Seafood Dinner nestled in beautiful sunset - Batu Ferringhi, Penang

Tonight, we decided to try Thai style seafood.

The Market place where customers get to select live seafood, have them weighed and specify the cooking style. 

While waiting for the dinner to be served, enjoy the sea view and sunset. 

Dinner is here. Although there were only three dishes, I assure you that the two chilli mud crabs were very substantial. 

The chilli sauce was a bit bland, dominated by chilli spice without the accompanying fresh herbs and spices. 

The marble goby fish was tender and bouncy. No reason to complaint as it's to be expected of fresh seafood.

                                                         Malay dance performance 

While the cooking is not the best of Thai cuisine that we've tasted, it was a satisfying dinner. 

As expected, it is a little pricey because of it's location at a touristy area.

Dinner Choices, Night Market @ Penang Beaches

Food places are abundantly located amongst Pasar Malam stalls marketing wares made locally or imported from nearby China and Thailand.

The partially open-air Food Court or what locals call Hawker Centre is conveniently located on the same side of the hotel. There are hundreds of dishes to choose from and are cooked to order.

Given its colonial past, Penang is known for English cuisine.

We're really not sure if we would try steak having tasted the freshest and best cuts from home and previous travels to cattle growing states.

Snake Temple of Penang - Fame vs Popularity

The famous snake temple has been refurbished. Even though it's supposed to be the peak tourist and holiday season, the only "crowd" were a group of students from interstate.

Unlike many years ago, visitors came close to the snakes which were allowed to roam freely, with larger snakes placed on the altar. It was said that the snakes had been made drowsy by the burning incense. While some make fear that snakes would harm them, it was more probable that humans injured these reptiles (accidentally or deliberately)?

Today, the snakes are kept away from the main shrine.  To have a close up view of these colourful creatures that come in all shapes and sizes, one has to either pay for taking photographers with the snakes hanging around the neck and shoulder or holding the larger ones.

At another section of the temple, entrance fee is charged to get into what we would call a snake zoo. There are more than 20 species on display. As the weather was warm, the snakes are having a restful nap, oblivious of being watched.

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