Penang Road & Butterfly Farm

Penang Road is a hot spot for little hawkers shops and local food. We spent a bit of time there checking things out - Matt got a pair of Ray Bans for 15 ringgits or AUD$5 so he was pretty chuffed. Manson took us to a place where you get a special dessert - a must on a hot day - and people were queuing around for called Chendul. It was being sold from two little carts on either side of a small lane with cars, vans and motorbikes squeezing through and crowds of people queueing and standing around eating thus stuff out of bowls. Manson described it as jelly with coconut milk I think but it's like like green vermacilli noodles. At the bottom of the bowl is red beans topped by these jelly noodles with crushed ice and fresh coconut milk mmmmmmmm very nice and cost a whopping RM1.60 - that's about 55 cents to feed the three of us.





Yes I will be back to Penang Road when we move to the Eastern & Oriental for Tuesday night as it's just handy to there.




Off to the Butterfly Farm - driving past Batu Ferringhi again to the end of the world - that's what they call that part of Penang cos you can't drive any further along there but have to head inland. Not far from turning we arrived at the Butterfly Farm. This is a real treat - cost RM20 for adults and was just lovely with butterflies fluttering everywhere, resting on plants and food traps like pineapple slices and flowers. I could have stayed there all day - except for the heat! but there was such a peacefulness there with a koi pond and lovely walks. A couple of the staff engaged us - one trying to get a huge butterfly off his hand to ours and another challenging us to find the insect in a sparse shrub (we found it!). It was a green leaf shaped stick insect - same colour as the rest of the bush.