Penang Island, Evening View From Butterworth

Photos taken with Redmi Note 5, Auto Setting 

For an amazing view of Penang Island,  Head Over to Butterworth,  with the correct timing, nature permitting you can be blessed with such photos.   

Food Truck Nasi Kandar

Limited Verities but Tasty

I have notice this lone Nasi Kandar Food Truck (Jammilah Dalcha Corner)  park in a quiet corner, very near the TM Building, right in the Middle of Butterworth, Next to Public Mutual / Indian Barber along Jalan Bagan Luar for a few months.

    

 

 They offer Alfresco Dinning just like the More famous Nasi Kandar Stalls just opposite the road at UOB Bank, very similar food, but with much lesser varieties, however they have Sambal Nyok (a coconut base sambal that use to be serve with Nasi Kandar but now very hard to find, and achar)

Sambal Nyok hidden Away for customers in the know!

This in my opinion will make this Food Truck Nasi Kandar my first choice.  Pricing is similar with the others, and the limited verities of food is tasty, no need for me to go running around for soya sauce.  To cap it off, the boss is very friendly and helpful.           

My Dinner with the Acar 

 They claim to be open from 6pm till 3am Daily, (Note:  Opening hours and days are a bit irregular)  Before or After having your meal here one can also walk along the Butterworth Art Walk to view the Street Art which is behind the Public Mutual Building.

The Alley of Arts  

More photos in this link  for the Street Art you will find hidden here

Map !  with GPS Coordinates 

Alley of Arts - Butterworth Old Town, Off Jalan Bagan Luar

The initial Street Art Push was at Jalan Raja Uda, Big Giant Murals by international artists, all within the Newly Built by Wooley Development.  See Link here.

The Second Phase of Street art in Butterworth is spearheaded by local artists, and in the Old Town Area near the Town Padang.  Art Featured here are mainly historical in Nature.  The Alley where all the art is next to the Lodge Hotel which faces the padang.  I will let the Art do most of the talking.

Right at the Side of Lodge 18 Hotel, and Alliance Bank is the Butterworth Art Alley,  this was phase 1, and the other end is phase 2.

"an Old Malaya Stamp"

"Old Sailing Ship"

"Old Butterworth - George Town Ferry"

"Salt for Sungai Perai"

Butterworth Street Art 1

Butterworth Street Art 

The first street arts in Butterworth. 

Currently Street Art in Butterworth consists of 3 Murals painting, all located at the South End of Jalan Raja Uda.  You can immediately view 2 of it as you turn into Jalan Raja Uda at the Jalan Telaga Air/ Jalan Raja Uda Intersection.  This Murals are painted during the Urban Xchange Street Art Festival in 2015.   

The most difficult to find Mural is painted by Argentinian Martin Ron  is of a man feeding turtles that swimming all around him, this mural measure 25 meter by 15 meter is hidden behind a row of shop house at Jalan Pusat Perniagaan Raja Uda 4. Location C.   For information while Turtle are not an icon / know in Penang, at the National Park located at Pantai Kerachut  is located the biggest turtle conservation centre in Malaysia.   

Anchoring Jalan Raja Uda is an Abstract Pattern painted by Iranian Nafir,  This beautiful art work, which look like an Indian kolam, features a 3D Butterfly amidst the pattern (Location A).  If you look at it long enough, you can just notice the butterfly shape in the center.  Pattern is coloured.

Slightly further up the road, you will find a Blindfold Girl, holding an Apple, Original painted with a serpent around her neck, this mural was repainted over by the original artist , a Spanish name Sibek, ( Location B )  I speculate that the original look is too sinister for most people to be comfortable with.    

New works are in Progress near Hotel Lodge 18 right at Butterworth Town Center, call Butterworth Art Walk,  

Early Morning Sun ........

Early Morning Sun, Reflecting off Komtar Tower 

Views of Penang Island from Butterworth at the right moment are superb, I manage to get this snapshot early in the Morning.    

Spectacular View .........

If you stay in Butterworth, You will get a chance to have spectacular views of the Island in the Morning / Evening or at Night,  Especially if you are lucky enough to own / rent a seaview apartment !

Enjoy this Evening View.