LMTU tells me to be more aggressive!

Happily for Chris, I decided aginst it.

There's always loads of chat about Penang over on the CFS messageboard:

http://web.cruisingforsex.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=292852&highlight=penang
http://web.cruisingforsex.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=301567&highlight=penang
http://web.cruisingforsex.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=307331&highlight=penang
http://web.cruisingforsex.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=306327&highlight=penang

Just remember to RUN if you run into everybodies favourite ex-Sawatdee Forum Member... The Fat Delusional Mr.PayPerCum HawHawHaw!

Yeah, right.
Have a close look at those links, lots of info about KL of course, like I said, PENANG is dead for gay life.

homintern is on your IGNORE list.

homintern wrote:

American Teacher wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions on places to go, places to eat or any other pertinent information?

I've always found the hawkers' stalls in any Malaysian bus station well worth exploring, especially given your passionate interest in quality food, Chris.  I imagine Penang has a central long-distance bus station

No need to go to a bus station to eat in Penang!
Just ask a taxi to go to one of the main hawkers areas at night, an amazing scene, but not clean like Singapore. Bring diarrhea meds, but then again, you are probably used to it.

Thaiquila wrote:

Penang is about as gay as one of your cheeseburgers!

But not as bitter and twisted as one big arsehole on this forum
Obviously too broke to afford a bit of companionship and too bitter to make friends.

As for Penang, i was there with a convention and had to be very careful.
There was a large shopping mall there which was interesting and fruitful, but nowhere to take anyone short time
I found both in Jakarta and Penang the malls chinese boys will hand around the escalators on upper floors.
The Indon boys are fascinated and want to see foreskin, and can be quite forward and follow you into the toilet
and stand beside you

Yeah, that central mall is kind of cruisy, but very closeted, and some of the guys there are con artists, blackmailers, and crims. Enjoy!

Thaiquila wrote:

Yeah, that central mall is kind of cruisy, but very closeted, and some of the guys there are con artists, blackmailers, and crims. Enjoy!

Just like in BKK and Pattaya. That is why I prefer the boys from a bar to the freelancers, but when on business you have to go where you have to go, and make the best of it

I wouldn't even bother with so called "gay Penang" if with a bf.  Just enjoy Penang for what it is, to me, the food is the top attraction, then the seedy decay of walking around old Georgetown is quite interesting. That Batu Faranghi beach is OK, but totally hetero, and not even worth going to even on a very short trip.

Actually, I do have one great food pick. A fantastic place to sample NONYA cuisine Penang is so famous for. This is NOT hawkers fare, it is a real restaurant and the dishes are totally different than hawkers. When I was there for a week with a friend, we went THREE times, and usually ordered 8 dishes to sample all the incredible new tastes. I still have the pictures and great memories of it. It is the kind of place locals go for a treat, but not expensive by farang standards at all. All taxi drivers know it, highly recommended. Close to Georgetown, not in central Georgetown, 5 to 10 minute taxi ride from central Georgetown.

Hot Wok Café
Penang Island
125-D and 125-E Desa Tanjung, Jalan Tanjung Tokong, Penang, Malaysia 10470 · 4-899-0858

Neatly arranged and adorned antiques and collectibles make you feel like you're dining in a relative's home. Ethnic in its ambience, this popular café provides authentic Nyonya cuisine. Try the vegetables and cuttlefish or the ever-popular Cendrul beverage to cool off.

Thanks for that tip. I will definitely try next trip

I am also looking at something up market the other side of the Straits, near Butterworth for a birthday.

I do recommend Penang, for all the reasons quoted above from our website. As for the gay scene, it was a breath of fresh air. Unpretentious, hot. Lots of local gays making dates on Intertnet (I even met a Thai guy who was there on business). Went to one gay sauna that had customers even in the afternoon and another that had just opened but was a huge facility. Surveyed half a dozen gay massage places. Cool gay-owned trendy restaurants. Classic old 5-star hotel for afternoon tea by the sea. It's a city I know I will be returning to again and again.

Singapore is  a clean and efficient city where you can drink the tap water. But some Sings are so sticky they get excited only when they look in a mirror.