hey im the first?ahah

sarawak still the best ;)

I hope there wiil be a lot comment in these few day of this competition. I wanna see how Penangites counter kenny .? I am third here?

Penang la...i like their char kueh teow..awesome man

Re: Your Short Talk topic, I'm a trance music fan, and I personally simply cannot stand the way CNY songs are remixed this way. Extremely vomit-inducing, and spoiling the genre. It's the people who commit such atrocities who condemn trance and eurodance music to be seen as Ah Beng music by most people. Which is why although I am a big fan of European trance music acts, I have absolutely no respect for most local and regional DJs who produce this sort of crap.

me likey assam laksa

I like Penang char kueh teow pedas pedas. I am a Sabahan and I eat my Penang char kueh teow pedas in Damai, Kota Kinabalu.

can wikify some food?

OMG Kenny Sia looks soo sexy !!!! HAHAHAHHAH in that tight singlet!!! heehee ^_^

some years back I remember the hotspot for all sorts of penang hawker food was at gurney drive, is that still a fact?

they used to have awesome char kway tiaw, all sorts of laksa, curries, char kuih and what have yous.

the thing about penang that still beats us i'm afraid are the prices...can still get a char-kway-tiaw at the road-side for RM1.50 (without egg), dunno if it's still like that. used to be only 80sen and then $1.

i can also vouch for a fact that penang rich ppl are extremely stingy and only use their Benzs and BMWs during the weekends...petrol too costly.

Penang...maybe assam laksa???hehee

Char kueh tiaw Price no longer Rm1.50. Those famous one sell at 2.00 small no egg. the amount..tiny suitable for 5 or 6 year old kid.

Food in penang ain't cheap trust me. Absolutely comparable with KL except the mix rice. Why do I say so. KL sell a char kueh tiaw at 3.50/4.00, the size 2.5 times in Penang. Do your maths, and you gonna find its expensive. If you still find it's cheap, attend maths tuition.

Hey Kenny,
I can't agree nor disagree with you as each state has its specialties. Since you'll be in Penang, I would however recommend you to stop by this char kway tiaw stall at Lorong Selamat and look out for this aunty who's wearing an over-sized chef hat and a gigantic goggle outside of a kopitiam. It's pricey but gooood! For ais kacang or ABC, check out the stalls at Swatou(?) lane. Let me know your verdicts later. Cheers.

Penang char kueh tiaw is still so so..if compare to kuching's kueh chap XD

Cool.. I'll be there for the launch.. :)

Assam Laksa next to the market in Ayer Hitam is absolutely delicious..

yer... why u all treat Ipoh like it doesn't exist.. i am a ipoh mali studying in penang, and i think that ipoh's food can fight with penang food.. :P though penang has more fancy restaurants with good food.. hehe..

Best Penang Chow Kuay Teow: Queen's Street.

Hey Kenny,

I've just been to Penang recently. U shud try the Assam Laksa at the nearby entrance to Kek Lok Si temple. As for the Penang Char Kueh Tiaw, the best is at the hawker stalls outside Sunway Hotel. No offence, but the char kueh tiaw taste damn good. Better than Kch 1 in fact (I'm from Kch myself). As for the night life, you wouldn't wanna miss Glo Bar. its the most happening pub/bar/discotheque in Penang. After clubbing u can check out a new Seafood palace called Bali Hai. Try their cheesecrab n sashimi style seafood platter. To die for. Trust me.

yay.. number 18!

Kenny, a real penang kia is giving you his best food tips:

Char Koay Teow - New Lane
Asam Laksa - Air Itam wet market, quality of Gurney Drive's one has deteriorated to the point of where the soup tastes like fermented mice pee.
Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee) - Pulau Tikus, Burmah Road, opposite Police Station
Curry Mee & Wan Than Mee - Kimberly Street (only at nigh
Koay Teow Soup - Kimberly Street (only at night)
Beef Soup Koay Teow (Gu Bak Koay Teow) - Near Weld Quay, forgotten the damn street name
Banana Leaf Rice - Beach Street
Dim Sum - Tai Tung, its a street dat runs perpendicular to Kimberly St.
Best seafood - some kampung beachside place at Teluk Kumbar, its near the primary school there.
Mee Goreng (cooked by chinese guy) - Mount Erskine food court, only in the afternoon

Ok Kenny, you now owe me 2 coconuts.

come to ipoh lah.. i bring u to eat the best food.

Whoever says that the best Penang food is in Gurney Drive is so sadly mistaken lar. They all tipu tourists nia! All hike up the prices of the food coz so many tourists go there. PIF! =.=

Anyway, I've been studying in Penang almost three years, so I roughly know where's the good food lah.

Best Char Kuay Teow - Macalister Road. (Sisters Char Kuay Teow, next to a shop called K-9).

Best Assam Laksa - Lorong Selamat (someone said this already).

Best Cendol - Swatow Lane, indeed!

Hey Kenny,

can i add in somemore for the best food tips?ehehe

Hokkien Mee- Pulau Tikus (yaya!the best!) hafta go there as early as u can..mayb 7.30 in the morning. cos it finishes super fast..usually by 8.30 to 9.00am finish dee.

Nyonya Nasi Lemak- Pulau Tikus area also. Opposire Bandar baru Supermarket. Very good. Same as hokkien mee. It finishes quite fast.

Gurney Drive hawker food

New Lane hawker food

i only like their assam laksa and kuey chap in penang ... only near the kek lok si temple...
it's before u go to the kek lok si ...

i think you forgot about ipoh.. IMO... ipoh has the best food in malaysia... period!!

Word of advice Kenny, NEVER NEVER NEVER challenge a Penangite about the quality of their food. It's a very sensitive topic, YOU WILL FACE THE FULL WRATH OF PENANG!! I am a Penangite based in KL so I can't blog u to death. But I believe my fellow islanders will :).

good idea kenny! can you pls write a blog to summarize what you ate there? :D

Kenny,
Compiled is one day of meal for you in penang.

http://www.neeshen.com/2007/02/kennysias-challenge.html

You need to wait sometime for the wikimaps to load.

My personal advise.. since you are in Penang.. don't go for the same thing that you have in Kuching. Tempted as you may be.. you will be dissapointed. Either way, Kuching is better or Penang is better.. does not prove anything. Go for something that you can only get in penang and not Kuching. Maximizes your value of coming to Penang.

Need a guide? if there is no one to take you around on that day.. get in touch with me..

jb-ean here, but just came back from penang few nights ago.

only good thing there i know is the original Nasi Kandar at Line Clear, has been given recognition by New Straits Times few months back. Located almost opposite Cititel Hotel, this place actually like a lorong, but food is good! must try...

other than that, sup kambing also near Cititel, called Restoran Hameed is not too bad...of corz JB has the best for that ;D

oh yeaaa loubak(not sure spelling) and Cream Soda(which you can NEVER find anywhere else on earth but damn good) over at Kek Seng, near Komtar is a must try too!

Night life?
Check out Momo at upper Penang Street!

Kenny, I'm going to Penang on 10th as well. Going to meet 5xmom. =>

Duck soup mee suah at Jelutong Market, after 2.30pm. neeann@multiply.com

sorry! correct url is http://neeann.multiply.com/journal/item/33

http://www.mymalaysiabooks.com/penang/mypenang%20main.htm

i've been going to and fro from kedah[i'm a kedahan] to penang every saturday now..but it's sad that i still don't know which place serves the best food in penang..ha..but if you're coming to kedah,then i can tell which food is the best..even though kedah doesn't have any delicacy..=)

S'WAK FOOD IS STILL THE BEST ACCORDING TO MINE BIG STOMACH.I SHALL LOOK FORWARD 2 YR COMPARISON.

Like this also can, I also wanna make a challenge then. Can any malaysians tell me where to find the prettiest girl in m'sia, I'm talking about your best ladies. I'm talking about your best 18s. I'm talking about your best virgins . Preferably complete with pictures and maybe some directions on how to get there.

You'll get RM1 from me as de prize~

If it were just food, IPOH wins hands down. But Kenny is going to Penang for more than food! Right?

Penang has beautiful bridge, good state governence, low crime rate, plenty of job opportunities, pretty girls and handsome guys, delivious laksa, nice people, sophiscated roadway and shopping complex, and etc.............Penang is the best in Malaysia.

hi kenny.
some recommendation here.

char koay teow: sister's in jalan macalister and also lorong selamat.

laksa and cendol: penang road

nasi kandar: rafee nasi kandar, pulau tikus and line clear nasi kandar, penang road.

nasi lemak: taman free school.

hokkien mee: green house coffee shop, burmah road.

mamak mee goreng: bangkok lane, pulau tikus.

mamak maggie goreng tom yam(supper): ali, opp celcom building in pulau tikus.

chinese economy rice (3am-7am): perak road, next to bomba station.

don't eat in gurney drive! too commercialize d..

have fun in penang!

regards,
a true food lover.

Well, I am not from penang but this is surely one of the best and "most expensive" Char Kuew Teow I ever ate.

http://chifei.blogspot.com/2006/12/penang-trip.html

Its located at the Lorong Selamat. Give it a try!

want more info, contact me thru friendster. see ya!

I see quite a few recommendation on that Char Kuew Teow. Yeah, its also called the Sister's Char Kuew Teow.

I've been to Penang before and have tried the food there. But I like nyonya food from Melaka better. The kolo mee in Kuching looked nice tho! :)

hey...i think sandakan food is da best..
betta than kuching n penang

hey kenny x)

i absofuckinglutely LOVE d assam laksa at the air itam market! always gobble down at least 2 bowls of it :p char kuay teow i would say at..lorong selamat or swatow lane i guess.ice kacang swatow lane! generous serving of 'liu' eg red beans,peanuts,cendol,ice cream..YUMZ man.and u juz gotta try the nasi kandar at kampung melayu.its kinda hard to find.u juz gotta ask around.go early in d morning cuz if ure late,say byebye to d yummylicious nasi kandar.and d squatting curry mee at air itam rocks! there's this 2 old ladies who have been selling it for many many yrs.YUMZZ.serious shit.

AAAAAAAHH i miss d food at penang. i nver been to sarawak though :P

I'm a Ipoh girl studying in Melbourne now. I must say that Ipoh have some of the best food that no other places can offer, eg the Sar Hor Fun, Bean Sprout Chicken, Dim Sum, Old town White Coffee, etc.
Ipoh is only 2 hours plus drive from Penang, so do come down here for a makan trip!
Btw, every city/town has its own speciality, and it's no doubt that Penang is a food heaven, Kenny...

hey kenny,

ipoh food is better than penang's. haven't tried kuching's but.. well.. ipoh is the best! ^^

What?

Ipoh? Ipoh only nice for kai si hor fun!

Penang? Char Koey Teow the BEST! Assam Laksa the BEST! Heaven of food la....

Ipoh definitely has the best food. Penang may be famous for its hawker foods, but when it comes to restaurant food, Ipoh wins hands down.

I'm a Kuching kia, but now working in Penang for almost 3 yrs liau... If u wan my personal Kuchingite unbiased opinion, you may contact me.

To me, to like Assam laksa, you gotta have exquisite taste buds, some ppl won't like it. There's also a famous lemak laksa shop at Balik Pulau as well, which most ppl fail to mention...

Char Kuey Teow here is definitely better than Kch's, but expensive, cos of the prawns. I really miss the Kch's sweet fried mee at Hui Sing Garden stalls... yumm...

Cendol here in West M'sia ar... so small... depends on your taste buds, but I think it's hard and has the frozen taste, so, I prefer the bigger, greener Kuching cendol.

There are more opinions from me, but lazy to put it here.

Penang has better food than Ipoh larrr. But Ipoh has the hottest chicks lah no doubt.LOL.

Anyways, different people have their own liking and their own opinion on which is the bestestest food in Penang. One can love the Char Koay Teow in Lrg Selamat but another might say the one in Pulau Tikus is the best and so on so forth.

In my opinion, I think it's best if you try out every possible hawker food stall in Penang that you can. I mean, what's a few extra calories compared to orgasmic dishes of food you can never get anywhere else in the world? XD

Anyways, to contradict myself, here are a few recommendable place for food.

Char koay teow - Lrg Selamat
Curry mee - Lrg Seratus tahun, but i don't know if it's still there or not cos it's been ages since i've been there.
Wantanmee - Pulau tikus
Indian mee goreng - pulau tikus
chendol and desert - besides Swatow lane, there's this tiny van by the road side at weld quay near the jetty which sells fucking wonderful chendol, or kio and stuffs. but then you'd have to sit at dirty crooked tables next to a refrigerator dumpsite to eat your food. lol. but it's worth it.

yeah. hope you enjoy your stay in penang. oh and check momo out. glo is overrated.

cheers.

will try to post about food in penang if i can....but most of the recommendations here are quite right.....most common being assam laksa at kek lok si temple, and char koay teow at the sisters place, macalister road. these two are the must try food......

other than that, ice kacang at swatow lane is one the best u can get in pg too...but they've now moved into a spanking new hawker centre just nearby the old place, its quite easy to find, so its cleaner and more hygienic now...

( acually, SOOO clean, its to the point where u smell dettol while ur eating....i went there yesterday and OMFG, the antiseptic smell from the floor detergent nearly killed me....o_O)

I'm from Kuching and have only been in Penang once in my life. I do like a lot of the food there, they have a lot of good stuff, but unfortunately I have to say that the best Penang Laksa is in Kuching! And it cannot be bought from any shop. My uncle cooks better Penang Laksa than ANY of the "best Penang Laksas" many friends and relatives have taken me to in Penang.

However, that being said they have a very interesting rojak type thing available at many open air hawker food courts, pick your own ingredients, many of which are deep fried, then the owner chops and mixes it up and drizzles this incredible spicy sauce over it.

of course penang's food is better than kuching... or anywhere else in our country. overall, that is... but if you were to name an individual dish/food, certain states will take the upper hand.

penang is a food paradise, in that it has lots of variety of good, tasty food all around. wannna know good food in penang? just do a google search and you will find abundance of it. many sites had sprung up, some listing where are the good/famous food can be found and so on.

and kenny, perhaps, since you are going to penang, you could consider buying this book 'famous street food of penang - a guide and cook book' (RM28 only) as this book shows you where the famous food can be found, including maps of the location.
http://kuali.com/books/review.asp?file=cooklib/2006/8/22/327famou&sec=cooklib

There is nothing more unsightly on earth than the Penang Laksa; the severely rotted fish half submerged in a bowl of murky fluid resembles more of a scene for homicide than something that is suitable for human consumption, or any form of consumption, period.

It’s disgusting but then what do Penangites know any better except to try out the real foods in Sarawak.

All in the name of fun and love.

Food Centre/ Food Courts/ COffee Shops my Family n patronised for the past 23 years.

1. Taman Free School Food Court(Night only) -
[A]Pork Intestine Satay + Variety

2. New Lane (Night only, beside Sunway Hotel Georgetown)-
[A]. Char Mee Suah,
[B]. Batu Maung Satay (sauce already burnt in),
[C]. Curry mee (buy the one where the seller is a lady, not the 2 elderly men, the chilli is a must have),
[D]. Beef Ball Kuey Teow Soup + Variety

3. Carnarvarn Street corner coffee shop 3 doors from Cyclone Bicycle Specialist -
[A]. Char Kuey Teow with duck eggs which the late Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew loved, If you're lucky the old man who fried for the late Tan Sri will be there.
[B]. Lor Bak (mixed platter of prawn fritters, chinese wrapped pork rolls n stuff)

4. Hong KOng Street(Rope walk) and Carnarvorn Streen junction -
[A]Roast Duck rice (Lunch)

5.Kimberly Street(night only, beside the toys store) -
[A].Ark(duck) CHiap a.k.a. Kuey Chap
[B]. See Kua Th'ng stall (a.k.a. Leng Chee Kang) - (I). sweet mixed nuts soup with longan n ginko (II). Almond soup + You Char Kueh + Variety

6. Keng Kwee Street(turn left from Penang road coming from upper penang road/Cititel, the turn is opposite the Police HQ) -
[A] Ice Kacang and
[B] Cendol, which Giant Subang USJ sells too.

7. Opposite Asia Cafe Penang Hill, roadside stall, aunty seller(at the entry of the road going up Penang Hill) -
[A]Asam Laksa ( beats the one in Air Itam Market/ Near Kek Lok Si Temple hands down!)

8. Weld Quay/ Gat Lebuh Macallum junction(yes the one with the regfrigerator dumpsite mentioned by Schizzow-
[A].Orh Giow (grass jelly with lychee syrup n a hint of lime)[Taiwan's Ai Yin Pin copied from him, one and only stall on the Island]
[B]sells pegaga juice too.

9. Kuala Kangsar Road(Behind Chowrasta Market, breakfast only)-
[A] Cantonese Pork Intestine Porridge
[B] Ais Tingkap

10. Kuantan Road Soon Heang Biscuit -
[A]. Tau Sar Pneah (one of its kind, not those dragon balll biscuits but they have it too.)
[B] Pong Pneah (hokkein Version of the cantonese Lou Por Peng)
word of caution, the lady is a wee bit cocky, just say you're taking it outstation, n she'd be all smiles. order it 2 days in advance and collect them at 8pm to get warm, fresh from the oven batch.

11. New World Food COurt a.k.a. Swatou Lane -
[A]. Mamak Poh Piah + Variety

12. Johore Road/ Padang Brown BHPetrol station that side -
[A]. Lok Lok (if u dono wats dat go find out la, Mum's been a monthly customer for 24 years)
[B]. Van Houtten Cocoa Drink

13. Coffee Shop Opposite Pulau Tikus Police station between a Chinese medical hall and a gardening supplier
[A] ASam Laksa
[B] Char Kuey Teow
only place you can get 2 good stalls in one shop

14. Reclining Buddha's Temple Burmah Lane -
[A]Good old home made Coconut Ice Cream, comes in RM1.50, Rm2 and above. Served in cup or cone with topping.

15. Sungai Pinang, Bayan Lepas Area, junction opposite a school after the Bayan lepas police station -
[A] Good old secluded place for a hearty seafood dinner

Above are my MUST-VISITS based on my 23 years in Penang. People in Penang don't just travel a few kilometres, they go from one end of the island to another just to get food. My family used to drive up to Krabi for lunch n MienKarm when grandpa was still around.

HEHE... new lane the food is nice.. but alot of beggers come bugging u laa... and parking space is a headache...

for Nasi kandar.. KAYU.. SUBAIDAH... PELITA... I prefer KAYU.. near Vistana Hotel..

anyway super tanker is ok ah.. alot of choices at night... although they are not as historical as gurney drive, new lane .. (all the town area food)

penang most expensive road side char koay teow (put aside hotels one) is at lorong selamat.. MAN.. RM5 - RM 8 Leh... the prawns are damn big... if served with oyster taste nicer...

I'm really amazed by the amount of people here still not yet asleep. :P

But of course, lots of food in Penang is 24hours. :P

The English and the germans are the worst cooks in the world. In malaysia, sarawakian food is the shittiest. In fact, shit tastes better than Sarawak food. Pse correct me if I am wrong.

char koay teow - new lane
koay teow th'ng - the one opposite asia cafe, along the railway road
assam laksa - air itam wet market, the one opposite asia cafe is not bad too
chicken rice - chulia street, i forgot the name shit, but its just opposite pak hock chicken rice shop
duck rice - ayer itam midnight duck rice is still the best, opens only after 12am.

I once tasted sarawak's famous kolo mee. I vomited. That's sarawak food for you. Our famous penang assam laksa tastes wonderful although the gravy resembles our famous Sungei Pinang. Anyway, Penang food doesnt need advertisement. If you havent tasted Penang food you havent tasted anything. Please correct me if I am wrong. Another thing, plse dont insult Penang food. Penang people may be nice and friendly but when you insult their food, they might go amok.

laksa,
behind giant supermarket(on the way to swatow lane)
a small stall,
limited seats,
indian seller.

char koay teow,
lorong selamat

May I recommend one mamak popiah which tastes superb. I cant name the place because I might be sued. You know why the taste is superb. Well, the popiah man digs his nostrils, sometimes scratches his backside. And the same pair of hands is used to prepare your favourite popiah. Hence the superb taste.

NSTman. One should lead by example. If you don't want people to insult Penang Food, you should not insult other people's food. I happen to like all varieties of Laksa, Penang Assam Laksa and Singapore Curry Laksa and Kuching Laksa... etc etc There is nothing wrong with Penang Food, and nothing wrogn with Sarawak Food. You have absolutely no right going round saying food from another place tastes like shit if you've only had it once.

tamade. how dare u challange penang food?! but i think this is juz ur way to get some advice b4 u actually go to pg.
most of the suggestions are rite but DO NOT go to lorong selamat for char kuay teow unless u wanna get scolded by the big fat S CCB. in fact the quality there has dropped. the best is still the one at kimberly street/ chulia street at nite. the nice uncle does not open his stall every nite. he told me he is semi-retired now and will only open on some LESS BUSY nites. haha!! try ur luck then

oh most ppl has missed out the popiah at new lane. it's so special that i can't even find a challenger within penang itself. it sells at rm1.20 per pc, minimum order is 2 pcs. ask for more soup.

another best is the lobak(singaporean calls it wu xiang AKA 5 scent) at new lane. it's very famous both locally and among singaporeans. once i wanna take away 30 pcs to bring to singapore, the auntie told me there was a singaporean b4 me that oso took back 100 pcs. i personally think the secret recipe lies within the meat and the sauce.

Ipoh has world's best Nga Choi Gai.

Which idiot recommended Lorong Selamat's Char Koay Teow? That place is only famous because it appears on Penang's Tourism Brochures. I admit it's nice but it's definitely not worth 7 ringgit. If you ask me, Bee Hooi and the few small hawker stalls near Tanjung Tokong's Fatty Loh has the best Char Koay Teow in Penang. But if I'm not mistaken, they are only opened at night.

As for Laksa, Air Itam should be the place. I'm not sure of its exact location as I am not the type of person who would 'die' for Laksa. But it's situated near the Tram station at the foot of Penang Hill.

Gurney Drive isn't as good as it once was, but one of the few things you should try there would be their Fried Chicken Skin, although it would be rather ridiculous for you to fly all the way from Sarawak to Penang just to eat 'chicken skin'.

Swatou Lane once had fantastic Ais/Ice Kacang, but since they've moved, I can't guarantee that it's still as good. After all, the dirtier the environment of the stall, the tastier the food is. Or so I believe.

Poly Cafe - Wan Tan Mee (yet another dish that I don't think you'd fly all the way for).

And this is a stupid topic to 'fight' about -.-". Every state has its pros and cons. Every person has his/her own taste buds. What one likes, the other may not. Hence, don't insult Penang OR Sarawakian food. I have also eaten Penang food and vomited or 'lau sai' before. Lest we forget, I did mention that the dirtier the food, the tastier it is.

All in the name of food!

Kenny, Congratulations for finally going to Penang. Food is good. I've gone to Penang quite a few times to visit my relatives there, and they always bring my family around to the best food places in town.

ALl those mentioned places are quite good, such as swatow for ais kacang, cendol. Try out the char koay teow there too, not at all that bad.

But I'm curious...Why doesn't anyone mention or chien? To my knowledge...I thought it's one of the famed food of penang??

For the uninitiated...or chien is fried egg with or (which i think is oyster? though they are of the smaller variety.)

The best Or chien as declared by my family (they are incredibly experienced in eating and practically live to eat. They eat widely haha) is Or chien at Lebuh Chulia at this coffee shop called seng thor, and only opens day time i think. Not too expensive either.

Personally I like the one served at Swatow better but it's worth a try definitely. BTW the difference is that at swatow egg's crunchy (due to the oyster juices being deep fried more i think) and at chulia it's softer and darker.

Go make urself FAT in penang kenny...it's worth it....gastronomic orgasm...haha....

oh yeah, DON'T GO TO GURNEY PLEASE!

if u wanna save you taste buds and ur wallet...DUN GO TO GURNEY.

Food there is beyond horrible and you basically have to give them money to buy something that shouldn't even be called food in the first place...

I'm really sorry penangites to blast gurney like that....but it's just unreasonable! Food there is just so-so.....and don't deserve that price.

oh n or chien is apparently good at new world food court too. it's on a main road, and i dunno which road is that. on the way to batu ferringhi side. [penangites care to point it out?] I havent been there, its said to be one of the better ones but as i went there near midnight it was closing...

im salivating. penang food (as in food specific to penang) rox.....

Charcamayne,
Kuching's Or Chien is one of its kind and it was missed out in Kenny's reviews. Kuching's Or Chien is pretty close to thin crust pizza but it comes with an unique wok-shaped and generous oysters:P

Should be Ipoh la! Got white coffee, ayam taugeh, etc etc!

Cannot compare... cannot compare... this is like comparing Tag Heuer and Corum.

What we have here in the west is different from you have there in the east... you can compare dim sum in Hong Kong and Australia, but you cannot compare food in Penang and Kuching.

Cannot compare, cannot compare...

kenny

there is a book called famous street food of penang - a guide and a cook book. it has directions to the particular stalls that are famous for their particular food - eg pasembur, asam laksa etc.

check it out

http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.cfm?SBNum=39989

can't say, I've never been to Penang. But heck yeah, I'm Sarawakian through and through, nothing beats our kolo mee!

and gasp. I have the exact same headdress as Jo Nee. except it's in blue. O.o

Seven Years in Penang Mr. Chairman....and one thing for sure Kenny, nothing beats my hometown's (Sibu) Kampua Mee :) not even Kuching's Kolo Mee :) but i do miss Gelugor's Nasi Kandar if you can stand the Curry and Innira's Bana Leaf Rice at Minden. :) Don;t miss that Mr. Chairman!

Kenny!!

I beg to differ.. and I would say that, Sarawak has the best food Sarawak has got to offer. Not in Malaysia. Similarly to other states. KLANG got its best Bak Kut Teh, PENANG got its best Char Kueh Teow, IPOH got its best Nga Choi Kai, KUCHING got its best Kolo Mee..

That's what makes us so foodilicious..!! ;)

I dare to challenge you here..!!
Go to every state and find out what's the best food they have there..
U can get local bloggers to bring you around town.. :)

wah so syokking man ! ! !

can i come too ???

ni ma.all not blogged one! everyone just give their recommendations as replies in the comments.pictures lah! =(

kenny, don go too far to the west. you can find a lot of good food in ur neighbour state too, sabah, especially da east coast of sabah. you can find good seafood, cantonese food, since most of da chinese in east coast r cantonese, as well as hakka n teochew. ;D

cheers

are you gay kenny?

Great post! I have always wanted to know about this too!

if u wanna eat the best and cheapest seafood, go to bali-bali restorant(non-air con, open air). it's very near sunshine fahlim(everyone in penang knows this supermarket), opposite air itam secondary school. most of the menu is good, my favourite is salad prawn, chao pai taufu, pork rib king. the price is v reasonable. others may suggest u to tambun or watever but i find bali-bali is the best. open at nite only.

What can I say, in Penang, you'll find good food everywhere! Every corner you go, there's good food! I bet you're getting kinda confused now Kenny...hehehe.. and just to add to your confusion...go for seafood in Tambun at mainland Penang(try out their octopus and 'chi-lor', a type of spiky shell fish, yummy!) it's also cheap and it taste doubly good with a bottle of Oaked Chardonnay, corkage is free at all restaurants at Tambun. Oh go during dinner time and then adjourn to Autocity at Juru to check out their night spots for a hot spicy time in "Bed" while to join a fight club at "Sohos". If you're in the mood for more wine..check out "Tao"...Enjoy Penang, it's a beautiful place with beautiful food and people...yes, seriously!

Kenny, you must eat alot huh... with your current status and all. Try coming to Penang for some fishing by the beach and cooking up your own catch over a full bodied red wine for a feast at "32" where you can also dance with your catch to Jazz music. Captain Jack Sparrow would surely be proud of ye ctach of the day!

Try the poh piah at Penang Swimming Club! Its the best in town...

read this in the Star newspaper this morning, in the StarMag section:

"Penang is, hands down, the most extraordinary place to experience food in south-east asia, if not, the world."

something like that. a quote by an author/food lover from somewhere. cant remember.

"They are so good, Kuching people here have no hesitation travelling 7 miles out of town just to get to that coffee shop to drink that authentic cup of Teh-C-Special.""quoted from Kenny.

the only reason why they travel so far is because sarawak town's are all so scattered away.. and there arent nive food around.. and therefore resulting in people travelling far to eat edible food!!

You might as well take it from a Sawakian who's been here in Penang for past 10 years. I've been spoilt by the best of the best food of Penang; though I've never stopped craving for our very own Sarawak Laksa, Kolok Mee and Tomato Deep Fried Mee. Here's my take for Penang's offering.

1. Char Koay Teow - Ah Leng Char Kuey Teow @Jalan Dato Keramat, corner coffee shop, opposite Honalulu Cafe, near Timur Laut Police Headquarter. RM4.50 for a regular plate with 4 large succulent deciliously marinated prawns. For special, extra prawns+ mantis prawnas at RM8. Totally worth it. Oh, he used charcoal to fry and duck eggs too. 8am- 3pm. Closed on I think Wed or Thu.

2. Asam Laksa - Penang Road @ corner coffee shop where you can find Penang's famous cendol. For the cendol, take the one right beside the famous laksa shop. The hawker's a polite skinny bespectacled guy. Have your cendol by the roadside. The kopitiam will charge you 50cent for having it in his shop. Greedy bugger.

3. Curry Mee - White Curry Mee at Lorong Selamat. RM3.50 a bowl. The specialty is the chilli paste which you can help yourself to. Super yummy. Closed on Monday.

4. Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee) - Forgot the name of the street. Anyway, it's kinda opposite Penang Plaza/ Giant and behind former Lai Lai Supermarket, now Mitsubishi showroom. Go early. Usually very loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong queue. RM3.50 for the best Hokkien Mee you can find in Penang. Closed on Monday.

5. Wan Than Mee - Corner Coffee Shop @ New Lane. Night time only. Hawker is a fat young guy. To enhance the flavour, sprinkle a dash of our very own 100% pure Sarawak pepper.

6. Dim Sum- Yong Pin. Can't remember name of the street. It's before Tai Tung, by the road opposite Prangin Mall. The ingredient and flavour are superior than in Tai Tung; but not as many variety. Must have the siew mai, lo mai kai and wu kok.

7. Banana Leaf Rice - Sri Ananda. More variety, delicious and cheap. I think it's at Church Street.....and that's by Beach Street. I'll recommend the Thosai.

8. Seafood- For cheap, good and live seafood, go to Bukit Tambun; about 1/2 drive from Penang. For good, live but not cheap seafood in island itself, Bali Hai at Gurney Drive is ok.

9. Mee Udang- Mak Ngah Mee Udang at Gertak Sanggul. RM8-10 per bowl. Totally heavenly.

10. Char Kuey Kak (this is different from how we fry our char kuey). - Again, can't remember name of street. It's a stall maintained by a fat lady. Behind Hong Leong Bank, somewhere near Komtar/Penang Road. Near Transfer Road.

Coming from Sarawak, these are the food that failed to impress me.
1. Poh Piah
2. Char Hor Fun. Our Tomato Kueh Tiaw beats it anytime.
3. Chicken Rice
4. Cendol
5. Dried Kueh Tiaw
6. Chicken Porridge
7. Loh Mee....too sticky and gooey for me
8. Loh Bak.... haiya...our ngo hiang taste so much better

One more...don't bother about the Rojak though Pasembur is a totally different story. A good place for hawker food with nice sea breeze will be Northam Beach Food Court.
As for nice spot, MUST go to Slippery Senoritas aka SS at Upper Penang Road. It's what I call quality entertainment.

For me, ipoh food still the best!

quote:Penang has beautiful bridge, good state governence, low crime rate, plenty of job opportunities, pretty girls and handsome guys, delivious laksa, nice people, sophiscated roadway and shopping complex, and etc.............Penang is the best in Malaysia.

Phrbgh..! Yeah right. Beatiful bridge=Penang bridge=lotsa traffic jams (stay off it), good state governence=CCTV incident remember? Good my foot -_-'' Pretty girls? Kuching got lots more. Penang girls sometimes dress funny (some look more like men), handsome guys? Stay there 3 years mana ada handsome guys. Penang laksa taste like fish. Smelly fish. Nice people: people spit and curse like wad nia here and have you seen the way they drive? Sophisticated roadway. Check out the neverending construction on some road. Lotsa bumps and lubang. Job opportunities? Why are there so many beggars then? Unless you're talking aout those jobs as part time workers at the gazzilion shopping malls. that brings us to the shopping malls, the only mall worth going to is Prangin.

Penang the best? Don't think so. Kuching is the best place in Malaysia. Take it from a Sarawakian whose lived in Penang.

my friend went to swatow lane for the ais kacang. and the dude gace him an ais kacang without any kacant in it! lol.

Dear Kenny,
I tell this few place that can fulfill the desire of food..

1. curry mee - Is lame but have to say [lorong seratus tahun]
2. Loh mee - Sun city opposite Island plaza
3. claypot chicken rice - Rangoon Road corner coffee shop
4. Char koay teow - Along Anson Road !! Two thumbs up !! sister's one only eat by idiot...
5. Laksa - Mount Erskine
6. Lam Mee - Pulau Tikus market ...only available in the morning
7. Ice Kacang - Batu Lanchang Market
8. Ban Cheng Kuih - Farlim
9. Local Western Food - Beside Lancia Auto in Pulau Tikus
10. Wan Tan Mee - Along Anson Road too !!! only available in the morning (see, actually Anson Road
got a lot of nice food just all the Penangnite dunno ..some call urself Penang kia !! get lost )
11. Nasi Kandar - Jargas Nasi Kandar in Batu Maung
(a lot of ppl dunno this place)
12. Koay Teow Soup - a stall along Dato Keramat Road ..near Convent School ..
13. Mee Goreng - Opposite the Seagate Factory in
Bayan Lepas ( just some malay stall along the seaside)
14. Fried Oyster- Carnavan St.
15. Po Piah- Bee Hooi Coffee shop (opposite Bellisa Row)
16. Jawa Mee- Suncity Coffee Shop
17. Bak Kut Teh - Song River along Gurney Drive
18. Chee Cheong Choak- (Porridge with Pig's intestines) New Lane
19. Chendol- Penang Rd. (along a small tiny lane)
20. Pesembor & Lok Lok - Padang Brown

.... Too much to mention here ... If you really lost on what to eat , contact me through e-mail..
This is call real Penangnite !!

best assam laksa is at air itam..no doubt

I told you the Penang Char Koay Teow cannot compare with the Sarawak Char Koay Teow. What made a Char Koay Teow? It is the chilli sauce, my friend. The authentic Char Koay Teow is simply frying the Koay Teow, Tau Geh and egg with garlic and lard in a big pan - it must be a big pan of more than 1 meter diameter. At the end of the day, the koay teow is a koay teow, the tau geh is a tau gah and egg is egg. The Char Koay Teow must go down your throat with the special chilli sauce, without the chilli sauce, it is not a char koay teow anymore.
The Penang Char Koay Teow, hmmmm, everything campur together in dark sauce that you cannot distinguish which is which

I am from Penang, and if you plan to try some local foodies, check out my blog under food / restaurant categories in http://www.tsldesigns.com/wordpress

the earlier posts in
http://protips.blogspotcom and

the relatively new blog in
http://www.sinhongmoh.com

Looks like most foods got covered here by your usual readers.

I am a penang girl, born there but bred in KL. I spent most of my childhood there and i have 4 recommendations for you that you MUST try while you're in penang.

Curry Mee - ask the taxi driver to take you to jelutong and then tell him to bring you to Perak Road. It's should be filled with apartments now but my grandparents' house use to be there beforeit was torn down for development. At the entrance to Perak Road is a corner coffee shop, go there at around 2pm and there will be a curry mee stallthat sells ABSOLUTELY YUMMY curry mees. My family and I still goes there for a little makan-makan when we're in Penang. It's a must try.

Assam Laksa - Ask the taxi driver to take you to Anson Road/Jalan Anson. You will find a quaint little coffee shop there that sells not much else but assam laksa. It's one of the most authentic assam laksa without much of the frills unlike what you can find around. It's simple and delicious.

Nasi Kandar - For me, nasi kandar in Penang will always be in Line Clear. It's at this discrepit corner on Jalan Penang. Just ask a cabbie to take you to Line Clear at Jalan Penang. It's near Komtar and a short walk away from Cititel, Penang.

Seafood - Tanjung Tokong is pretty commercialized BUT no one can beat their coal baked crabs. The meat in these crabs are indescribable...it's unlike any you have tasted. Do not order their meehoon or whatever side dishes, if you're there, you're there for the crabs. You can of course their their salt baked prawns but the last time i went, it wasn't that great. Of course, if you a want full blown seafood meal that won't blow a hole in your pocket (i.e. 11 dishes for RM150-RM200 only), you'd have to to travel a little to Bukit Tambun, 35 mins away from Penang, on the mainland. Turn into Bukit Tambun exit, pass the toll and straight up to a junction. Turn right and drive until you see a divider, one leads to a flyover and the other on the left leads to some kampung area. Take the left and drive alllllll the way in , right till the end, make sure that you do go right till the end...you'll be passing some old colonial chinese shop houses...but once you reach the end, you'll find some seafood restaurants there. Go to Gee Seng. Ask for everything seafood that you could ever dream off.

I hope you'd at least try Line Clear. You've never been to penang if you haven't tried their nasi kandar. Sister's char kuey teow is pretty overrated - their quality is unpredictable at times. I hope you get them on a good day.

i bring u to eat char koey teow n laksa la..hahaha

speaking as a proud Penangite... pleaaaasee don't doubt the yummyness of our food!!!

aih, how come no one talk about Yong Tau Foo.

Go to Padang Brown. But there are lot of Yong Tau Foo there and I prefer the one nearest to PBA Temple, and Francis Light school - The first stall, at the junction of Anson Road/Perak Road. You can also find Lok Lok and Pasembur there. The Laksa WAS nice, but the standard has dropped already.

Wow so many post... and many failed to mention Mee Rebus. :(

I don't know if it's from Penang or anywhere else... but my dad drives 4 hours from KL or Pg every few months ESPECIALLY for it... It's the best i ever tasted!

It's located right outside the old Jelutong Market.. just a small stall with few Indian guys selling... try it out if you're near :D

nice ^^ I'm planning to eat those penang food too... checkout the list

http://ahkuan.com/weblog/183.html

Thanks guys! I'll be staying at Cititel Penang, so at least I will be trying out the Nasi Kandar at Line Clear. :)

How far do I get to Pulau Tikus?

The best food still go to Mummy home cook:)
Anyway, we are lucky to pay for foods.

I can't stand Penang's Laksa. The taste is so damn weird. Minty Minty n sourish. OMG. Maybe coz I'm nt use to it but laksa wif mint leaves inside taste reli weird. My Penang frend studying at UNIMAS, Kch said she brought her sarawakian fren to eat Penang Laksa and she said her fren threw off after eating it. I'm nt sure isit they eat wif empty stomach or they r reli nt use to the weird taste. haha! I only love Sarawak Laksa!!!

10 to 15 minutes drive to Pulau Tikus from Cititel Hotel.

oh and btw
quoting Penang critic:
"Phrbgh..! Yeah right. Beatiful bridge=Penang bridge=lotsa traffic jams (stay off it), good state governence=CCTV incident remember? Good my foot -_-'' Pretty girls? Kuching got lots more. Penang girls sometimes dress funny (some look more like men), handsome guys? Stay there 3 years mana ada handsome guys. Penang laksa taste like fish. Smelly fish. Nice people: people spit and curse like wad nia here and have you seen the way they drive? Sophisticated roadway. Check out the neverending construction on some road. Lotsa bumps and lubang. Job opportunities? Why are there so many beggars then? Unless you're talking aout those jobs as part time workers at the gazzilion shopping malls. that brings us to the shopping malls, the only mall worth going to is Prangin."

For the three years you boast of living in Penang, I think all you do is stay at your miserable home reading the newspapers. For if you really lived a life in Penang, you'd have much more positive things to say about Penang than those few lame attempts to degrade Penang.

Oh and to prove it, saying Prangin is the best mall in Penang sums up your life in Penang.

Unless you're some fucking gangster or ahpek or lalamui, no person in their right mind will say Prangin is the best mall in Penang. GOSH.

Stop ridiculing yourself with the reputation of my hometown at stake bitch.

And laksa soup is made of fish, of course it tastes like fish you dumbfuck.

To anson n lynn(whoever u r).PENANG IS THE BEST!!SO SHUT UP.Talking abt Sarawak girls...they are all so ugly n they hv these really "village" look n their sense of dressing is so 80's! eee yer....damn geli lor....

hey kenny, i'm currently studying in uk but my hometown is in penang, for the nasi kandar, u gotta try Tajudin hussain in market street i think... gotta try thier ayam ros.... damnn, talking about it itself is making my mouth water. haf fun in penang man!

I fully agree with schizzow.
Lol.
Although I don't support arguing. In the first place none of you have the right to insult Penang.

I don't give a rat's ass whether Penang OR Kuching has pretty girls. How about you talk PROUDLY about your state before you begin criticizing Penang.

So maybe Kuching IS the best (if it makes you happy). But, having an airhead like you insulting Penang makes me feel like thinking twice about your state being the best. If I have to stereotype the rest of your community to be somewhat like you, then Kuching is no better than what you 'claim' Penang to be.

But fortunately, I'm not as immatured as a low life like you. =D

Going to Penang?? Ask the pro there lah. http://chanlilian.net/

I'm a Penangite. My parents are Penangite but we migrated to Sabah for 20 years now. Sad to say, Penang food qualities are not as good as before. Too many "my food is the best" wannabes everywhere in Penang. Must be all the 'real' chefs retired. Sad. Sad. The minty leaves in the Penang laksa is like a traditional recipe ok? even my grandma puts those into her gulais. But her gulais are delicious lar.

Been to Kuching last year. Their food taste much better and less oilier(?). I miss Kolo mee!

Hey anyone ever tried eating durian with rice? Woohoo!

hi kenny,

good for you to come to penang.
fyi the line clear nasi kandar is about 80-100 meters away and opp. of cititel.

good hock kien mee (prawn mee) to me is at the coffee shop just behind AAA Anthony building with the front selling Mitsubishi cars, along burma road, (morning time only between 8-11 am and expect a 45 minutes wait)

the white curry mee is at abu siti lane, (morning)

char koay teow is along anson road, just after ban hin bee electrical shop (nite only)

there are so many choices of a same type of food and some in am and some during pm.

i wish i can volunteer to take you around but i will be away in hatyai for shopping next sat.., perhaps on your next trip.

btw do not waste your time and money with the food at the gurney drive famous tourist corner, however the song river cafe there is very good for the 'perut ikan bakar'. open around 10pm and finishes at 12pm.. do not give your instructions to the guy more than once as he can turn grumpy.

To kenny: If you take a cab from Cititel to pulau tikus i'll cost you around 7-9 ringgit depending on traffic, but if you just take the bus *depending on your mood* i'll just cost you around a dollar or maybe a few cents more *i totally lost it with public transportation*. Just to let you know, it is true that Penang is known for its famous foods, but be wary of certain places that just use the name tho. Swatow lane would be a good choice for the ice kacang and lorong selamat would be the place for char kuey teow like my fellow penangnites have posted up are quite reliable.
Try the food and judge it for yourself, don't go to the fancy hotels for even one meal *unless its already provided* if not your stay in penang would be a waste, you went for the food then find it and try it out.

To Penang critic: Hello,are you dumb?Penang bridge is one of our countrys monuments.Traffic jams, its everywhere, depending on when you get on the road.If you get on the bridge at 3 a.m. in the morning and its jammed, pray tell then i'll know you're just not another annoying idiot who just can't wait to get home after a long days work *who doesn't?* About the girls, maybe you haven't been looking closely or those that happen to be around you weren't that great looking, but who are you to critise them as individuals? Furthermore do you know that penang girls have been crowned miss malaysia more than your state.On the laksa,its supposed to taste like fish, kudos to schizzow for knocking some sense to an imbecille which obviously has no common sense.If you dislike the food then don't eat it.Lastly for you to say that prangin mall is the best mall in penang? May i ask which year did you stay in penang, cause many may beg to differ on your opinion.Don't go prodding on others state when you don't even know a quarter to being an penangnite.Its our state and we're proud of it. So since you had your say at penang...i'll have my say at you "KNNCCBKLBE"

all penang frens of mine would never agree that other places' food is better than penang's....this is how proud penang ppl is with their best-est food.

My Penang food review...

Shui xiang

There's also a Nyonya restaurant beside it at Nagore Road. Swatow lane is also just beside this road. There's lots of hawker food in Swatow lane.

Recommended places:

Dinner - Seafood at Tambun
Lunch - Laksa+Hokkien Mee+Char Koay Teow at BB kopitiam near Sunshine Square in Bayan Baru.
Breakfast - Char Koay Kak at Lorong Mecalister.
Dessert - Penang road chendol (standing one)
Night life - Upper Penang Road (they're all there)

ssaaaaaaarrrrraaaawaaaakk! assam laksa doesnt taste as good as laksa here la. i mean sarawak laksa. teh c peng!! wah. come kuching taste la. hahahahahahahha

This is my website...check it out:) Pulau Tikus has the best all-round food in penang.

Anyone wh0 insults Penang food will have to face my wrath, that means he will have to face my parang. Pse don't insult Penang food because I can go amok. Patience has its limits. Pse don't go too far. This is my final warning.

kenny,
dun forget muar
ever heard of muar?
there got the best foods in malaysia
especially otak otaks!!!! haha..
and wan tan mee!!!!
come and try one day

Jango Ang, you are a stupid moron, you are living in the past. Penang food is passe. The hawkers are greedy, dirty, the food is shit. Sarawak food is coming up. So dont just think of Penang food, which stinks, like laksa.

I am a pacifist, but don't test my patience. I am speaking for millions of Penang people. In malaysia, there is only one group of people who matter - and that is Penang people. Penang people are the smartest, we have the most professionals in the country, we speak pukka english, we dominate the economy, we are the most intelligent people in Malaysia. And of course, our food is first class. Need I say more.

Hi Kenny,

Please add me in friendster. wutaiko@hotmail.com. Then go read my blog about hokkien mee. http://wantho.blogs.friendster.com/mralex_blog/
Welcome to Penang!!!

we heard about penang char kuew tio, penang asam laksa..but do we heard about / before kuching char kuew tio or kuching asam laksa.. prove me wrong

sigh.no matter the outcome of the above 'arguments',fact remains ---> idiots and morons reside in Kuching and Penang.I'm a Kuchingite btw.never been to penang,but want to.it most likely will not win my heart over kuching,but penang critic please be more considerate and mature.and to the not-too-different dumbnut who flamed kuching gals,well...you just showed you're no better than 'penang critic'.moron.

hello kenny,
i c many has suggested u with assam laksa, i'd say u shud try the Siam laksa, which u can getto taste it at Lorong Selamat.
Below r the spots where u can get something so mouth watering even just by the thought of them:

Lorong Selamat: Assam Laksa, SIAM LAKSA, char koey teow (i'd suggest the stall opposite the lansi auntie one, i think it taste way better without having to make an order to a fuckface), the chee cheong fun there is also nice. look out for an aunty who sell bak-hu or sambal heh-bee roll, she has quite funny poem bout her products. (RM4-10)

Penang Road: Laksa, cendol, char koey teow not bad also. but the cendol u'll hav to eat by the stall, if u order it into the coffee shop the coffee shop wil charge u extra 40 cents. n if u sit in the coffee shop without ordering any drinks, they'll charge u 40 cents also. fuck. (RM2-RM4)

Penang Road - Ho Pin Restaurant: there will be a stall tat sells porridge n bee hoon soup, starting from around 5 something. trust me, IT'S REALLY GOOD. the soup n the meat balls r so damn good~~~ u'll c a thin uncle with a loud voice to take ur order, he wears white t-shirt with holes, i think he looks reall sexy, my family call him 'leng-chai'. make sure when u order specify wat u wan. if u just order: uncle, moi ji ua, u'll end up with pig intestine n the best of the best: PIG'S BRAIN. u'll wil not wan the taste in ur bowl of moi if u r not used to the taste. (RM4-6)

taman bukit jambul: not the complx but some apartment very near by. the best pan meen ever. its open from 8 something til after lunch. dont go when its lunch hour, u'll hav to wait. n u'll c those indo workers running with customers order, its a wonder they never fell down running with bowls of pan meen. i like it there. u get to sit outside n they hav this really nice loh han guo leong cha. n u'll get to c the sexiest tree on earth also. donno wat i mean, visit the place n u'll know. (RM3-4)

swatow lane: ice kacang, serve with choice of fruits. curry mee there is nice also. but now most of the stalls hav moved to a newly build hawker centre which is just opposite called New World. somewhere around there, at a back lane, beside a longkang is an indian or mamak selling laksa with a motorbike. u'll hav to stand n eat. (ice kacang price differ RM2-5)

i do not think the stall near kek lok si serve the best assam laksa, it taste like longkang water to me n the heh-ko is plain smelly. it used to b good but the quality deteriorated. those who goes probably doesnt know anywhere else tat sells laksa. im not being mean, but its the NAKED TRUTH that the assam laksa is yuckie n the place is dirty.

Jalan La Salle, Air Itam, opposite shang-wu primary sch: the wantan mee there is gooooood. a bit more expensive than other stalls but its worth it. n there's one aunty there who takes drinks order. if u order watermelon she calls out: 美人！i thought its pretty funny. the mee goreng there is nice also. (RM2-3)

'coconut feet' or 'iah kah (pronounce it with hokkien) next to khoo kongsi: there u can find a nice koey teow soup, the mee goreng there good also, while waiting for ur main course u can try the bak-chang, not bad also, though not tat special. (RM2.5-5)

if u'd like a coconut drink u can drop by Abu Siti Lane n stand by the road side for a pandan coconut tat probably cost between Rm2.20-.50. go to the corner stall, i prefer the indian uncle who speaks hokkien cos he's more friendly. the stall beside sells coconut also but i dont quite like the service, buy from him if only u wanna da-bao. there's one time when im in a rush to get 8 take-aways, half way peaparing he said to me: wait. and then he went to pray to watchamacalit god n smash a dry cocunut then resume my order. i was dumstrucked, i was in a rush, n i started to pack the coconut water myself.

in one of the lane in macalister road: 王昭君 restaurant. they have the best fish meat mee hoon. order the sour-spicy soup. n they hav very nice tofu also. OMG!!! im going there tomoro. (RM10-20)

macalister road, opposite agora hotel: u can get very nice fish meat mee hoon also. this is a bit different, all the filet are fried but the freshness is guaranteed. (RM3-5)

there re lots more stalls which u should try out, but if u r staying for a short time, i dont suppose u could try it all. i suggest u try something u couldnt get in sarawak.

Hav fun! :)

pulau tikus' noodles! (prawn mee, wantanmee etc etc)

Well, Kenny, since I've no time to go capture photos of those yummy food in Penang, I'll just write you a list.

Char Koay Teow - Jalan Siam-Jalan Anson junction (opposite Ban Hin Bee Electrical Shop). This uncle uses charcoal instead of gas stove. You can order from him and wait to be served at the kopitiam opposite his push-cart. Sold from lunch/mid-afternoon until run out of koay teow.

Hokkien Mee - Goodall Cafe. (opposite Penang Chinese Girls' School) It is sold from late morning until dinner time. Usually when business is good, you will find the stall closed during dinner time.

Asam Laksa - Air Itam market. Not the one by the roadside but the one inside the market. Until tea time.

Ais Kacang & Cendul - Air Itam market. Same place as Asam Laksa. OR Swatow Lane in town.

Indian Mee Goreng - Pulau Tikus. (corner coffee shop directly opposite of police station) Lunch only.

Curry Mee - Kuantan Road, morning & night(if lucky). Depends on the sellers mood. 90% of the time it's the most delicious in Malaysia.

Nasi Lemak (pyramid shaped packaging)- Mamak stall at Jalan Dato Koyah (off Penang Road. When you see Kayu Nasi Kandar, turn right). About 5 minutes walk from Cititel. Pick those that are packed without banana leaf, usually on the right. Night time only.

Nasi Kandar - Line's Clear along Penang Road. Try the fresh milk. Take a few photos of the milk man, he'll pull some stunts tarik-ing the milk. 24/7.

Pig internals porridge/noodles/bee hoon - Coffee shop at Penang Road-Jalan Kg. Malaba (less than a minute's walk from Line's Clear. Kayu is across the road from the coffee shop) Night time.

Lok-lok - Padang Brown. The first stall you see. Day time.

Yong Tau Foo - Padang Brown. The stall nearest to the main road. Day time.

Fried Oyster - Jelutong Market. Night time only. You are lucky if the stall is open. An Ah Pek selling.

Si Ko Th'ng (dessert) - Sold by reputedly the prettiest girls in Penang. Jelutong Market. Night time only.

Bak Kut Teh - Macalister Road. Lai Lai Bak Kut Teh. Dinner onwards.

Authentic Thai food - Cempaka Ria. Jalan Dato Koyah. From dinner until 2am.

Nasi Dalca - Little India (Market Street). Dinner.

Banana Leaf Rice - Little India. A small shop that maybe kind of stuffy along Market Street (nearing Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling end). From lunch onwards.

Wan Tan Mee - Tanjung Bungah night market. Tuesdays only.

Seafood - Tanjung Bungah. The shop faces the sea. Car park is at a health club. Somewhere further up from Khaleel Nasi Kandar.

Chicken Rice - Chulia Street. Lunch.

Nyonya food - Hainan Town, next to ferry terminal. Price is slightly above average but good. Try the Asam Pedas & Springrolls. Cannot beat my grandma's though. Lunch&Dinner.

Roti Babi, Springrolls & Belacan Chicken - Pensioners Club at Scott Road aka Jalan (some Indian name). Just go straight from the road next to Goodall Cafe, go across the cross junction and slowdown to look for a gate entrance on the right. Then park you car in the compound and search for the canteen. Lunch&Dinner.

Mee rebus/Mee goreng - Nasi Kandar shop in Bayan Baru along Jalan Mahsuri.

Nasi Padang - Jalan Transfer. (Opposite Caltex petrol station). Near Cititel. Lunch.

Lor Bak - Jalan Burmah. Corner coffee shop next to Adventist Church, very near SRJK (C) Union. Night time.

---

Gurney Drive hawkers are meant to cheat tourists. People who say the food there are the best have problem with their tastebuds. The only thing that makes the visit worthy is the flat rate Lok-Lok. 50 or 70 sen per stick.

Lorong Selamat Char Koay Teow is ok... go only if you are NOT hungry. The aunty will tell you, "Beh tan pa jit ka lai." (If you can't wait, come another day) Or if she's in a bad mood, she'll hand you a plate and make you stand by her stall to wait for your turn. I haven't been there ever since.

I think http://www.rasarasa.net/section.cfm?id=19 is not a bad guide to Penang food. The writer was a Penang boy.

Hey there!
by the way, i forgot something very important, if u like 腊味，for eg 腊肉，腊肠，咸鸭脚, u shud visit this grocery stalls in Chowrasta market called Fook Weng. too bad they r not cooked, but u can buy some, especially the 腊肉，cos they r homemade n handmade by the tauke, I GUARANTEE U'LL GO BEC A SECOND TIME N U'LL LIKE IT. if u dont like it, i'll pay for wat u've paid. the cantonese tauke is extrememly funny who speaks quite loud n make jokes with everyone. if u're lucky u'll get a very pretty gal who came bec from sweden for holiday to serve u. GO GO GO!

p/s: when u go to penang road for cendol, ask the hawker to make u an ice-balls. the weather is getting quite unbearable n an ice ball is just the right thing to cool down the heat. Yee-Haa!!!

nasi kandar:go stop by gelugor.it's near Klinik Aman.But the stall will only open after 6pm.usually there will be a queue.but it's worth the wait!but you have to eat in front of shop houses la..try the maroon coloured chicken.(haha i still don't know what it's called).oh ya it's a stall with a yellow sign.it has decorative lights on its stall.i forgot what's that stall called =_=''' if i'm not wrong it's Nasi Kandar Istimewa.

chendol:its on a small lane on the left of penang road.it's located between kimberley street and prangin road.note:there's 2 chendol stalls situated opposite each other.the stall on the right hand site is da bomb.

western food:James Foo Western Food.along jalan fettes.operates after 6pm.it's at Fatty Loh restaurant.it's easy to notice as there's a huge rooster near the restaurant.

satay:Pulau Tikus market.it's sold by a malay man.chinese man 1 not that nice.

man chan kuih:in a coffee shop in pulau tikus directly opposite the pulau tikus police station.the stall is operated by a man.opens after 3.30pm.always must wait but it's worth it la..

char koay teow:lorong selamat i guess.it's famous in penang.Macalister Road 1 also not bad..the one near fatty loh at night 1 not that nice la..not spicy at all.

no1 mentioned the "lohbak"(oth plc call it Ngo Heung)...if u dunno, juz accept it as pork-roll.. n its located vr vr near 2 ur cititel hotel..
fr cititel entrance walk 2 ur right until come across a T-junction ... where u can c Giordano(or Baleno?) or ur left....n there's 2 corner shop kopitiam .. take the 1 further from hotel...only available from 10am-3pm... remember the "heh chee"(cucur udang chinese version) 2 !! ONLY that food in that shop .... others wan ....errr..ermm .err n its a small snack, perfect 4 tea-time n can eat even if u r full.. sum1 suggests me d hawker-center opposite Penang Chinese Girl High School but i've never been there be4
i'll write more in my blog
www.leaxx7.blogspot.com

a civilised person doesnt call another person an idiot when it comes to GIVING SUGGESTIONS!
i know it's freedom of speech here but i dun think i'm an idiot suggesting char koay teow from lorong selamat..yea it's a lil pricey i admit but i guess the issue here is about suggestions of good food not about comparison of prices. it might not worth the price or whatever, i guess it's up to kenny sia to decide, it's his first try, not you..none of us here have the right to condemn about the tastebud of another human being..in case you don't know..
thank you.
yea, before i forget, chulia street sells really tasty hawker food too..

no1 mentioned the "lohbak"(oth plc call it Ngo Heung)...if u dunno, juz accept it as pork-roll.. n its located vr vr near 2 ur cititel hotel..
fr cititel entrance walk 2 ur right until come across a T-junction ... where u can c Giordano(or Baleno?) or ur left....n there's 2 corner shop kopitiam .. take the 1 further from hotel...only available from 10am-3pm... remember the "heh chee"(cucur udang chinese version) 2 !! ONLY that food in that shop .... others wan ....errr..ermm .err n its a small snack, perfect 4 tea-time n can eat even if u r full.. sum1 suggests me d hawker-center opposite Penang Chinese Girl High School but i've never been there be4
i'll write more in my blog
www.leaxx7.blogspot.com

why no one talk about chee cheong fun??? Me crave!!!

I strongly disagree with people implying Ipoh has any appetising good food.Ipoh's kway tiaw is typically tasteless and how the damm Ipoh's ludicrously simple food can outcompete Kuching,Penang and KL food?I am not feigning surprise....

Is the snake in the photo REAL???

"I am a pacifist, but don't test my patience. I am speaking for millions of Penang people. In malaysia, there is only one group of people who matter - and that is Penang people. Penang people are the smartest, we have the most professionals in the country, we speak pukka english, we dominate the economy, we are the most intelligent people in Malaysia. And of course, our food is first class. Need I say more." = DUMB!!!! need i say more.

girl in pic is chio...

Speaking about line clear, I was once told by my lecturer about how line clear got it's name. You see, line clear is very old, one of the oldest nasi kandar restaurants around; I do not know exactly how old, but i do know that it's at least pre world war 2.

In those days, Penang, and much of Malaya did not have a proper sewage system; which basically means that the toilets or jambans do not flush into a sewege pipe, but down into a bucket. The buckets are then emptied every morning by some workers. They'll pick up the bucket and walk all the way to a huge tong and throw it in, then walk back and put back the bucket.

Now it so happens that line clear is situated just behind(or near) a row of jambans of shophouses, and to get to the jambans, the workers need to pass thru a small alley, which is just beside the restaurant(the huge tong will be waiting at the main road). So beasically every morning a worker will walk pass the restaurant via the alley, pick up bucket filled with poo, walk back to tong via the alley, dispose of poo, then walk back to the jamban to return the bucket. After the workers finish their job, the staff at line clear will then shout out 'line clear!' to indicate that the 'jamban' workers are done with their work there and that there's no more smell or stuff lidat. So people will naturally wait for the 'line clear' before coming to have their breakfast.

I have no idea how true this story is, but it kinda makes sense; if you go there, there's an alley, which is most probably now filled with tables and chairs. My lecturer got the story from his mum, who stayed in that area in those days.

Thought I'd share this with ya. ^_^

Chee cheong fun. There was once this stall who had one of the best chee cheong fun...which I can't recall where, but then moved to Suncity in Fettes Park. But after the years, its quality has went down alot.

If you really can't decide whether to head to Lorong Selamat for the char koay teow, then i suggest bee hooi's char koay teow. only at night.

as for char siew rice. this shop at lorong susu along macalister road which sells around lunch time has damn fucking dope char siew. hohoho. the chicken aint that nice la. but the charsiew is outta this world.

and yes satinsilk, it's called the Snake Temple because it has REAL snakes.

As suggested by Bel, the food at Pensioners Club is not half bad.. try out their mee sua tau too if you have the chance!

And i think i saw someone talk about a stall selling good lorbak near Cititel.. tht place also has nice chicken rice... easily sold out around 12-1pm de! Char Koay Teow there is also ok. Ask for duck egg instead of the chicken egg, it'll be slightly more expensive but it's more yummy! ^^ The place is closed on Mondays if i remember correctly!

And last but not least, to the person who said Prangin Mall is the only mall in Penang worth going to... I seriously doubt your taste and your lifestyle. Even my mother wouldn't let me go there on any normal day cos she says it's full of er... let me quote schizzow a bit... "gangsters/ahpek/lalamui" (but of course tht is not what my mom really said, but the general meaning is there =P)

I miss Penang food so much la... KL food is just not the same... T_T

duddee.. im a swakian myself..
but when it comes 2 food..
i think perak has the best
wez recently der..
and the food is wicked man..
=D

Hey dude, watch out, you may not agree with how dishes are washed at some of the best Penang's Char Kueh Tiaw stall.

http://www.cooknengr.com/blog2/archives/travel_img/022205_kl_12.jpg

Shoot... me in KL now... Well for midnite snack, Bukit Mertajam (near railway station) Duck Egg Char Koay Teow.
Bak Kut Teh near City Stadium, got "Lau Fu Chi" picture one.
The others are all said in the post liao... dunwan to add to that anymore... later u blur till dunno what to eat..

Im not from malaysia but have vacationed there several times. I have to agree Kuching has the best food in Malaysia. Penang is good but its not even close Kuching.

Hey Kenny,

Call me la when you are in Penang. I take you around to hunt for food. At the same time, can take photo as well.

You know how to get my details :D

I am not revealing it here.

Will take up your challenge when I have time, right now, doing system migration, will be very busy for the next 1-2 months. :(

Sigh, I missed Malaysian food and visitin Kenny's blog is a bad idea. All I have is sucky Canadian Food =( I was from KL tho. They still have pretty decent hawker stuff. Definitely not as authentic as Penang's and Kuching's. Would Love to try that KOLO Mee tho :) Kindly tapao it to Canada. I'll bear the courier charges :)

I wanna join you too, Kenny!!! I'm from Ipoh and I wanna eat the best la