Travel Adventure and Foods : Discover the World Through Foods & Places!: Asian Cruise Trip with Super Star Cruise Virgo and Penang Malaysia Adventure

It's fun inside the cruise ship but it is funnier kung makapaglakbay ka sa napakagandang Malaysia.
On April 30,2012 at 8am,Star Cruise Virgo docked in Penang international Cruise Terminal.

I had a one day tour in this World's heritage site, Penang Malaysia,particular in Georgetown. Georgetown was tagged as UNESCO world heritage site because of it's unique infrastructure and cultural heritage.
It is the capital of the state of Penang in Malaysia. Named after Britain's King George III, George Town is located on the north-east corner of Penang Island. The Georgetown metropolitan has a population of 1,253,748,^[4] the second largest metropolitan in Malaysia by population.

This fast growing city of Malaysia is the second most populated city in the country.George Town was voted as one of the best cities in Asia by Asiaweek, ranked 6th in 1998 and 9th in 2000. More recently, George Town has improved a notch to rank as the 9th most liveable city in Asia in a survey of 254 cities worldwide according to an international location ratings survey.

One of the most popular spot here in Georgetown Penang Malaysia is the Blue Mansion.The mansion was built according to Feng Shui principles by master craftsmen brought in from Southern China who used thier skills to fashion a sprawling mansion with 38 rooms, 5granite-paved courtyard,7 staircase and 220 windows. Wow,kaunti lang naman pala ang mga bintana at hagdanan nito.This Blue Mansion festures in various film including the 1993 Oscar winning Indochine.Would you like to visit this Blue Mansion?We will be having another Asian Tour on 2013.

In Georgetown Penang Malaysia,my food trip was PERFECT.Why? I tasted the Top 7 most delicious and healthy food of the world. According to CNN GO FEATURE,Laksa of Malaysia gets a good review from the tourists.It has a distinct and unique flavor,spicy but sweet.There are two types of Laksa,Asam Laksa and Curry Laksa.

Asam Laksa of Malaysia is made of special noodles and vegetables.Plus the tart, gravy, made with chillies, tamarind and flaked fish, ladled over thick white noodles, is contrasted perfectly. With a large handful of fresh mint, cucumber, pineapple and bungah kantan (pink ginger bud), which give it a refreshing lift.

Maka ingon dyud ka nga NAMIT man.Kaso, di ata kinaya ng stomach ko.After eating this,nagkaroon ng giyera sa loob ng tiyan ko.hahahaha!

After trying this authentic Malaysia Food, I explore one of Asia's Favorite dessert CENDOL.

Cendol has its unique taste! The dessert's basic ingredients are coconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring because of the panda leaves.In Philippines,we have our own version of Cendol, it is called as Halo-halo. Other ingredients are red beans, ice,grass jelly,corn and palm sugar. If you love dessert and sweet foods, you should try this.

After my FOOD TASTE TEST, I visited a popular souvenir store offering Penang's local products.

Penang's natives Coffee


medicinal tree

Among the products of Tean Ean Store,Bird's Nest Product really caught my attention.Bird's nest is the major ingredient of bird's nest soup known as most expensive animal products consumed by humans.

The nests have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years, most often as bird's nest soup.This kind of soup is one of the delicacies in Chinese Cuisine.

A few species of swift )Balinsasayaw in Philippines), the cave swift, are renowned for building the saliva nests used to produce the unique texture of this soup.


Wanna buy some bird's nest?I have some since we have lots of caves in my hometown.It is affordable only.

In Hong Kong, a bowl of bird's nest soup would cost $30 USD to $100 USD.A kilogram of white nest can

cost up to $2,000 USD, and a kilogram of red nests can cost up to $10,000 USD

Before boarding in the ship, I dropped by and checked Penang's Food Night Market. This place is a FOOD HAVEN for all food trippers.Why? Local and authentic foods of Malaysia are available here.