Christmas Eve at Straits Quay

Godsister-in-law brought us to Straits Quay on Christmas Eve.



Straits Quay is on the reclaimed land behind Island Plaza, Penang. It's still relatively new with most of the shops still not open for business.


this image is taken by His Royal Highness King Hsiang

Most of those already open for business are cafes and restaurants, and since it's Christmas Eve, most of these only serve thier dinner set, which was around RM150 per person.

Yea, it's like robbing or extortion. But strangely there are still people who are willing to be slaughtered instead of boycott this kind of ridiculous seasonal inflation.



When will people understand that consumer has the power to stop this kind of greedy action? Boycott the establishment until the businessmen learn that the consumers are smart and will not let them just steal our hard earn money because someone died or was born so many years ago.


we were in giant candy land!

Oh well, who am I kidding? There are just so many filthy rich people who don't give a damn about the increase in price of the same old same old food served any other day.

And there are just so many of those hopeless romantics who think it's super duper romantic to spend a lot of money on things not worth that value on a public occasion, not realising that most of these are just hypes and cons the businessmen made up that has nothing to do with the original intention of the occasion.


imagine how many people that doughnut can feed if it was real

Just go look up the origin of Christmas and say, the businessmen all time favorite Valentine's Day (forever known as Businessmen-con-you-day by yours truely).

And really, do you have to be dictated by public occasion for that "special day"? Come on, special day with your loved one can be any day of your choice, a public occasion doesn't make any day extra special.


this is not the way to take photo of fountain. Fountain, what fountain? =P

Oh well, I can shout and gripe all I want, still come the next public occasion, same thing will happen. Some people never learn, some things never change.


slightly better shot of the fountain, to the side or sitting down would have been better

Anyway, after enquiring a few restaurants in Straits Quay, we ended up having our dinner in Dome, and it's slightly less than RM150 for three adults and a child. =)

Most of the people there that day were like us, drawn there due to the novelty of it.


huge Christmas tree

There was a stage and some performers with painted face, we didn't stay and watch, were just there for the dinner really.


cheeky Hsiang in the giant doughnut

Christmas decorations were plentiful, with a huge Christmas tree.


this is the Christmas tree viewed from the second floor

Parking was still free the day we went, so it's a good time to check out the place. =)