Yeah yeah, I know already, but still your billboards, signs and all your promotional material shouts it out “Congratulations George Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site”.

Yeah, I think it is awesome, I totally support preservation of sites, but that isn’t what I am here for. I am here to eat. I wish to see the sights, between the many meals of a day (though we do actually do some sightseeing in between all of that eating).

The book told us about a great hawker center by the water in George Town. Walking up there in the delicious cool of dusk, passing grand buildings, traffic and Penangites going about their business and watching the birds fly with the kites in the park gave an insight into this relaxed island life. Unfortunately the Esplanade Food Center seemed to only sell the peanutty delights of Rojak and Satay, but we did share a beer on the peaceful waterfront.
(I love the whole Hawker Center deal, read about it here.)

The dusk here seems incredibly long, and then all of a sudden night has fallen. In the last light we sit by the water, next to Chinese men fishing, super cute muslim couples courting, kids playing and families eating (always eating!).

And then we go and join in, for dinner number 2.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 5:57 am and is filed under Malaysia.