An
Eating Guide in Penang at your finger tips:
Hawker
fare
The Esplanade
Halal cuisine: Al fresco dining overlooking the sea. Two sections, one for
halal and another for non-halal. Great place to relax and fill your stomach
at the same time.
Halal cuisine: Boiled cockles, sotong bakar, nasi goreng ayam, satay
and pasembor, in addition to other hawker foods and drinks.
Non-halal cuisine: Freshly cooked seafood and meat dishes plus beer.
Hours: Evening and night. Opens until the wee hours.
Glugor (the lane
in front of the post office)
Cuisine: Here's why you find the very famous Shariff nasi kandar, who were
once featured on TV3. Also roti canai, roti jala, fried noodles and fried
rice, Malay 'economy' rice, taufufah and soya bean milk.
Hours: Morning, noon and night.
Gurney Drive (stalls
located beside the Sunrise Tower and along the promenade)
Halal cuisine: Char koay teow, pasembor, see koh th'ng (lien chee kang),
bubur chacha, muah chee (a delicious peanut dessert), burgers, Indian mee
rebus and pasembor.
Non-halal cuisine: Wantan noodles, char koay teow, soupy noodles, lor bak,
rice, dim sum, bak kut teh, mee jawa and beer.
Hours: Morning, lunch time and evenings. Opens until midnight.
Island Glades (Lorong
Delima 3)
Cuisine: Two coffeeshops chee cheong fun, Chinese pasembor, chicken rice,
fried noodles, fried rice and curry mee. A specialty is seafood noodles from
the Genting restaurant.
Hours: Morning and night
Lorong Selamat
Cuisine: Two coffeeshops, one covered and another open air. A must-try here
is the char koay teow, ais kacang, laksa lemak and fried popiah. Very crowded
during lunch hour.
Hours: Afternoon and evening. Parking may be a problem during peak hours.
Macalister Road (three
coffeeshops opposite the Midtown and Agora hotels)
Cuisine: Noodles prepared in different styles, herbal soups, bak kut teh,
pizza and ikan panggang.
Hours: Night time. Closed on Mondays.
New Lane off Macalister
Road (Two coffee shops between Wisma Central and Sunway Hotel)
Cuisine: wantan noodles, fried rice, fried noodles, laksa, satay, pork porridge,
dim sum, chee cheong fun, cuttelfish and kangkong, duck porridge, lor bak,
'Western' food, yong tau foo and sweet desserts.
Hours: Late afternoon till night time. Closed on Wednesdays.
Swatow Lane (the
area behind Sheraton Hotel and Penang Plaza)
Halal cuisine: 'Sultan' Indian fried mee, popiah, gado gado, laksa and ais
kacang
Non-halal cuisine: Roasted pork rice, wantan noodles, koay teow th'ng, curry
mee and char koay teow.
Hours: Afternoon and evening.
Tapak Selera, Hillside,
Tanjung Bungah
Halal cuisine: Open air and covered dining areas selling satay, ketupat,
nasi melayu, nasi ayam, nasi goreng, pizza, chicken chop, burgers and Rudy's
famous char koay teow.
Non-halal cuisine: Yong tau foo, noodles, porridge, chicken rice, 'Western'
food and beer.
Hours: Afternoon, evening and night. Opens until the wee hours.
An Eating Guide in Penang
at your finger tips:
| Malay eateries | Nyonya
eateries | Chinese eateries |
Vegetarian eateries | Indian
eateries |
| International eateries |
Bars & lounges |
Cafés & local faves |
Seafood eateries | Hawker
fare | |
