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When we talk about Asian food at its finest, the award-winning Maple Palace Restaurant promises to deliver the best food, service and ambience from a simple dinner to a very special occasion. It is no wonder that the restaurant has attracted international celebrity chef Martin Yan and the restaurant has received a certification of appreciation of ‘Taste of Malaysia 2015/2016’ from him. Among the dishes that you should give them a try when visiting Maple Palace Restaurant are BBQ Roasted Spanish Iberico Black Pig Spare Rib, Fresh Crab Mee Hoon Soup in hot clay pot, Spanish Lamb Leg with Mixed Herb and Whole Lobster Thermidor. Meanwhile, their Fresh Water Prawn Curry with Mantou, according to celebrity food critic and writer C.K. Lam, is another exciting dish one should not miss. “The fresh prawns stand up beautifully to the divine combination of Indian spices and the lady’s fingers made a perfect accompaniment to this spicy dish. You can have it with deep-fried mantou or white r...

Image Courtesy of Lim Lean Eng Songkran Festival , or known as the Thai Water Festival, is celebrated annually by the Thai Community from April 13th to 15th as traditional Thai New Year’s Day. It is one of the most important Thai festivals, celebrated all around Thailand including major tourists spots. People splash and pour water on each other as a cleansing ritual to wash away bad luck, then welcome the new year with blessings and good wishes. In Thai, Songkran means to move or change place. It also denotes the Sun change of place in the zodiac system. Originally, water was gently sprinkled on the elderly, family and friends. As time goes by, the celebration became more magnificent – streets closed for transportation means and filled with enormous crowd, people armed with buckets of water, fistfuls of flour and water guns dousing each other in a cacophony of “Sawatdee pi mai” (Happy New Year) and laughter. People also spend time to visit the temple as well as their family and ...

Disney on Ice is bringing a winsome wonderland to Penang this March! Be ready to enter a world of enchantment with the most magical sights and moments from across the kingdoms in Disney On Ice Presents Magical Ice Festival – a remarkable show one must not miss. Highlights : • Academy Award®-winning and number one animated feature film of all time – Disney’s  Frozen • Disney’s  The Little Mermaid  – a show-stopping performance by Sebastian & Ariel • Sassy and spirited Rapunzel from Disney’s  Tangled • Disney’s  Beauty and the Beast  with the Beast and Belle   Date :  26 & 27 March 2016 Show time :    11am , 3pm , 7pm Ticket Price :    RM325 , RM295 , RM195 , RM145 , RM85 Venue :    SPICE Arena, Penang For more information kindly visit  http://www.prworldwidelive.com/disney-on-ice- presents-magical-ice-festival/

Welcome to the Streets of George Town. Every issue, we bring you on a vicarious tour of the heritage trails of Penang highlighting its history, attractions and more! Known as “Swatow-kay” or Swatow Street among the Penangites, Kimberley Street (Lebuh Kimberley in Malay) is definitely one of all foodies’ favourite food destinations in George Town. It runs from Penang Road to Carnarvon Street in the heart of the city, clustered with streetside hawker stalls which started near the intersection with Rope Walk (Jalan Pintal Tali). Most of the stalls in the street are operated by second- or third-generation hawkers, and had been there since World War II. Kimberley Street was named after John Wodehouse, the Earl of Kimberley, who was the British colonial secretary in the 1870s. The road was created in the late 19th century and was populated by Teochew immigrants from the Swatow Province, who made bihun (rice noodles) and mee suah (vermicelli), drying them in the open. Until today, this...

In the pr evious issue – iNPenang Magazine Vol.59 , we have introduced 11 of the best restaurants and cafés in Penang which are shortlisted by numerous food junkies to receive the iNPenang Best Restaurant Guide 2015/2016. Wish to know more about the winners? This issue we will continue to feature the rest of the best restaurants and cafés for you! Best Restaurants  Wakaba Japanese Noodle Restaurant This is one of the Japanese restaurants to make its own noodles so rightly, this restaurant offers up delicious handmade noodles and specialises in ramen. They also offer other Japanese dishes such as gyoza and teriyaki dishes. Hakka Village Hakka food such as Lei Cha is hard to come by and this restaurant offers up authentic Hakka dishes that can’t be found anywhere else. Vegan Hut Going vegan is not as hard as it seems when there is a specialty restaurant in Penang offering an a la carte menu of   scrumptious vegan meals that are both healthy and good. Sa...

A unique living heritage, the clan jetties are waterfront settlements of houses on stilts belonging to various Chinese clans dating back to 1882 when the quay was under construction. Originally a wood yard, the jetties were built for the loading and unloading of goods and for the mooring of boats. Settlements grew on these foundations and seven different clans still reside at the Clan Jetties: the Lim, Chew, Tan and Yeoh jetties are the oldest and the Koay, Lee and Mixed Surname jetties were built later. Among all the clan jetties, the Chew Jetty which has the most number of stilt-houses, longest walkway and a temple, is more popular with tourists. Visitors should be mindful when taking photos as many of the clan descendants still live in these water homes. It is indeed one of the most visited settlements in Penang. During the Jade Emperor God’s birthday on the 9th day of the Chinese New Year every year – an important day of worship for the Hokkiens who refer to it as Thni...