Category: Food Trail

Char Koay Teow

Penang Char Koay Teow

Char Koay Teow is a Penang hawker dish of flat rice noodles stir fried with prawns, eggs (mostly chicken but some times duck), bean sprouts and chives (koo chye). Cockles are often added. Chilli...

Penang Hokkien Mee

Penang Hokkien Mee

Nothing beats on a lazy Sunday morning than to stroll along the popular streets of Penang and to try out Penang famous dish – “Hokkien mee”. Arguably Penang most favored dish, Hokkien mee or...

Penang Loh Mee

Penang Loh Mee

Loh Mee is a Penang hawker noodle soup of a gooey broth made from tapioca flour and egg. The ingredients include mee (egg noodles), bihun (rice noodles), taugeh (bean sprouts), slices of boiled egg,...

Penang Assam Laksa

Penang Assam Laksa

Laksa is a spicy noodle soup native to Malaysia and Singapore. While there are plenty of varieties to be found in Malaysia, Penang’s Asam Laksa is considered by many to be among the best...

Penang Putu Mayong

Penang Putu Mayong

Putu Mayong, also written putu mayom, is Indian-style steam rice vermicelli cake served with grated coconut and sugar. In appearance, it is similar to roti jala, except that the latter is yellow in colour...

rojak

Penang Rojak

Rojak is a salad dish of mixed fruits including, among others, cucumber, hongkwak (turnip), pineapple, jambu air (rose apple, Syzygium jambos), and green mango. Non-fruit ingredients added to this salad include cuttlefish, jellyfish, Eu...

Penang Wan Tan Mee

Penang Wan Tan Mee

Wan Tan Mee is a noodle dish that is popular in Penang and available at most coffee shops and hawker centres. It is said to be a Hakka and Cantonese dish and originated from...

Penang Satay

Penang Satay

Satay is a Malaysian-style kebab. It is served with a sauce dip, and slivers of cucumbers and onions. Sold by mostly Malay or Chinese hawkers, satay is grilled on the spot over a charcoal...

Penang Nyonya Kuih

Penang Nyonya Kuih

Nyonya kuih is very popular in Penang and comes in different shapes, colors and texture with a selection of sweet and savory taste. These mouth watering kuihs makes a nice dessert to finish off...

Penang Pasembur

Penang Pasembur

Pasembur is a spicy salad dish that are usually sold by Indian as well as Chinese hawkers. The Indian version is often called Mamak Rojak while the Chinese version is often called Cheh Hoo....

Penang Poh Piah

Penang Poh Piah

Poh piah is a Teochew-style spring roll with filling that comprises grated turnip (mangkuang/hongkuak), lettuce leaf, beancurd, egg bits, grated carrot, a dash of chilli paste (huan cheo ciau) and sweet sauce (tnee ciau)...

Penang Char Koay Kak

Penang Char Koay Kak

Koay Kak, often written as Char Koay Kak, is a popular Penang hawker food. It is rice cakes fried in thick black soy sauce, with eggs, bean sprouts and chye por (preserved vegetable bits)....

Penang Ban Chien Koay

Penang Peanut Pancake/Ban Chien Koay

Ban Chien Koay is a Chinese peanut pancake with pretty much the same topping as the Chinese apong, except that it usually has a harder crust. There are two types of Ban Chien Koay,...

Penang Curry Mee

Penang Curry Mee

Curry Mee is a Penang hawker noodle dish. It is made up of egg noodles (mee) and rice noodles (bihun) in a coconut-milk based curry soup and served with bean sprouts, bean puffs (taupok),...

Mee Rebus

Penang Indian Mee/Mee Rebus

Mee Rebus is a spicy cooked noodle dish sold by Indian Muslim hawkers called mamak. Mee Rebus is usually sold at stalls that also sell mee goreng as well as pasembur as well. The...

Koay Teow Thng

Penang Koay Teow Th’ng

Koay Teow Th’ng is a popular Penang hawker food of flat rice noodles cooked in clear soup and topped with slices of chicken meat, fish balls and slices of fish cakes. Some times minced...

Porridge

Porridge

Another eating expedition to Penang, the Cantonese-style pig’s intestines porridge. I was told that the stall has been operating there since the 1950s, and the current operators are the third-generation. The white, smooth rice...

Penang Banana Leaf Rice

Penang Banana Leaf Rice

Banana leaf rice is a typical dish in South Indian cuisine. In banana leaf rice, white rice (or parboiled rice in authentic South Indian restaurants) is served on a banana leaf with an assortment...

Chicken Rice

Penang Chicken/Duck/Pork Rice

If you are a chicken / duck / pork rice fanatic and crave for every single piece of succulent and aromatic smells of the famous Penangites favorite dishes, you have come to the right...

Penang Nasi Lemak

Penang Nasi Lemak

With roots in Malay culture, its name is a Malay word that literally means ‘rice in cream’. The name is derived from the cooking process whereby rice is soaked in coconut cream and then...

Penang Seafood

Penang Seafood

Penang is famous for seafood, being an island surrounded by the sea. There are many places where you can go to enjoy good seafood. Prices are according to the ambience. Many of Penang’s best...

Penang Roti Canai

Penang Roti Canai

Roti Canai is a popular flat-bread sold by Indian Muslim vendors in Penang. Also called rota prata in Singapore, the roti canai makes for a common breakfast food. The name, thought to be Malay,...

Penang Fried Oyster

Penang Fried Oyster

Fried Oyster is a dish, usually taken as an accompaniment, popularly found at Penang hawker stalls and coffee shops. It is really oyster omelette, using fresh, succulent (the better stalls, anyway) oysters fried in...

Penang Ice Kacang

Penang Ice Kacang

Cendol and Ice Kacang, our local dessert has been selected as the No.4 Must Eat hawker food through an online poll on the VisitPenang website in 2009. Ice Kacang is a popular refreshing dessert...

Penang Cendol

Penang Cendol

Cendol is a traditional dessert originating from South East Asia which is still popular in Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines and Southern Thailand. The dessert’s basic ingredients consist of coconut milk, noodles with green...

Penang Nasi Kandar

Penang Nasi Kandar

Nasi Kandar is a popular northern Malaysian dish, which originates from Penang. It is a meal of steamed rice which can be plain or mildly flavored, and served with a variety of curries and...

Penang Mee Goreng

Penang Mee Goreng

Mee Goreng is a spicy fried noodle dish that is usually sold by Indian Muslims, often called mamak. Most stalls selling mee goreng often sell mee rebus and pasembur as well. The ingredients of...

Penang Chee Cheong Fun

Penang Chee Cheong Fun

Some people called it kway teow’s nearest cousin except that it is softer, whither and much smoother. The preparation is also unique unlike the famous char kway teow or kway teow soup which is...