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Where to find cheap BUT nice hotels in Penang?

Someone asked me for recommendations for budget hotels in Penang and I am stumped. I thought that Sunway and Cititel will be decent enough but apparently, their rates are RM195 per room which is beyond the budget. Frankly, it is awfully expensive if you ask me. I get a nice, big deluxe [...]

Bacon link to bladder cancer risk

The evil but so tasty bacon with lots of streaky fats have earned a bad name.  I normally use bacon in my carbonara sauce or roasting chicken.  Place strips of bacon on the chicken to avoid the chicken’s skin burning.  Remove the bacon when it is crispy and continue roasting the chicken.  Yum, yum.  Other [...]

Things to do and eat in Batu Feringghi

A reader of MalaysiaBest asked this:
Delia commented on October 10th, 2006:^
Hi! My daughter gave me your website to read as I am frantically researching Penang. I have a bunch of Ang mos coming for an official function, afterwhich go Penang for 2 nites holiday. Pls recommend where to eat at Batu Feringghi. Staying [...]

Hokkien dishes at Ang Hoay Lor

This restaurant is located in the seedier side of the city and has been there for years and years.  In Penang, this is only one of two places where you get Hokkien dishes like bak kee th’ng and other dishes unique to the Hokkien clans.

Their signature dish is of course the Teochew taukua (hard bean [...]