Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017 – Day of Relaxation in Penang

After a delightfully large and scrumptious breakfast buffet, we spent the day relaxing on loungers in the yard, chatting with some Australian guys, and generally just hanging out. We didn’t need lunch, we started cocktail hour at 4:00, walked next door through the fish market to the “The Ship” restaurant for dinner, lured in by their sign that they had the “Best Steaks in Town.” I had a steak, though when I asked for medium rare the waiter suggested medium, and showed me a picture in the menu of what I would consider a rare steak and said “This is how our chef does medium rare.” So I ordered medium, which of course came out well-done, no pink at all. In retrospect, though, it was probably better, because I was a bit dubious of some of the quality of the other food. The corn on the cob was overcooked, the broccoli barely al dente, so it wasn’t a very satisfying meal, even though it looked more Western, which is what we wanted. Hubby ordered a seafood platter, and even though it was described as “grilled”, 80% of it was deep fried, so it was kind of a bust from that perspective. We walked back to the hotel on the street side, where the road was lined with tents and covered stalls with all kinds of tourist-y souvenir type stuff, where I bought my brother another T-shirt, Hard Rock Cafe-Penang. Not long out of bed, a very nice and relaxing day!

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