Penang Calendar of Tourism Event 2013 ( Event , Date , Time , Venue )

January ~ December 2013 

Overview

January

13 - 16 

Pongal Festival

24

Maulidur Rasul

26 - 28

Thaipusam

6 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Fr Little India to Waterfall via Jln Dato Keramat 

February

9

Chinese New Year Countdown

9 p.m.

City Hall, Esplanade

6 - 9 March

Kek Lok Si Light Display

evening till midnight

10 - 11 

Chinese New Year Celebration 

15

Chor Soo Kong's Birthday

Snake Temple

15

Snake Temple Celebration

4 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Snake Temple

16

Chinese New Year Cultural and Heritage Celebration

2 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Georgetown Heritage Zone

17

Thni Kong ( 8th day of CNY )

7 p.m. - apprx 1 a.m.

Surname Jetty ( Chew Jetty , Lee Jetty etc )

24

Chap Goh Meh Open House

8 p.m. - 9.30 p.m.

Esplanade

March

30 - 31

Penang World Music Festival

2 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Quarry Park, Botanical Garden

April

13

Thai Water Festival

9 a.m.

Wat Chayamangkalaran Thai Buddhist Temple & Dharmikara Burmese Buddhist Temple , Wat Rajaphohong Buddhist Temple

19 - 21

Matta Fair

11 a.m. - 9pm

PISA

20

Vasakhi Open House

6 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Penang Times Square

May

24

Wesak Day

Malaysia Buddhist Association

25 & 26

International Lion Dance on Stilts Competitions

1st day : 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

2nd day : 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Dinner Show : 7.30 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Han Chiang Stadium

25 - 2 June

Penang Floral Festival

9 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Botanical Garden

30 - 1 June

Auto City Carnival

4 p.m. - 12 a.m. 

Auto City, Juru

July

1 - 15 July

Penang Durian Festival

11 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily

Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau

7 - 7 July

Georgetown Festival

Georgetown

8 & 9

Penang International Dragon Boat Festival 

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Teluk Bahang Dam

8

Penang School Boria Competition

7.30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Fort Cornwallis

15

Mr. Malaysia

Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort

July

7

Georgetown World Heritage Day

20

Bon Odori

5 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Esplanade

22 - 28

St. Anne's Festival

7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

St. Anne's Church 

8 - 7 August

Ramadan Bazaar

5 p.m. - 8p.m. daily

KOMTAR pedestrian walk & elsewhere in Penang

26

Nuzul Al-Quran

August

7 - 4 September

Hungry Ghost Festival

all day long

mainly Georgetown

8 - 9

Hari Raya Aidilfitri

31

Merdeka Parade ( National Day Parade )

8.30 p.m.

to be announce ...

September

14 - 16

Mean Machine 2013 Exotic Car Exhibition

12 p.m. - 12 a.m. 

Auto City

October

5 - 11

Nine Emperor Gods Festival

9 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Rumah Berhala Tow Boo Kong - Burmah Road - Macallum Street Ghaut - Jelutong - Noordin Street - Farlim - Butterworth - Bkt. Mertajam

5 - 13

Navrati Fastival

6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Along Georgetown

31

Halloween

War Museum 

November

2

Deepavali

Little India

5

Awal Muharram

17

Allianz Penang Bridge International Marathon a.k.a Penang Bridge International Marathon

2 a.m. - 10 a.m.

New! Second Penang Bridge ( scheduled to finish construction on August / September )

23

19th Penang International Open Ballroom Dancing Competition

7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Bayview Beach Resort

December

5 - 8

Penang International JAZZ Festival

11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Batu Ferringhi

7 - 8

Dragon Boat Race Carnival

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Teluk Bahang Dam

22

Chingay Carnival, Lion & Dragon Dance Parade

7.30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Padang Brown of City Hall, Esplanade

24

Christmas Eve & Christmas Party @ Upper Penang Road

6 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Upper Penang Road

24

Christmast Eve Countdown Fiesta

7 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Auto City

31

New Year Countdown @ Auto City

7 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Auto City

31

New Year Countdown @ Penang Island

Esplanade, Queensbay, E&O Straits Quay, Penang Carnival Site

[ Event ] Loud Music Festival 2013

Loud Music Festival was held in Penang on the 3rd and 4th of May in Queensbay Mall Open Air CarPark and also Auto City, Penang.

This music festival provided a perfect chance to have a look of your idol up close.

[ Special Event ] 03.05.13 Pakatan Rakyat Rally @ Esplanade, Penang

  Pakatan Rakyat had held a rally in Esplanade, Penang on the 3rd of May 2013, which attracted about One Hundred and Twenty Thousand people to gathered here. 

supporters sat down on the field and listen to the speech 

supporters are listening to the speech of Chief Minister

the chief minister went out from the field after his speech, shocking hands with his supporters 

 supporters are enjoying their night at the Esplanade

The rally ended peacefully.

General Info: 

Organiser : Pakatan Rakyat ( DAP, PKR, PAS )

Attendance : approximately 120 000
Donations Obtained : RM 587 168 . 50

Kayu Nasi Kandar

Can't find a nice place for supper? Go Origial Kayu Nasi Kandar, satisfaction is guaranteed. But, the most suitable foods for supper is Roti Planta ( pronounce as  row - ti  plant - ta ) and Roti Tisu ( pronounce as row - ti    tissue ) .

Roti Planta is a kind of bread, very thin, crunchy, sweet and covered with margarine, which comes with a bowl of curry gravy.

Roti Tisu is something like Roti Planta, but it's more thin and bigger in size. It's covered with large amount of condensed milk.

Teh-Tarik ( tea ) is quite popular too.

As a reminder, this restaurant will full with customer during weekends or there's a important football fixture live broadcasting.

Operating Hours :

24 hours / 7 days per week


Address :

No. 15, Lebuh Nipah, Bukit Jambul, 

11900 Bayan Lepas,

Pulau Pinang.

Contact Number :

(04) - 6464767 

Rating :

Taste:  9.5/10 - Overall best among his competitors

Service:  7.5/10 - Normal

Pricing:  5.5/10 - Quite expensive

Beauty Level:  8.5/10 - Depends

Surrounding:  8.5/10 - Normally it's ok, just sometimes there is quite a lot of thrash on the floor


Website:

http://www.originalkayu.com.my/

Chin Yuen Seafood Restaurant

One of my favourite restaurant, the Chin Yuen Restaurant in Sg. Ara, is one of the best you can get in Penang. Almost everyday full house, but the quality of the food never change and the people here are extremely friendly, service is good.

There are a few food which I highly recommend.

1. Bitter Gourd Mee Sua

2. Seafood Tom Yam

3. Hokkien Char ( add a Fried Egg if you want )

4. 3-Taste Eggplant 

4. Salted Fish Pork

5. Sabah Bean 

6. Sour Plum Fried Chicken 

7. Belacan Chicken 

8. Curry Fish Head 

Honestly, most of the food from this restaurant is crazily irresistible, trust me, you will fall in love with it.

The chef are a pair of Chinese couple, which is a family business.

Besides, the drinks here are very nice too.

Must Try Drinks: 

1. Ice Coffee 

2. Nutmeg Juice

3. Ice Lemon Tea with Honey 

View from outside

Operating Hours: 

Lunch: 11.30 a.m. till 5.00 p.m.  

Dinner: 6.00 p.m. till 10.00 p.m.

Monday off

Address: 

Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim, Bayan Lepas, Penang

Rating: 

Taste:  9.5/10  -  Indescribable Fantastic

Service :  9.0/10  -  Bit slow during weekend due to too much customer 

Pricing :  8.5/10  -  Consider quite cheap 

Food Choice :  9.5/10  -  Large variety, you just name it

Beauty Level :  8.5/10  -  Appealing, but not on weekend 

Surrounding :  8.5/10  -  Typical Penang Coffee Shop