Today we thought to do a foodie post because Penang is not just about the sightseeing there is also some amazing food.
There are tours that are just dedicated to eating and people who flock to Penang to spend a few days here to see the sights and pack in as much local delicacy as possible. It’s a bit insane but with so much food everywhere, it’s hard to say no. The most difficult part of it is you don’t know where to start!
Here is a list of the some the food we ate at and some places recommended from my foodie friend Kelly. Danny from the Friendly Green House Hostel also took us to a lot of places to sample some awesome food.
Penang is dubbed “Food Paradise of Asia”.
Ranked in CNNGo’s Asia’s 10 Greatest Street Food Cities in 2012Ranked 12th in The New York Times’ Frugal & Food Category.
1. Cendol – this is what you need to survive the heat in Malaysia. A cool and refreshing dessert made from shaved ice, red beans and fresh coconut milk. The green noodles are actually made from rice flour and then coloured with juices from the Pandan leaf.
Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul
Address: 27 & 29 Lebuh Keng Kwee (off Penang Road), 10100 Georgetown
GPS Coordinates: N5 25.027 E100 19.839
Address: 27 & 29 Lebuh Keng Kwee (off Penang Road), 10100 Georgetown
GPS Coordinates: N5 25.027 E100 19.839
Hokkien Mee – we had this twice because it was so nice. The broth is spicy but you can taste the seafood undertones in it. I’m not a big fan of spicy food but this was quite addicting. You have the soup base and yellow and rice vermicelli coupled with a choice of your toppings – egg, roast pork, veg, fish balls, prawns and fried shallots. Both times I had egg, prawns and roast pork.
Old Green House Restaurant
233 Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus, 10350 George Town
GPS Coordinates: N5 25.421 E100 19.261
Koay Teow Soup – a bowl of flat white noodles for breakfast with its delicate broth accompanied with fish balls and pork offal. I didn’t think this was so special, it was okay.
Fook Teow Cafe
122-1, Lorong Hutton, 10050 Georgetown
GPS: N5.421381 E100.328412
Fried Oyster Omelette – juicy oysters. So cheap as well. Cooked as an omelette and loaded with a ton of garlic.
Yi Garden Cafe Corner
On the corner of Jalan Macalister and Lorong Selamat , 10400 Penang
GPS: N5 24.985 E100 19.446
Other recommendations:
- Ah Leng Char Koay Teow @ Kafe Khoon Hiang
Jalan Dato Keramat, Penang. GPS: N5 24.779 E100 19.171
- Air Itam Duck Rice @ Air Itam Market
11500 Air Itam, Penang. GPS: N5.401845 E100.277495
- Penang Laksa @ Taman Emas Kopitiam
Laksa is a soup made from fish stock and seasoned with shrimp paste that is sweet, sour, spicy and salty all at the same time.
Jalan Gottlieb , 10350 Georgetown, Penang GPS: 5.433316,100.302864
- Curry Mee @ Lim Sisters Curry Mee
Jalan Air Hitam, Pekan Ayer Itam, 11500 Penang GPS Coordinates: N5 24.020 E100 16.695
Go and enjoy a foodie adventure in Penang.
Hello Serena, I am in K L now. Planned to go to Cameron Highlands. However my friend advised me not to because lots of heavy rains lately. Big chance of landslides. So going to Taiping on 14 May and then Ipoh and Penang. Too bad can’t catch up with you as always a week or 2 behind you.
We tried the Teochew cendol but I found the Melaka ones better.
Nice…maybe if we go to Melaka from Singapore we will try some there.
My friends bought me to this Air Hitam laksa….so delicious,near to Kek Lok Si pagoda