Hilltop restaurant Balik Pulau

Getaway!

Escape from the hustle bustle of the city for your weekend dinner with great view overlooking Balik Pulau (South-west of Penang island).

Tofu

Seafood Otak otak

New operator

Seng, is the new boss operating the restaurant now. Few restaurant operators had rented this spot over the few years (partly due to high cost of rental or charging too expensive, I think).

My family has already know the boss before this as he operated at somewhere else before moving to this new spot.

What’s cooking?

Popular dishes from this restaurants include Seafood otak otak in Coconut shell and Tofu with Anchovy (ikan bilis) and vegetable. (see pic)

Where?

Look for Permandangan Indah Enterprise, it’s located at the top of the hill on the way up to Balik Pulau from Paya Terubong/Relau. Along the way up, you will see an ample space with some stalls where you can do some sight-seeing over looking Balik Pulau (See map for exact location)
For booking/ more info, you can call 012 5646858 (Seng)

Map after the jump!

Popularity: 15% [?]

Bayan Lepas, Penang

Well well well, last weekend I went to a restaurant located somewhere along the hilly road down to town. There’s really nothing to talk about the food there other than its higher than average pricing. But, it also offers sauna during the daytime for just RM 10 per pax! And the restaurant boost spectacular view to the city. I can even see the airport runway too when visibility is good.

With my tripod and camera gear brought along for dinner, I captured some photos of the night view!

Canon 400D with Sigma 18-200 at 200mm, f/22 180s, ISO 100

The building with glowing horizontal lighting is SUNTECH, the first building under Penang Cybercity.

The residential lit in golden color is located near Sungai Ara where’s the residential complexes in the left foreground is in Relau.

Photo is taken along the hilly road from Relau to Balik Pulau (you can check the map).

Canon 400D with Sigma 18-200 at 106mm, f/22 231s, ISO 100

Bayan Baru is located next to Bayan Lepas, where Penang airport is, Penang, Malaysia. The town was part of the Penang Cybercity Phase 1, which was obtained in 2005. This town was the location of Pantai Mutiara Hospital and a hypermarket named Giant. Penang International Sports Arena is also situated in Bayan Baru (near to Relau).The Postcode of Bayan Baru is 11950. The first MSC designated building outside Klang Valley, Suntech @ Penang Cybercity is also located here.

The parliament constituency of Bayan Baru includes N35 Batu Uban, N36 Pantai Jerejak and N37 Batu Maung.

quoted from Wikipedia.

Location of the restaurant after the jump.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Georgetown, Penang HDR

Located about 5 minutes further up the hill from the famous Chinese Temple Complex Kek Lok Si is the Air Itam Dam. The dam was built by the Penang City Council between 1958-1962. Today, besides supplying fresh water to Penangites, it’s a popular jogging/hiking trail for the locals.

From the dam, one can overlook to the city located north-east of the island, Georgetown which has been listed as World Cultural Heritage Site in 2008.

Technical note: Taken using Canon 400D and Canon EFS 10-22mm, EV2+- bracketing and processed using Photomatix.

You can see the location of photography after the jump!

Popularity: 3% [?]

Pulau Betong

Pulau Betong is located at the south western tip of Penang island. In this case, we are talking about the fishing village located on the Penang island. It is named after an island located just under 1 km away off the main land.

This place was hit by Tsunami back in 2004. Some lost their lives.

Anyway, as you can see, the main economy generation of this village is through fishing. There are some fishmonger stalls located just beside the pier. Locals often come here to hunt for cheap and fresh seafood. My mum often come here to shop for fishes too.

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Wikimapia link to the photoshoot location

Popularity: 26% [?]

Kerachut

Tada~~~ I went to Kerachut again for the second time this year. This time, I went with my colleagues from Motolala.

SJLee, Adrian, Ricky, Hugo and Choon Yi and…

Joyce from Motolala also. Nice to meet you for the first time.

I couldn’t catch my breath and got muscle cramp on the way back and It was worse than last time. I think I need to exercise more given my limited little stamina in my body. On the way back Joyce and ChoonYi were the two that are leading the pack and pulled away at steady rate. By the time I reached I can see them practicing dancing. Just imagine how slow I was. Ahahha.. man… I’m weak

Had a great time hiking and sweating. That’s the spirit! Let’s do it again some time in the future! :D

Ahem, Here’s some good shots taken during the trip. The rest of the photos can be found in the album page link below. Comments are welcomedddddd

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Kerachut Suspension Bridge HDR

Popularity: 6% [?]