Services For Stop-Over and Back Packers

Many foreigners of "Farang" addressed by Thais that is residing in Thailand would come over to Penang to have their long stay visa to be renewed by the Royal Consulate of Thailand in Penang.

For assistance of visa renewal, please do drop me an e-mail at : lgseng2@yahoo.com

I'll be glad to assist for a nominal amount of service charge.


At your service

Lim GS

Learn Some Local Language/ Dialect

In Hokkien:

Loo Ho Boh - How are you?

Ho - Fine /Good

Boh Ho - No good / Not Fine

Chiak Pah Boey - Have you had your breakfast/lunch/ dinner? ( literally it means : have you ate anything?)

Khee Tar Lo - Where does it goes ?

Qui lui -How much is the price?

Qui - Expensive

Phnee - Cheap

Kiam tum po - Reduce the price a little

Ho chiak - Delicious / Good taste

Liao - Finish

Wa ai ..................- I want .....................

Wa ai chee leh - I want this

Wa ai khee chun thao - I want to go to the pier ( jetty)

Food in Penang (PART ONE)

idli
Thosay
Nasi lemak

Wan Tan Mee


Fried Koay Teow




Curry Mee




Hokkien Mee



Chinese Food /Peranakan Food (Nyonya Food) better known to locals

a. Hokkien Mee ( Hokkien Noodles ) - a spicy and hot noodles with prawn gravy and pork as well
b. Curry Mee ( Curry Noodles) - also a spicy hot noodles but with some blend of coconut milk , and some peppermint.
c. Laksa - a spicy and sourish gravy with fish and vegetables & with added shrimp paste.

d. Fries Koay Teow ( Fried tape noodles ) - it is fried with eggs , chinese sausages, prawns and cockles ( can be spicy and also non-spicy according to the taste that you want)

e. Wan Tan Mee ( Yellow noodles with meat dumplings ) - this is a soup base food with dumplings, chicken and stir-fried pork slices.

f. Lor bak ( meat rolls with 5 herb spices rolled in bean sheets)

g. Poh-piah ( Spring roll with vegetables )


Malay Food

a. Nasi Lemak ( Rice with coconut milk) - A packet of rice cooked with coconut milk with spicy achovies and cucumber packed in banan leaves.


Indian Muslim Food

a. Nasi Kandar - basic rice with varieties of dishes, chicken curry, mutton, beef and etc,.


Indian Food;

a. Thosay - Rice pancake - to be eaten with some curries (suitable for vegetarian consumers)

b. Itli - Steam rice cakes - to be eaten with curries ( suitable for vegetarian consumers )

Dessert

a. Chendol - Shaved ice with kidney beans, green mung beans strip and coconut milk. Taste creamy and sweet.



FOR DETAILS OF WHEREABOUT TO ENJOY FOOD IN PENANG- CONTACT ME ( LIM GIM SENG -MOBILE PHONE : 016-4833007)

What to do in Penang?

Penang - known as the Pearl of Orient situated on the north of Peninsular Malaysia .

Main city- Georgetown ( a UNESCO Heritage site)

Penang is well known for its beautiful island, beaches, heritage buildings, the kongsi's ( clan house ) temples of various cultures and best of all is the varieties of delicious food.

A very strategic location for travelling up north to Thailand, to the west side to Medan, Indonesia.

Majority community of the Penangites speaks Hokkien with some blend of Malay words.

Basically the Peranankan community was here as well as the Eurasians.

Today the community is almost extinct as most of them and their decendents had migrated to other parts of the world such as United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and even United States.

In Penang you can go for a Heritage walk around Georgetown - looking around on the British colonial heritage and the earlier communities of migrants.

Places that may visit includes; The Goddess of Mercy Temple at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (formerly known as Pitt Street) , The Kapitan Keling Mosque, the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, The Carpenters Guild, as well as the bustling commercial centre of Penang at Beach street,, -here you may see the beautiful commercial buildings such as the India House, the OCBC Building, the Standard Chartered Bank building and many others.

A visit to the first British fort in Penang ( formerly known as Prince of Wales island) which is Fort Conwallis .
The main attractuion here is the Sri Rambai Cannon - originally a Dutch Cannon ( you may see the insciption on the cannon in Dutch)

Also some cathedrals and of course the Blue Mansion and the Peranakan mansion.

Tourist Guide At Your Service

Mesra Malaysia Certification

Licensed Tourist Guide TG 10033

CERTIFIED LICENSED TOURIST GUIDE

Welcome to Passion Tourism - Enjoy the Triple H of Penang and Malaysia.

" Hospitality, Heritage and History"

Licensed Tourist Guide

Your Friendly and Helpful Tourist Guide At Your Service.

1. Name : Lim Gim Seng @ Hayashi




2. Tour Guide Badge No: 10033




3. Language Proficiency : English, Malay, Mandarin, local dialect, some Thai and Japanese




4. Scope of Tour Guiding: Throughout Malaysia




5. Special Tour: Georgetown, Penang UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.




6. Other Tourism Services: Special Tour Leading to Koh Samui - beautiful Paradise island THAILAND, Bangkok - the city ofb excitement , THAILAND.



7. Tour Leading services to other foreign countries are available: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and United States Of America ( New York City )