance to stay there in the future...

Someone maintaining the roof of the home stay...

Continue the walk, when we almost reaching the end...Surprised!

The last part of the Chew Jetty...

We spotted another mural from Ernest Zacharevic - Children in the boat.

Children in the boat

This mural will fade more faster than others I believe, it's because nearby the sea...

We hanged around the area for a while and luckily that was not very hot, the scenic view really made us relax...and I like the surrounding...

The small boat ferry...

I think the ferries are provide the convenience for the local to go to other clan jetty, because this is not the only clan jetty around here...there are Tan Jetty, Lee Jetty, Mixed Clan Jetty and Yeoh Jetty located not too far away...

I had a chat with an old lady who selling some souvenirs along the walkway in Chew Jetty. She was friendly and told us that all the youngsters have gone for work, and most of them are not staying here anymore...they only back once in the while and during Chinese New Year. So I guess, the place will be crowded during the coming Chinese New Year.
We bought some postcards and notepads from her...

The women who sell souvenirs in Chew Jetty

It was a nice place for photography, and I guess I'll be back again for more photograph...

Location map of Chew Jetty (clan jetty) in Penang Island.

Related posts :-
*  Exploring the Street Art at Lebuh Armenian (street), Penang Island.
*  Discovered the mural at Lebuh Ah Quee, Penang Island

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Jewish Culture, etc Festivals in Europe 2013

Line to visit synagogue during the 7@Nite festival in Krakow. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber

As usual, I am trying to put together a list of as many as possible of the numerous Jewish festivals -- culture, film, dance, etc -- that take place each year around Europe.  Please help me by sending me information!

The big culture festivals and other smaller events make good destinations around which to center a trip. Some, like the annual Festival of Jewish Culture in Krakow, are huge events lasting a week or more, which draw thousands of people and offer scores or sometimes hundreds of performances, lectures, concerts, exhibits and the like. Other festivals are much less ambitious. Some are primarily workshops but also feature concerts. Many of the same artists perform at more than one festival. 

 The list will be growing and growing -- and again,  I ask my readers to please send me information and links to upcoming events. Thanks!


AUSTRIA

June 2-16 -- Vienna -- Jewish Culture Weeks

FINLAND

Oct. 30-Nov. 2 -- Helsinki -- Helsinki Klezmer Festival


FRANCE

July 28-August 1 -- Carpentras -- 12th Festival of Jewish Music

HUNGARY

June 9 -- Budapest -- Judafest street festival

November 10-17 -- Szombathely -- Jewish Culture Festival

ITALY

June-August -- Florence -- Balagan Cafe (every Thursday evening in the garden of the Florence synagogue)

July 20-25 -- Rome -- International Festival of Jewish Literature and Culture

August 25-September 5 -- Puglia region -- Lech Lecha Jewish festival

Sept. 28-Oct 1 -- Milan -- "Jewish in the City" Jewish culture festival


NORWAY

August 30-Sept. 1 -- Trondheim -- Jewish Culture Festival

POLAND

June 1-7 -- Wroclaw -- 15th annual Simcha Jewish Culture Festival

June 8-9 -- Krakow -- 7@Nite/Night of the Synagogues

June 8-29 -- Tarnow, Bobowa -- Days of Remembrance of Galician Jews

June 9-12 -- Warsaw -- 16th annual Jewish Book days

June 26-29 -- Oswiecim -- Life Festival

June 28-July 7 -- Krakow -- Festival of Jewish Culture

August 24 - Sept. 1 -- Warsaw -- Singer's Warsaw Festival 10th edition

August 26-30 -- Kazimierz Dolny -- Pardes Festival: Encounter with Jewish Culture

Sept. 4-6 -- Plock -- Jewish Culture Days

Sept. 16-22 -- Katowice -- Sababa Jewish Culture Festival


PORTUGAL

May 22-25 - Lisbon -- Judaica -- 1st Jewish Film & Culture Festival


SLOVAKIA

July 18-22 -- Kosice  -- Mazal Tov festival (part of the program of Kosice as European Cultural Capital 2013)


SPAIN

June 17-21 -- Cordoba -- 12th International Festival of Sephardic Music


SWITZERLAND

Jan. 9-31 -- Lausanne -- Festival of Jewish Cultures

U.K. 

Sept. 1 -- London -- Klezmer in the Park festival

Exploring the Street Art at Lebuh Armenian (street), Penang Island.

We visited the Armenian Street (N5.41300 E100.33954) of Penang on one of the sunny day, the purpose was to search and locate the Street Art (Mural) of Ernest Zacharevic who painted a beautiful street painting on the wall of the pre-war shoplots and houses around the area. It was a awesome effort by the Lithuanian artist - Ernest who given a new life to the old town...

Lebuh Armenian (street)

"Ernest Zacharevic is a young Lithuania-born artist who is "making a scene" on the streets of George Town, Penang. This comes in the form of beautifully executed wall paintings, or murals, at selected streets in the inner city. The project, known as Mirrors George Town, is part of George Town Festival 2012.

Ernest Zacharevic's wall paintings in George Town include figure drawings and portraitures that celebrate the exuberance of life in the inner city. They range from the pensive "Boy on a Bike", the lively "Little Children on a Bicycle" to the whimsical "Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur".

So far six murals have been completed, with perhaps one more in the making. The project is funded by George Town Festival while the paint was sponsored by a paint company, Murobond." Source from here...

The famous "Little Children on a Bicycle" once we stepped into the street...

The area was full of tourist and been waiting for about 10 minutes to let the tourists snap their photos together with the 'children'...

I never walk in this street before after so many years...so I guess I have to thanks to Ernest! :)

Like the old building along the street very much!

After the first mural, we were attracted by a small shop like a art centre or souvenirs shop just not too far away...

At first, it was because of the special the signage...

follow by the recycle chairs...

Then...nice music played by an old man who sit just next to the signage...
He was playing on a unique musical instrument which I never seen it before!

The old man with his unique muscal instrument

The write-up...

My daughter was totally attracted by the music and stood there more than 15 minutes! The old man was kind to show my daughter the technique of playing it in the later part...

Some of the shops had coverted to a art galley and cafes...just like this Ederweiss Swiss Cafe...

Ederweiss Swiss Cafe

And the Colonial Hainanese Restaurant, but too bad it was close that day...

The Cafe and Restaurant were located just next to the movie firming area - Anna and the King on 1999.

Another 2 local Arts appeared in front of us...I believe these 2 were not from Ernest.

A traffic policemen holding a....Starbuck coffee?! (correct me if I'm wrong)

It was not a mural, it was made from steels and the shadows reflected on the wall...

I found these old bicycle shop was really classic and hardly can find one nowadays...

Classic bicycle shop along Armenian Street

Yap Temple spotted along...

The Armenian street is full colonial shoplots and houses...

Armenian Street of Penang

The unit below had became an Art Gallery...

And we discovered the Mr Sun Yat Sen Penang base also located in the street, it became the Sun Yat Sen Museum today...

Sun Yat Sen Museum in Penang

We continued our walk on Acheh Street...another Sun Yat Sen base is located in the street...

Another Sun Yat Sen's base in Penang

Suddenly my curious daughter stuck again in front of a woodcraft shop! She was observing the carpenter crafting the Chinese words on a piece of wood...I don't know how to call this piece of wood but you can see it hanged at the main door at every old shops or houses...

About 100 meters from the intersection of Armenian Street and Acheh Street, we found another mural in Cannon Street - "Reaching up".

Reaching up

This mural was easy to locate where it was just behind a Khoo Kongsi big signage...

The Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi signage

We had a break after the end of the Acheh Street and we missed the other mural which located along the street - The Famous Wooden Clog Painter Mr Ng Chai Tiam. Oh! I think it was a good reason for me to re-visit the Armenian Street again! :)

I will continued our searching for the murals at Penang in my next blog post...

Related posts :-
*  Chew Jetty 姓周桥 (One of the Clan Jetty) - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Penang Island.
*  Discovered the mural at Lebuh Ah Quee, Penang Island

Loaction map of Armenian Street in Penang.

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