penang day 3 (part 2) -- cendol legend, colourful burgers & ernest zacharevic

around 3 pm, we're already back in george town. i wanted to try the famous 70's ice ball at armenian street but the kedai tutup :( so i walked alone to gerai penang road famous cendol at keng kwee street that i planned to visit previously. the gerai is literally in front of the original gerai cendol teochew. unlike teochew which has many branches now, this gerai remains as the one and only gerai ever since it started. since i've tried teochew's cendol before, i had to try this gerai's cendol too. it was soooo good especially after a long motorbike ride under the hot sun. murah pulak tu, only rm2.30 a bowl.

the gerai i visited, penang road famous chendol.

opposite of the gerai i visited is the original gerai teochew chendul.

the real deal.

as promised, meksha, min and jiji (i made another new friend) took us to gerai 'cowboy burger' in jelutong. the burgers were made by real abang bomba in front of a fire station. haha. it's only a small gerai burger but they served their grilled beef/chicken burgers with their signature coloured and (mildly) flavoured buns! they had buns in pink (strawberry), green (pandan), purple (blueberry) and black (charcoal). how unique and exciting! my burger was sooooo tasty! plus for burger bakar, they're so cheap too (price starts at rm 4.50). 

mine was pink (strawberry). hihi.

blueberry and charcoal burgers.

pastu, they drove us to straits quay where there was this big luxurious mall and a port where all the yachts and bot mewah parking. damn, i wish i have a yacht too! we noticed there was a group of people painting some poles at the port. at first we buat dunno but one of them looked familiar. after stalking and staring at them (like orang jakun), i finally gathered my courage, tebalkan muka and asked him, 

"excuse me. are you ernest, that famous painter?"

"errr... which one of us are you talking to?" (smiles)

"you! i'm talking to you!"

"errr... yeah." (senyum malu2)

ernest zacharevic in his element.

yesss! i knew it! that was the best part of the night, meeting and talking to ernest zacharevic (seriously, if you don't know him, just google him)! i have so much admiration and respect for what he's doing. we were staring at him and it got pretty awkward. so we decided to leave. but before doing so, i (for one more time) tried to act cool and shouted,

"bye, ernest!" (waves)

"bye!" (smiles and waves)

i'm such a weido. hahaha. btw, that's pretty much the end of my penang trip. my next destination was perak where i had so much fun exploring a cave! more details soon ;)

p/s: please put on sunblock when in penang to avoid getting sunburned like me!