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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    ^ yep there’s one in Straits Quay, Penang.
    Always frequented by the same old retired croneys paying well over the odds(as if beer isn’t expensive enough in Malaysia)
    The Sunday Dinner’s terrible. They haven’t a clue how to make a Yorkshire pudding and the beef is a rib eye sliced in half and tough as one of Switch’s old army boots

    Good for watching rugby and cricket though,if you don’t mind being surrounded by folk like seeking assylum
    The Straits Quay one in Penang was one of my reluctant Weds/Thurs night haunts, and then I'd shed a tear or two when I woke up the next morning and saw the bill.

    Crap, but the greasy pizzas were the drunkard's food after 8 pints.

    There's also one on Changkat, btw.

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    ^ the pizzas were good actually.

    i know why I hated it there now, the communal toilet’s an 800 meter fuckin walk away

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    ^ the pizzas were good actually.
    They were fucking magic once the beer had taken over.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    i know why I hated it there now, the communal toilet’s an 800 meter fuckin walk away
    I used to live (relatively) around the corner and it might have been easier just to go home for a Jimmy.

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    You been to Blue Reef Fish and Chips, Dil?

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    Yeah it’s a few doors away. There’s another fish and chip shop now there too, well overpriced for chewy cod

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    Just finding draft Guinness and Kilkenny was enough for this weary traveller. My Guinness and steak pie was lush.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Blue Reef Fish and Chips
    Used to be on near the ole Thai consul in Brisbane too.

    I like Bukit Bintang area in KL

    Ties Sq Mall, Low Yat rech malls and adjacent many international and local eateries
    My pick for teh Aussie steaks cannot get here, its right by the Apple store and my usual digs the dated Swiss Hotel known to all cabbies and a short hike from IMBI monorail or Bukit Bintang monorail

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ou...!4d101.7091727

    If in Penang the Indian food is superb at every price from street samosas to air con lux, in Little Indoa where teh Indians eat there are a few loud places with aircon or same food at E and O or Citiel at top dollar

    Bangsar or Brickfields great food if you haven't come to escape teh wobblies, while a bit sterile the Meridien adjacent to Sentral has good value lunch I think was 189RM a while back, drinks extra of xouse so neaer $90 with abottle of plonk
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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    I just want the chance to use a bigger porridge bowl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    The Green Man's a good British type pub for a Sunday afternoon pint too.
    What are their breakfasts like? Or are there better morning spots?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    What are their breakfasts like? Or are there better morning spots?
    I've only ever had snacks and sandwiches there, which were fine, but the breakfasts looked good and I do remember that they had proper sausages.

    I was there over the Christmas period watching the cricket and the previous owner had left (he wasn't well), but everything else seemed pretty much the same.

    To be honest, I would normally eat breakfast at home or go local, but I can't think of too many other options for a British style morning feed. The Magnificent Fish and Chips is good for later on in the day (edit: just seen they do a breakfast too, but have only ever had fish and chips there).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Switch View Post
    Just finding draft Guinness and Kilkenny was enough for this weary traveller. My Guinness and steak pie was lush.
    They're obviously doing something right because they keep expanding and they get great reviews on the web. Personally, I was never a big fan of any of their places in Malaysia (I found them to be quite expensive), but they did have a good view of the marina in Penang.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    You'll find loads of deals on booze as you move from bar to bar on Changkat, but getting more expensive as the night goes on.
    That's no problem. Company are providing the drinking vouchers

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    That's no problem. Company are providing the drinking vouchers
    Havana on Changkat at the end of the night and/or seeing some of your mob head off to the Beach Club will certainly take care of a few of those vouchers.

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    As it happened the Irish pub up the road from the Shangri La did good grub, decent beer and the footy (albeit till 4am). And the Thai Club opposite was a veritable cornucopia of South East Asian talent.

    Decidedly seedy in the early hours though.


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    Adding on to this one, my 'About a week around KL" Nov/Dec 2022

    But first, getting from Chanthaburi to Suvarnabhumi
    I'd expected a full-size bus but this was available, comfortable enough - row of single seats on the left, doubles on the right - 20 total
    Ideal going direct - usually take the bus (not minivan) to King Kaew (Samut Prakan) and taxi from there
    300 baht per person
    Departed 9.30am arrived 1.10pm, including two 5-minute rest stops.



    Unsure when Air Asia started flying out of Suvarnabhumi - limited number of flights but from the south-east it's a lot more convenient than Don Mueang. I'd forgotten their cramped seating but survived the 2hr flight, quite long enough.

    Not so fine dining


    Arrived OK at KLIA2 to find all the buses to KL Sentral were booked out until 11.15pm. Took the KLIA Ekspres train instead about 35 minutes, 55 ringgit (430 baht at current rate), one more train and at our accommodation by 11am then out for a midnight wander.
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    Hurried to get the train, no time to try Black Whale CunFry


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    Masjid Jamek, midnight.
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    Oh this topic certainly reminded me of wonderful times I had with Schizo

    Reminiscing






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    Where is Chas's Bali thread

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    KL to Pulau Ketam 'Crab Island', a revisit from 2010

    From KL Sentral, on the KTM Komuter for about 90 minutes to Port Klang/Pelabuhan Klang. Uninspiring countryside but a relaxed way to travel, went through Klang city which is quite a way from the port, once spent a week there, but that's another story.

    A short walk to the jetty and on to the next available boat, around 30min by 'speedboat' which takes around 24 people, or one of the ferries, 45 minutes on an 80-seater. Both cost the same, 12 ringgit one-way (it was 7 in 2010).

    There was a speedboat about to leave, all aboard. Had the company of eight Malaysia Post workers and a group with their fishing rods etc who were dropped off on the way to a building on stilts somewhere along the way.




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    Wiki stuff:

    The island is home to two predominantly Chinese fishing villages founded circa 1880. The main village on the southern side of the island is also known as Pulau Ketam. The other village on the northeastern side is called Sungai Lima ("Fifth River").

    The locals are mainly Teochew and Hokkien Chinese, with Teochew, Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese the main dialects spoken.

    As the island is submerged during high tide, housing on the island consists of "floating houses" perched on wooden stilts 1 to 10 metres (3 to 33 ft) above sea level. The main thoroughfares are narrow concreted pavements, whilst in the residential areas, the older rickety wooden plank bridges can still be seen.

    There are no cars on the island; bicycles, some of which are motorised, are the main means of transportation within the villages. There are no pavements linking the villages, the only means of transportation between villages is by boat.

    Daily ferry services link the island to Port Klang jetty on the mainland.


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    Pulau Ketam


    Hotel Sea Lion; apart from this place, saw two homestays not far from the jetty.
    Pedal bikes and e-bikes available for hire at the jetty and hotel




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    Pulau Ketam

    The main highway through town






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    Pulau Ketam
    Houses old and new








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