PEN Day 9 │ CHOWRASTA: Morning Market Stroll

Penultimate Day — And Cat’s Birthday

After our excursion to Hin Bus Depot, we stayed home and ordered in. My fever got a lot worse, but several rounds of paracetamol eventually took care of it. Heavy evening rain sealed our decision to stay indoors.

Today, however, was a different story. Not wanting our second last day in Penang to go to waste, we woke up bright and early and left The Green House at 8:00am.

Brendan didn’t join us — he had pulled an all nighter playing online games with his international friends.

And by the way… it’s Cat’s birthday.

Breakfast at Chowrasta Market

We took a short walk to Chowrasta Market and returned to the very same food court from our first morning here — the Old Market food court.

This time, Cat tried Kueh Teow Th’ng from a different stall, while I stuck with the Western stall.

We ordered:

• Cat’s Kueh Teow Th’ng — RM5.50
• My Western breakfast — RM5.50
• Round of drinks — RM4.00

Our simple breakfast came to RM15.00 (≈ USD/EUR3).

Birthday Snacks

As we strolled out of the food court, several snack stalls caught Cat’s eye — birthday girl’s privilege. She picked up:

• 2 rolls Chee Cheong Fun — RM3.00
• 4 cream puffs — RM7.00
• Sweet Potato Ball (box) — RM3.00
• Malaiko Kueh (box) — RM3.50

Our additional snacks came to RM16.50 (≈ USD4/EUR3).

A Short Morning Walk

We continued through the morning market before exiting onto Jalan Penang. We crossed over and headed southwest, eventually turning right onto Jalan Phee Choon.

Here, we saw a long queue — at least twenty people — lining up at Hutton Lane Roti Bakar. Tempting, but we kept walking.

We continued northwest along Jalan Phee Choon, turned right onto Jalan Transfer, crossed over, and walked into Lorong Popus, returning home to The Green House.

A gentle, meaningful birthday morning.

What’s Next

Stay tuned — I’m taking Cat out for a special birthday luncheon!

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Green House at Popus - https://maps.app.goo.gl/zc3ieNVt2L1WxYTZ6
Chowrasta Market - https://maps.app.goo.gl/F1HP5i6zoKR3JFBq8
老街巴剎早餐美食 Pasar Food - https://maps.app.goo.gl/LTCaMwM6GoZ32QKz8
Hutton Lane Roti Bakar - https://maps.app.goo.gl/3MxJFijS3HedczcV6