I’m trying to compile a list of Penang Food as almost every other week we have people asking for places as to where to eat in Penang. Keeping track of the Penang Thread is difficult cos it is 62 pages and 1200++ post!

Please note
A. this thread is about places to eat in Penang and not where to stay or sight-seeing.
B. the list is not 100% accurate as such I’ll need your help in keeping it relevant and up-to-date. So feedbacks & comments are most welcome and also do remember TASTE is very personal hor..
(Inspired by Stimix and PCYEOH of USJ Forum )

Here's the work-in-progress list:
Penang Recommended/ Famous Food
Green denotes outlet run by Muslim

Dim Sum
Dim Sum Zhi Jia, Anson Road

Chow Chuen dim sum (morning)
Jalan Ong Yi How Branch : 5.435153,100.386876 / N5 26.100 E100 23.206
Jalan Bagan Baru 1 main :5.406061,100.37207 / N5 24.363 E100 22.318

Tong pou dim sum (night)
tingkat bagan baru 2 5.405789,100.3727 / N5 24.340 E100 22.364

CHAR KOAY TEOW
Siam Road (towards Anson Road) Fried using Charcoal!
Song River Cafe, Gurney Drive
Pulau tikus night market (Stall on the pavement nearer to Cantonment Road, be prepare to wait long)
Coffeeshop, Lorong Selamat (notorious for being arrogant, ignores your special requests and you even have to queue up for her Char Koay Teow (self service).)
Khoon Hiang Cafe, Ah Leng Premium CKT N5 24.779 E100 19.171

CHAR KOAY TEOW
Alma Char Koay Teow, Jalan Rozhan, Bukit Mertajam( http://wikimapia.org/#lat=5.3317296&lon=10...=18&l=0&m=s&v=9 )
Ismal Char Koay Teow, Jalan Bunga Raya, Bukit Mertajam

ASSAM LAKSA
Taman Emas kopitiam, Jalan Gottlieb (facing Penang Chinese Girls’ High School)
Kheng Pin coffeeshop, Jalan Sri Bahari/Penang Road junction
Kek Seng Cafe, Penang Road
Coffeeshop, Lorong Selamat
Padang Brown, Johor Road/Dato Kramat Road junction
Air Itam wet market (on the way to Kek Lok Si Temple)
Air Itam roundabout (to Penang Hill Train) (street foodstalls at memorial statue) (only open after 2pm)

SIAM LAKSA
Coffeeshop which is located beside the market & at the 'T' junction of Tun Sardon Road/Balik Pulau Road. Opening hours: 11 am – 4 pm. Closed on Wednesday
Kheng Pin coffeeshop, Jalan Sri Bahari/Penang Road junction
Coffeeshop at Lorong Selamat

HOKKIEN MEE
Super Hokkien Mee at One Corner Café Jln Bawash. (Be prepare to wait 1hr!)
Song River Cafe, Gurney Drive
Sin Kim San coffeeshop, Jalan Rangoon/Macalister junction
Swee Kong coffeeshop, opposite Jalan Burma police station
Crystal Food Garden, Jalan Tanjung Tokong
Classic Cafe, opposite Padang Brown & the police station.

CURRY MEE
Lorong Seratus Tahun, off Macalister Road near Anson Road market
Mandarin Coffee shop Lrg Delima 6, Island Glades
Bee Hooi, Jalan Burma/Lorong Pulau Tikus junction
Lorong Kuching, off Jalan Burma

POPIAH
Wah Leong coffeeshop, Jalan Burma
Padang Brown, Johor Road/Dato Kramat Road junction, GPS N5 24.799 E100 19.100

FISH HEAD BEEHOON
Sky Cafe, Chulia Street

KOAY TEOW TH'NG
Hai Oan coffeeshop, Jalan Burma
Hutton Lane off Transfer Road - the coffee shop that is opposite the multi-storey carpark (beside Eden)

GU BAK (BEEF) KOAY TEOW
Coffeeshop, Bus terminal Weld Quay
Coffeeshop, Armenian Street/Beach Street

NASI KANDAR
° (1 Star) Merlin Hotel, Penang Street/Union Street
° Line Clear, Penang Road/Chulia Street junction
° Restoran Liyaqat Ali @ Masjid Kapitan Keling, Next to Kapitan Kling Mosque (also Dato Lat's favourite) Sold at 10pm onwards - hence the "Dibuka pada pukul 10 pm" sign. Before is another people trading at the same place.
° Immigration Dept-State Assembly Hall backlane
° Kapitan opposite Queensbay mall (behind Max Gourmet) try the tandoori set (comes in claypot type (briyani rice), served with yogurt)
° Tajuddin Hussain at Little India (Queen Street) opposite the Indian temple. (Famous Goose curry, lunch time massive packed!)
° Kampung Melayu Nasi Kandar, GPS Coordinates: N5 24.007 E100 17.067, Tel: 019 5755 877, 012 5839771, Open 6:30am to 12:30pm (days off not fixed)


Nasi Dalca
Nasi Dalca Rahim since 1945, Clean Stainless Steel cart. Queen Street, Daily 7.30 pm to 2am

OH CHIEN (OYSTER)
Carnarvon Street/Kimberley Street corner
Song River Cafe, Gurney Drive
Tanjong Tokong Food Court
Near chung nam old theatre (air itam) opposite car dealer

SAR HOR FUN
Sky Cafe, Chulia Street
Coffeeshop at junction of Jalan Nagore/Jalan Burma
Bee Hooi Food Court, Lebuh Kimberley
Seng Kee coffeeshop, Jalan Dato Kramat/Kuantan Road

LOH BAK
Kheng Pin coffeeshop, Jalan Sri Bahari/Penang Road junction

WANTAN MEE
World Cafe at Jalan Nagore/Jalan Bawasah junction (near the Methodist Church)
Jalan Burma coffeeshop opposite Lorong Selamat junction
Jalan Anson/Melaka Street coffeeshop

MEE GORENG
Coffeeshop at Jalan Bangkok/Jalan Burma junction
Larut Cafe (aka Chinese Recreation Club) Jalan Larut off Jalan Burma
Jalan Sungai Pinang/Jalan Jelutong junction

CUCUR UDANG
Air Itam roundabout (street foodstalls at memorial statue) (only open after 2pm)
Padang Brown, Johor Road/Dato Kramat Road junction

ROTI CANAI/MURTABAK
Hameediah Restaurant, Campbell Street, off Penang Road
Morning Stall along Transfer Road next to the mosque

HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE
Kheng Pin coffeeshop, Jalan Sri Bahari/Penang Road junction
Chulia Street (next to Love Lane junction)
Fatty Loh, Pulau Tikus opposite Maybank
Fatty Loh , Jalan Fettes Park off Jalan Tanjung Tokong
Fatty Loh, Jalan Tanjung Bunga

CHAR KOAY KAK
Lorong Macalister
Anson Road wet market

CHEE CHEONG FUN
Lorong Macalister
New Lane/Jalan Macalister junction
Genting kopitiam, Island Glades
Island Park kopitiam near Chong Hwa Secondary School.

JOO HOO ENG CHAI
Song River Cafe, Gurney Drive

LOK LOK
Pulau Tikus wet market
Esplanade Hawker complex
Padang Brown Hawker complex, Jalan Perak/Jalan Anson junction

INDIAN PASEMBUR
Esplanade next to the Memorial

NASI LEMAK
Johnny's, Pulau Tikus wet market

CHINESE SATAY
Corner of Chulia Street/Carnarvon Street Roadside Stall after 4:30pm, N5 25.095 E100 20.182
Pulau Tikus Market. After 6pm. Have Pork intestine satay too! N5 25.828 E100 18.717
Kampung Malabar, off Penang Road
China Street, off Beach Street

BATU MAUNG SATAY
Hao you/Good Friend, Teluk Kumbar

AIS KACANG
Swatow Lane off Burma Road
Kek Seng Cafe, Penang Road
Coffeeshop, Lorong Selamat

ROJAK
GP Soon, Gurney Drive located just in front of MPPP toilet.
A Van outside Lam Wah Ee hospital.
Jalan Pantai in front of Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Seberang Perai Utara gps: 5.407079,100.367773

CENDOL
Kweng Kwee Street/Penang Road - 2 stalls, look for the one on your left or with the most customers crowding it

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Nov 17 2011, 07:18 AM

got 2 more to add to your list,

the tong shui dessert at Jalan Macalister.
the western food opposite the graveyard. (forgot the road name)

Thai Food - Cherry Blossom, Relau

Dim Sum (with nice HK chee cheong fun) - Dim Sum Zhi Jia at Anson Road

Batu Maung Satay - Hao you/Good Friend at Teluk Kumbar

great list!

gonna add one more

OH CHIEN (OYSTER)
Tangjong Tokong Food Court .
personally i think its nicer than the one at song river.

and also their famous apom by the roadside.. forgot which road..
and maybe a list for seafood maybe?

Err...exact location will be much appreciate.

Jln Macalister is quite long and I'm not familiar with this tong shui place.

The western food opposite the graveyard? Roughly which part of Penang is that? Jln Mount Erskine?
The one in Jln Mount Erskine is very budget one and caters to students in the nearby TAR college. If have support for this western from more forummers, I'll go and find out the actual name & address.

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Added on September 4, 2010, 7:47 pmThanks. have updated except for the Thai Food. Will put in a Thai food if there are enough request for it.

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Added on September 4, 2010, 7:48 pmThanks. Done!

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Sep 4 2010, 07:48 PM

ther's a chinese restaurant called 风味 which serves the best fried and baked pork leg
dunno the place name but i remember its near the ship restaurant

Restoran Feng Wei, Jalan Sri Bahari

Due to very less table, must reserve.

I seldom get to eat there cos its always full on weekend.

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Added on September 9, 2010, 5:06 pmDo you mean the one on Lebuh Clarke, run by a 30's man and his wife (took over from the dad)?
I love that stall.


That place is not good at all la. Its the same taste as any other western food.


This post has been edited by TommyTan: Sep 9 2010, 05:06 PM

nice compilation you have with shop name and road, I can find with GPS. Hopefully the food taste nice because I probably will visit some store in ur list. I'm going penang this thursday

Thanks but unfortunately, some places dun have exact shop names or road. Hope to hear from you after your Thursday trip.
I also hope many more people can contribute.

there are actually a lot more.. couldn't update them all at once..
can pm me for more information, will try to help as much as i can as a penangite (penang food banzai!!! )

CHAR KOAY TEOW
pulau tikus night market

ASSAM LAKSA
Air Itam roundabout (street foodstalls at memorial statue) (only open after 2pm)

HOKKIEN MEE
coffee shop at corner beside ICS computer/petshop which is opposite padang brown (morning only)
same branch with the one at One Corner

CURRY MEE
coffee shop beside Batu Lanchang evening market

KOAY TEOW TH'NG
Hutton Lane - the coffee shop that is opposite the multi-storey carpark (beside Eden)
Air Itam roundabout (street foodstalls at memorial statue) (only open after 2pm)

NASI KANDAR
Kapitan opposite Queensbay mall (behind Max Gourmet)
try the tandoori set (comes in claypot type (briyani rice), served with yogurt)

OH CHIEN (OYSTER)
near chung nam old theatre (air itam) opposite car dealer

SAR HOR FUN
Coffee shop beside Shell Station along Jalan Sungai Tiram (Bayan Lepas main road, direction from airport towards snake temple)

CHICKEN RICE
SIN LAM FATT chicken rice is the best!! (must try chai-boey soup)
Old branch - On the way up to Jalan Tun Sardon (Balik Pulau Hill) beside air itam cemetery fields
new branch - opposite prima tanjung (facing 7-eleven)

CUCUR UDANG
Air Itam roundabout (street foodstalls at memorial statue) (only open after 2pm)

INDIAN MEE REBUS/ MEE GORENG
Coffee Shop at Jalan Satu (Air Itam roundabout)

*NASI LEMAK
Coffee Shop beside Downing Street (Beside HSBC building)

HOT PLATE NOODLE/CLAYPOT RICE/PEARL NOODLE? (ZHEN ZHU FEN)
stalls outside a terrace house (family operated business) - facing permata swimming pool at farlim (beside police quarter houses)
opens on weird days. i go on wednesdays (sometimes they are not even open) and weekends. they can be closed randomly, but you can always call and order
(else you might wait up to 1hour) Number: 604-8273025)

@DarkNite

Bravo, good effort!

"SIAM LAKSA
Coffeeshop which is located beside the market & at the 'T' junction of Tun Sardon Road/Balik Pulau Road. Opening hours: 11 am – 4 pm. Closed on Wednesday"

I've got the name card, it's called
Kim Laksa,
67, Main Road, 11000 Balik Pulau. Tel: 012-428 6235
Business hours: 11am - 5pm
Closed on Wednesday except on public holidays

The lady boss said can called up to place order if want to ta pao for party etc.

Btw, it's the OLD market already. Actually, I tasted the one from the stall that is in the coffee shop diganolly opposite, taste good too.

Thanks Ami Tsun. I also bit confused cos it seems the old couple sold the business and went overseas to live with their children. Dunno if it is Sweden or Switzerland...remember only the S..

Get me name of the stall that is in the coffee shop diagonally opposite, and i'll put it here.

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Sep 14 2010, 08:09 PM

Id like to add :

Nasi Kandar :
Sharif - stall off Glugor Post Office ; evenings only
Deen - Jelutong Rd near Jelutong Post Office ; mornings only

Mee Goreng/ Mamak :
Stall off Jelutong Post Office ; afternoons only
Hameed PATA Mee - Esplanade Food Court ; afternoons only

Nasi Lemak :
Liverpool - Jln Batu Lanchang , Red brick flats ; evenings only
Gurney Food Court - stall near to Mcdonalds ; evenings only

Kari Puff :
Idris - Stall at d bus stand @ Batu Bukit Flats, Tg Tokong ; opp petronas

Mee Udang/Halal Hokkein Mee
Omar Tg Tokong - Now at Food Court near to Island Plaza, Tg Tokong next to Petronas..

All should be halal since run by Indian Muslim/ Malay..

Curry Mee ; Cha Koey teow/Jawa mee
One Corner Cafe , Jln Bawasah .. Different stalls frm same coffee shop wif d Super Hokkein Mee..

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Added on September 25, 2010, 12:50 pmTong sui @ mcalister rd shld be d one at mcalister lane food court..
To add another tong sui place is a stall along kimberley street near d junction wif cintra street

This post has been edited by dirtrun: Sep 25 2010, 01:36 PM

wah liu , char koay teow dont have ah leng CKT, and sin wah???

Siam laksa dont have the one at tan jetty and pulau tikus?

asam laksa dont have farlim shell station laska?

curry mee should add tua pui curry mee at pengkalan weld too

char kuay teow there's a coffee shop on Queen's Street that's a corner lot. The name is like Kedai Kopi something about Stars

very seldom i will compliment malay cooked food that follows chinese style, but this AYU MEE UDANG is something special....

Located in Teluk Kumbar, I came across this isolated location when participated in Penang Food Hunt 3 years back (I am from KL).

Address: 936B, Lengkok Kg. Masjid Satu, Teluk Kumbar
Mobile: 019 472 4495 (Noordin)
Business hours: 1pm to 11pm

But be prepared to spend > RM10 a plate/bowl (coz their prawns are huge and freshly brought in from nearby Fishing Village!!

Do try the Mee Udang Goreng instead of the conventional Soup.... ITS DELICIOUS!!

very quiet place (unlike overcrowded chinese shop/stalls)






http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/847560/+40

Hi ya tai koh, nice of you to drop in.
Hope you can continue to give more feedback.

BTW who is ah leng CKT, and sin wah?
Err Siam laksa pulau tikus? Where ah? Corner of Burmah Road and Moulmein Road?
The assam laksa farlim shell station? Have they relocated to Medan Angsana 4, below the multi-storey carpark?

Me and 6 of me friends had that tua pui curry mee with the famous or kio jelly and lau sia!

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Sep 26 2010, 09:53 AM

wah, ah leng CKT u also tak tau?

google "ah leng CKT" will give u alot info lo. the same goes to sin hwa. those 2 + lorong selamat one are consider the top3 to most of my penang friend la

for the pulau tikus siam laksa, search for Annathai Kitchen lo. but well, the one at tan jetty is better la

and yes, the assam laksa had move to the place you mentioned long time ago, but the name is still the same la


for the tua pui curry mee leh, best to go early at 10 AM, ahah. Coz quite dirty if u go late, since its at the road side, and well, the food was not close with anything, and all the blah will go in lol

but there got or kio jelly meh? are u saying "ai yu bing" ?

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Added on September 29, 2010, 7:14 pmbtw, seriously, u shud go try "ah leng CKT" at dato' keramat. its good!

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Added on September 29, 2010, 7:17 pmoh and ya....for penang, besides the chinese CKT, you can never not mentioned malay CKT, although its orignates from Bukit mertajam, and not the island, but its still penang

ismail CKT and alma CKT are besty...certified by samlee860407 and teh great vkeong (kena baned liao), and stimix? haha

mod mod..pls come clarify

This post has been edited by samlee860407: Sep 29 2010, 07:17 PM

haha....really dont trust food blogger like mine

This is definitely worht a try. But I have to say I was tehre like 5 years ago, I seldom ever go that side of the island
But I seem to remember there is another one Mak Ngah or something also very popular in that area.

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Added on September 30, 2010, 11:28 amIf you are going to have a thread on penang food i think you have to add Ah Leng CKT. It is still a top pick.

penang people eat penang food wont lau sai one. are you sure it wasnt the roti canai you had the meal before


why your food blog not active already?

you all dont know how to appreciate curry mee.



This post has been edited by TommyTan: Sep 30 2010, 11:28 AM