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MY PENANG - Penang Food |
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What to eat in Penang |
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Penang
is always the choice destination for a
food adventure. You
will find a wide array of delicious food - from sweet snacks at roadside stalls to specialty
cuisines in topnotch restaurants. Learn about what to eat and Penang food in myPenang and get a list of some of the best restaurants or hawker food
stalls in George Town.
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Laksa |
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Penang Hawker Fare |
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To get
the real taste of Penang you have to sample the infinite array of
hawker food (street food). Hawker food refers to the variety of
snacks, noodles and rice dishes that are usually served hot and
fast, and are readily available at roadside stalls or coffee shops.
Sample the best of Malaysia's street food.
Some of Penang's famous and popular street food are: |
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ang koo kueh |
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mee koo kueh |
pulut inti |
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What to eat in Penang |
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Hokkien Mee |
Yellow noodles and rice noodles serverd with prawn and pork
soup, garnished with egg and prawns - a specialty of the
Hokkiens of Penang. |
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Laksa
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Rice noodles in spice, sour fish flake light gravy. This noodle
dish popular in Penang and the northern part of West Malaysia. |
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Jui Hu Eng Chai |
Cuttlefish with vegetables served with a sweet sauce made from
beans |
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Nasi Kandar |
Spicy rice served with a
selection of curried dishes |
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Lobak &
Hare Chnee |
Crispy meat rolls and prawn
fritters (see photo above) |
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Char Kueh
Teow |
Flat rice noodles fried with
prawns, bean curd and egg |
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Chee Cheong
Fun |
Broad flat rice noodles
served with a sweet sauce |
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Kueh Teow
T'hng |
Flat rice noodle with soup and
bouncy fish balls |
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Lor mee |
yellow noodles served with a starchy sauce/soup |
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Curry mee |
Rice or wheat noodles (yellow noodles) served
with curry gravy cooked from chillies, santan and curry spices. |
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Mee Jawa |
Chinese style mee rebus. Of yellow noodles served
with thick grave made from potatoes and curry spices, garnished
with egg, tau knua, etc. |
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Nasi Lemak |
Rice cooked with coconut milk
served with egg, chillies and anchovies |
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Teh Tarik |
Bubbly Aerated tea??
More about these Penang food in our Travel Guide. |
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law mee |
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sambal belacan |
hokkien mee |
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 Recipe
here
Favourite
question from Food Lovers:
Where do I get the best Char Koay Teow and Hokkien Mee in Penang?
What's good at Swatow Lane?
Where is the Gurney Drive Hawker Centre or Island GLades?
.......Get all your answers in
My Penang.
The book comes with numerous maps showing where some of the popular hawkers stalls
are and lists a selection of places to taste the popular Hokkien Mee, Laksa, Char
Koay Teow or Rojak stalls. Get description of hawker food and lots of photos to
guide you on your eating spree .
Where to eat Penang hawker food
Coffee shops - shops that
are usually not air-conditioned but with wide open doors, where you
can get a drink or meal or rice or noodles - lunch dinner or supper. There
are numerous coffee shops all over town. Some of the best hawker food in Penang are in these shops.
Roadside
stalls - consists of hawker stalls (street vendors) selling a
variety of street food or drinks. You will find more roadside stall at
night, or in the morning when it is cool. Many Penangites dine at these
stalls. Penang is know as for her hawker food.
Food courts - holds many hawker
stalls at a location, which can be open air (usually open at night) or in an
shopping mall.
Details of where to get the best hawker food in Penang is in My Penang.
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Nyonya Cuisine |
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Penang is also the
place to sample Nyonya (sometimes spelt Nonya) cuisine. Nyonya food is a
blend of Malay and Chinese cooking styles and ingredients but Penang
Nyonya cooking has Thai influences due to the proximity to Thailand.
The taste of Nyonya cooking is unique and the cooking style is a
time consuming and meticulous art resulting in its distinct flavour.
When in Penang, try out some of these
unique popular Nyonya Cuisine:
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Pickled dishes |
Acar Ikan
(Pickled Fish)
Acar Awak (Pickled Vegetables)
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Rice dishes |
Nasi Ulam - Rice with shreded herbs, vegetables and salted fish
Nasi Kunyit - Glutinous rice cooked with tumeric and coconut
milk and served with chicken curry
Nasi Lemak - rice cook in coconut milk and served with sambal
ikan billis
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Seafood dishes |
Perut Ikan (Veg. curry with fish
intestines)
Asam Pedas (Light, sour fish curry)
Otak-otak (Steamed spicy fish cake)
Chili Crab (Spicy stor fried crab) |
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Vegetable dishes |
Popiah (Spring rolls)
Perut Ikan (Vegetable and herb curry with fish intestines)
Jiu Hoo Char (Fried vegetables with cuttle fish)
Acar Awak
(Pickled vegetables)
Achar timbun (pickled, spiced cucumber)
Sambal belacan
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Malaysian cakes |
Malaysian cakes
usually of rice, rice flour, other flour and is usually steamed.
Examples of kueh:
Nyonya kueh (which is of Sino-Malay
origin)
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Nyonya Food originates from the Peranakans or Baba and Nonyas. Baba and Nyonya
refer to early Chinese migrants who came to the Malay peninsular from the 18th
century to 19th century. Some married Malays or are decendents of 'old' Chinese families
who assimilated many cultural practices of the Malays into
their Chinese culture. Though their cultural practices and spoken
dialect differ from that of Chinese,
they are administratively not
classified as a cultural group and are classified as Chinese. (Nyonya is spelt Nonya in Singapore)
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Malaysian
Recipes here
Malaysian Kueh
Malaysian Chinese New Year
Cookies Recipes
Learn from a local
What
to eat in Penang, description of Penang food a listing of hawker stalls,
nyonya restuarants where to find them in Penang ..... all only in
My Penang
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