Have Perut Will Travel...: PEN Day 1 │ Evening Stroll • To Lebuh Leith and Back

Walkabout — Penang Evening Edition

We checked into the hotel at 4:15pm and settled in. About an hour later, the walkabout itch struck — and since we had some laundry to do, we stepped out in search of a local murukku shop.

(Murukku: a savoury, crunchy snack whose name comes from the Tamil word for “twisted.”)

Murukku Mission

We walked southeast along Beach Street, then turned right onto Lebuh Pasar, where we found KVM Thulasiraman, the murukku shop we were looking for. We were asked to get several packets of the Dhall Pagoda variant — mission accomplished.

From there, we continued along Lebuh Pasar, turned right onto Penang Street, then left onto Lebuh China. We walked northeast until we reached the Goddess of Mercy Temple, built in 1880, still standing proud in the heart of George Town.

Laundry Hunt (and Lost Footage!)

We continued onto Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, crossed the intersection at Lebuh Chulia, and walked on before turning right onto Jalan Buckingham.

We arrived at 123 Laundry, only to find it claustrophobically small.

And then — disaster.

Due to an error downloading files from the DJI Action 3, we lost all footage from this point onwards.

Thankfully, the DJI Pocket 2 saved the day later.

Laundry, Dinner, and Recovery

We eventually found Laundry 39 along Lebuh Leith, got our laundry sorted, and then headed to Red Garden Food Paradise for dinner.

Here’s what we ordered:

Sotong Kangkung — RM18.00
Char Kueh Teow with Duck Egg — RM9.00
German Sausages — RM20.00
Small Heineken & Keat La Juice — RM20.00
Banana Split — RM12.00
Apam Balik — RM7.00

Total: RM86.00 (≈ USD19/EUR17)

A feast, as always.

Picking Up the Trail Again

We managed to recover footage from the DJI Pocket 2, so the video picks up at St. Xavier’s Institution. From there, we walked southwest along Lebuh Farquhar, passing the Church of the Assumption and the Francis Light Memorial, before turning right onto Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling again.

We crossed onto Lebuh Bishop and continued almost to its end, where we stopped to chat with the proprietor of Auntie Gaik Lean’s Old School Eatery. Then we walked past Ali Nasi Lemak Daun Pisang before finally making our way back to the hotel.

What’s Next

I’ll be busy tomorrow morning attending to office matters at our Penang branch, but I’m hoping for another walkabout tomorrow evening.

Stay tuned!