Seafood Speghetti (Deep Fried Fish Nuggets in a mushroom soup and a light touch of tomato sauce )
Nice Looking Speghetti (Chicken) Bolognaise again with a mushroom soup base with a light touch of tomato sauce - actually not bad
BM Mee Goreng – Haji Mohd Mee Kuah Ketam
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GPS Location : N 05,21,167 E 100,28,439
Been a while I drop by to have this Mee Goreng at this location. Around 3 years I believe. While passing through I decided to stop by for Lunch, and I was not disappointed. The Mee and the Pasembore is as good as ever, cost RM3 per plate. The ambiance is as usual hot, beside the busy BM to Kulim Road, before St Anne Church, near a Petrol Station you will find this shack that serve the Best Malay Mee Kuah Ketam in the Whole of Penang State.
Frankly I believe it’s not the Kuah Ketam, but the sambal sotong that they drench on the Mee and the Pasembor. To cool me down I have the Coconut water, Refreshing. How long more will this shack be here? I am seeing signs of modernization, Standard Logo T Shirts, Cash Register etc.
Fact is every one in town say the mee is good, I find the Pasembore much better, and its healthier
Seberang Prai Tengah, Bukit Mertajam, Malay Mee Goreng, Pasembore
Bukit Mertajam St Anne Church.
Location : on the road out of Bukit Mertajam toward Kulim, Kedah
Location : on the road out of Bukit Mertajam toward Kulim, Kedah
GPS Location: N 05 21 120 , E 100, 28, 641
The day I and my KL friend drop by at St Anne church was not a good day to take photograph. It was raining, & overcast, and the New Church was close for cleaning. In this post are the church interior photograph, some statues at the entrance and the St Anne Waters.
St Anne Waters is from a well right behind the wall in the photo, there are stories of ppl getting better after consuming the waters, and that the water never run dry.
For the Church Exterior Photograph, Shrine of St Anne Photo (Old Church) and a little bit of its history please click on the Bukit Mertajam tab. TQ
Location : on the road out of Bukit Mertajam toward Kulim, Kedah
GPS Location: N 05 21 120 , E 100, 28, 641
As the Feast of St Anne received increasing numbers of followers, (one of the 20 biggest Catholic pilgrimages in the world,) it soon became necessary to construct a new church complex to accommodated all this people. The new church complex was begun in May 2000, and was dedicated on the St Anne's Feast Day of 26 July, 2002. 
The New and the Old. On the left front is the New Church, with the Shrine (the old church) of St Anne on the right back.
The new building incorporates local elements such as multi-tiered Minangkabau roofing which blends with Gothic architecture (Seen from the top, it has a floor plan of a cross) with seating capacity of 1800, easily making it the biggest church building in the northern region of Malaysia.
Church Tower
For Photograph of Shrine of St Anne (the old church) plese see previouse post via the Bukit Mertajam Tab.
Source, Personal Visit, and Internet mainly from http://www.penang-traveltips.com/st-anne-church.htm
In this post are photographs of the Old St. Anne Church now known at the St Anne Shrine.
The Newest St Anne Church will be cover in a few other later posts.
Location : on the road out of Bukit Mertajam toward Kulim, Kedah
GPS Location: N 05 21 120 , E 100, 28, 641
Fact : The St. Anne Feast of Bukit Mertajam is one of the 20 biggest Catholic pilgrimages in the world, It is one of the Hidden Tourist Treasure of Penang, and also a off the beaten track tourist attraction.
St. Anne, can be considered as, one of the most iconic structure in Penang (religious), however sadly it is overlooked and not even mentioned to tourist in Penang by tourist guides, travel agencies and others due to a few factors, among them
· Its Location on the Mainland, nestled at the foothills of Bukit Mertajam.
· Its distance from the main tourist belts.
· Its is perceive that tourist do not want to visit the mainland
· Its is perceive that there is no other tourist spots in the area.
Now a days you will find the odd, Caucasian tourist (mainly), visiting the church, by taking the taxi or even the bus over from the Island.
Originally a small chapel on a small hilltop, (1840) Built by Catholic French Priest for Chinese and Indian Catholics in the Area, St Anne is now one of the largest church in Malaysia (if not the largest), and tens of thousands of visitors and devotees of various race and religion will visit during the Annual (every july) St Anne Feast to pray for and return ingratitude for prayers answered. (This church will filled up all the hotels on Penang Island on that particular weekend, though not the hotels on the mainland), Today the site of the first church/chapel is the 15th and final station of the Cross (hill) which devotees make in their pilgrimage.
St. Anne is regarded as the mother of Mary, the virgin who gave birth to Jesus Christ. Catholics observe her feast day on 26 July every year. (For the best crowd, visit on or the first Sunday after the 26th of July). St. Anne is believed to have been born around 50BC in either Nazareth or Bethlehem. She is the patroness of cabinet makers and miners, as well as those engaged in the craft of spinning, weaving, embroidery, sewing and other such skills. 
As the number of church goers increase, another bigger chapel was built in 1865 at the foot hills of the Original Chapel. The site of this second chapel is just behind the wall of taps of Saint Anne's water. The spring water is naturally filtered by the soil and is cleaner than tap water.
The iconic Old Church was built in 1888, to the front and side of this 2nd chapel, which was then under the Fathership of Fr. F.P. Sorin. He died in 1907, right on the day of the St. Anne Feast, and was buried at the entrance to the Old Church.
This "Old Church", now called the "Shrine of St Anne", is the main focus of the Feast of St Anne every year. Its beautiful stained glass above the altar dates to 1896.
From 1948 in the aftermath of the 2nd World War, the Church was shifted nearer towards Bukit Mertajam due to the communist activities in the surrounding hills. Services was conducted at the Convent (Bukit Mertajam Convent School?) and in 1957, Father Thomas Chin had a church build near the Kin Sen School. It was only in 1977, that the old church was revived by Father Peter Pang.
Note: Not one of my better effort in Photography, don't seem to be able to focus and get the vertical line properly on that day
Source, Personal Visit, and Internet mainly from http://www.penang-traveltips.com/st-anne-church.htm
