Sunday, July 20, 2025

penang vs. ipoh

both with charmingly olde worlde tourist trap pockets although of course penang is much larger and much more established.

ipoh has that hard-to-top japanese genki restaurant.

penang has e&o which is not possible to top, as far as hotels go.

ipoh's churches are housed in industrial looking shophouses. penang's churches meet in expansive neo-colonial properties. i get the same underlying current of aliveness at both.

ipoh's bakeries are pretty much done by early afternoon. in penang they are called patisseries and you can buy cake at 8 PM yesssss.

ipoh has traffic lights and little green and red men. penang has jaywalkers.

food is good at both. i am unable to comment on non-food attractions, having only explored food.

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