A trishaw passing along the Armenian Street, the heritage site of George Town.
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The Penang State Mosque on a beautiful evening.
This steel sculpture can be found on a wall of a shophouse along King Street, part of the Little India area in George Town. The caricature depicts a local ‘Roti Benggali’ (or Benggali Bread) seller and what it means by the word ‘Benggali’. The freshly baked and rather big loaf Benggali bread is popular among the locals here, usually sold from a small makeshift stall on a motorcycle. It was said that the bread derived its name from the word ‘Penggali’, which basically means ‘shareholders’ in Tamil. The bread business was started by an Indian Muslim together with his group of friends (a co-op business) back in the 1930s. Local residents later mistook the name to be ‘Roti Benggali’ and the bread has been called as such ever since.
A small brick portion of the old wall along Ah Quee Street in George Town was painted in blue.
An old shophouse at the junction of Beach Street and Ah Quee Street in George Town.
