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Pulau Pinang (Penang)

Asam Laksa

- Kedai Kopi Kek Seng

Location : 382-384 Penang Road, opens 9.00am onwards.

Established in 1906, this coffee shop is popular for its asam laksa, kway teow th'ng, loh bak and just desserts... homemade icecream with a very local flavour ~ durian, sweet corn and the rest ~ chocolate, vanilla, coffee and strawberry. Try the ABC (Ais Kacang) topped with a scoop of ice cream, flavour of your choice.

- Sin Hwa Kopi Tiam

steaming hot asam laksa...delicious!

Location : 329 Jalan Burmah, shophouse opposite the Pulau Tikus police station. closed thursdays

A small bowl will cost you RM2.50 whilst a large is charged at RM3.00. What else to eat here - the famous char kway teow.

- Stall outside Pulau Tikus market

Location : Pulau Tikus wet market. only at night

why not? slurp all you want at the great open spaces of the wet market's parking lot

Cendol

- Penang Road Teochew Cendol

Location: Lebuh Keng Kwee, off Penang Rd. Open everyday except for first & 2nd day of Chinese New Year

Great cendol with gula melaka. Been around for 60yrs+. A bowl of cendol with red beans - RM1.40. Ice kacang - RM1.60. Pegaga Juice - RM0.70

Mamak Mee & Mee Rebus

- Pata Hameed Special Mee Stall

Location : At Esplanade, Padang Kota Lama in Lebuh Light. Open Mondays - Saturdays from 12.00nn to 8.00pm

This stall serves the fried yellow noodles with a special squid sambal and is extremely popular. The business started in 1978 and has been passed from father to son. It's so popular that the owner now fries an average of 400 to 400 plates

The mee rebus is slightly different from the rest in which the the owner uses an old recipe where sweet potatoes are used instead of beef stock for base.

Fried mee with sambal squid - RM3.00

Teochew Steamboat and Traditional Cuisine

- Goh Huat Seng

Location : 59A Kimberley Street. Tel: 04 261 5811 / 261 5646. Opens from 11.45am - 3.00pm , 6.00pm - 9.30pm. Closes alternate Mondays

This is one of Penang's more established Teochew restaurants serving amongst other traditional teowchew dishes like the special Teochew duck, steamed freshwater fish head, oyster omelett and one seldom but a dish introduced by a friend who lived in penang some 30+ years ago... the fresh oyster kerabu. It is the most divine dish! Not many people know about this dish but try it, only if you like fresh oyster. The typical Teo Chew dessert is the 'Or Nee', a sweet taro sticky dessert.

This restaurant is also very popular for its Teo Chew Seafood Steamboat or 'Juan Lo'. The special part to this steamboat is that they provide a deliciously flavoured fish soup base which is problably what makes an outing to this restaurant worth the effort.

Hainanese Cuisine

- Sin Kheang Aun

Location : 2 Chulia Lane. Tel: 04 261 4786. Opens 11.00am - 2.30pm, 5.00pm - 8.00pm. Closes alternate Mondays

An old establishment with a reputation spanning 6 decades, this is certainly not a stop to miss for the food connoiseur. Try the marinated fried pork liver and the mee sua for starters. Then look forward to the pomfret asam tumis , kiam hoo bak (pork with fried salted fish mixed in tamarind juice) , kerabu, pickled vegetables with duck in soup, inche kabin, mui chee kai (crispy chicken simmered in plum sauce)

Penang Fried Kway Teow

- Sin Hwa Kopi Tiam

Location : 329 Jalan Burmah, shophouse opposite the Pulau Tikus police station. closed thursdays

The char kway teow here is worth every sen and just one plate may not be enough. The other popular stall here is the Asam Laksa.

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