Batu Maung Seafood Restaurant

Batu Maung Seafood is just next to the Sam Poh Footprint Temple at Batu Maung. When you reach Batu Maung junction traffic light from the Coastal highway, take the left turning. About 200m after left turn, you will see the temple and the restaurant.

Sam Poh Footprint Temple is a tourist spot in Penang Island. It is worth for you to drop by if you go to the seafood restaurant. You can either choose open air (beside the beach) or in door (air conditioned) for dining. Most of the dishes are delicious with reasonable price. The boss will give you some fruits as dessert FOC!! If you love seafood, it will be a good place for you to try.

Some Historical Places

Penang Road, Georgetown

Georgetown has the largest aggregation of pre-war houses (around 12,000), bearing their trademark red terra cotta roofs, in the whole of Southeast Asia. Chulia Street and Upper Penang Road are the focal points of budget travellers and backpackers due to the many budget hotels and guesthouses. These roads are vibrant and especially colourful at night due to the many nightspots and bars catering mostly to travellers.

Fort Cornwallis

Fort Corwallis, (or in Malay "Kota Lama") originally built of wood, marks the place where Capt. Francis Light landed on Penang on July 16, 1786. Adjacent to the fort is the seaside. Esplanade and the newly restored (2005) City Hall (built in 1903) and Town Hall.

Khoo Kongsi

The Khoo Kongsi Cannon Square, is a large Chinese clanhouse with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang. It is located in the heart of the oldest part of the city, in the midst of narrow, winding lanes and quaint-looking pre-War houses exuding a palpable old world charm.

Jubilee Clock Tower

The Jubilee Clock Tower in King Edward's Place was erected as a commemoration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1837-1897). It is 60 ft (18 m) high, each foot for each year of the Queen's reign.

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

The mansion on Leith Street is a large indigo-blue mansion once owned by its namesake Chinese tycoon in the 19th century. The mansion has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases and 220 vernacular timber louvre windows. Today, guided historical tours are conducted daily and the mansion is also available for private functions and owner-hosted home-stays.