Locating not far from the Kim Seng Restaurant Koay Teow Soup is another coffee shop competing for the appetite of the breakfast-goers. The specialties of this coffee shop is Hokkien Mee; one of my favorite hawker fare and they have been selling it since my parents’ time. You can bet nothing can go wrong with [...]

I’m not so much of a loh mee’s fan. However due to recommendation from a friend, I decided to give it a try. To my delight, it tasted better than I expected. That explain the crowd in the place. I have to wait for few moments before a seat is available. The thick gravy is [...]

This is a unique variation of koay teow soup. The soup has strong lemon taste and for extra kick, add some chili paste into the soup. It comes with sizable portion of mince pork.
It opens everyday except Monday for breakfast (7am ~ 11am).

This hawker’s center is famous for Lok Lok. To have Lok Lok, choose your favorite skewered raw ingredient (mostly meats and seafood) and cook it in a pot of boiling water located at the center of your table. Once cooked, you can eat it with all kind of sauces available on the table. Each sticks [...]

Located along Jalan Kampung Benggali at mainland Butterworth, Kim Seng Restaurant is crowded almost everyday during breakfast because it serves one of the best Koay Teow dish. The koay teow can be served either with soup or dry. Other than koay teow, you can include barbecue pork as side dishes.

Lorong Selamat is famous for this particular coffee shop that serve arguably the best fried koay teow in Penang Island. The name of the coffee shop is Cafe Heng Huat. At good days, you have to wait for almost an hour for a plate of the delicacy. However, you can order side dishes such as [...]

This stall that sell curry mee is one of the food attraction in Raja Uda. The serving is quite small. If you want to have a fulfilling meal, you might need to order big serving or add other side dishes such as curry chicken, prawn, fish ball, etc… It opens until very late (midnight).

Char Koay Teow or fried flat noodle is one of the Penang’s famous hawker food. It is hard to pick the best one but the stall inside Sunrise Coffee Shop is definitely among the best. It is run by one uncle and one auntie (I believe they are husband and wife). The uncle is in [...]

One my favorite Tom Yam soup noodle can be found inside Joo Heng Coffee Shop. It has plenty of add on (mostly fresh seafood) you can choose for your tom yam dish. After you are satisfied with your choices, just pass over the bowl to the cook. It will be serve with either beehoon or [...]

‘Char Hor Fun’ or ‘Tua Pan’ in hokkien is a kind of dish made of fried big flat noodles mix with ‘bee hoon’ (rice noodle) covered with starchy gravy. One of my favorite is located in Ban Long San restaurant near the Butterworth Outer Ring Road (please see location map). The self proclaim king of [...]

Inside the food court of the market near Sunshine Square is one drink stall that sell very cheap ice blended drinks. There are many drink stall in the food court, but the one that is popular among locals is Ah Aun Cafe. It has many type of ice blended drinks, but my favorite is red [...]

This coffee shop serve one of the best assam laksa. The place is popular among workers around the vicinity. So it is normally crowded during lunch hour. It is great to have lobak along with your steamy bowl of laksa.

New World Park located at Shatow lane near Nagore Place was launched in early 2008. In addition to its unique food court, it has many cafes, shops and a stage for public events, making it the latest favourite hang out place for Penangites, young and old alike.

When I was in Singapore, a nice Singaporean girl asked me where I was from. When I told her that I was from Penang, her first response was… “Ah… Penang Laksa”.
It is obvious that the most well known export of Penang is none other than its laksa. Don’t be surprise to see hawker stalls selling [...]

The famous Gurney Drive food court has all kinds hawker foods for you to choose from. You can either have your favorite hawker food at the open air food court or ta pau (takeaway) and have it on seats available along the Gurney Drive overlooking the sea with salty cool breeze blowing through your face. [...]

Nothing beats a sunny afternoon with Penang’s favorite dessert; Cendol. It is made from crushed ice, soaked in gula Melaka and coconut milk, covered with kidney beans and cendol. The best cendol in Penang is located at Penang Road. You can have it while standing beside the stall or inside Joo Hooi coffee shop. However, [...]