Comments on: An Insider’s Guide to Penang Hawker Food

By: eokg

eokg — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:55:10 +0000

The best Assam Laksa in Penang is at Hot & Spicy Cafe, Jalan Air Itam main road, opposite Public Bank Air Itam branch, in front of the old Choong Nam cinema (now a church), just a few doors away from Shell petrol station. It’s many times better than Air Itam laksa!!!!!

Just RM3.00 per bowl. It’s yummy, yummy, yummy.

The stall also sells yummy Ice Kacang & Ai Yi Bing (Taiwanese jelly dessert)!!!

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:18:28 +0000

The list looks good. I can’t wait to enjoy all these foods when I’m back in Penang. You should draw up a map or list of food according to the geographical order of where these food stalls are. Something like a ‘food journey’. It will definitely make things easier for tourist.

By: usaid hudzair khairudin

usaid hudzair khairudin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:28:36 +0000

hello.I want ask some question about hawker food. can some body plz help me?

By: Amys

Amys — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:04:43 +0000

hi your information on local eateries are very helpful. We are going to Penang during Chinese New Year holiday. Will those hawker places stay open during the holiday? Thanks a lot.

By: coby

coby — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:12:39 +0000

wow, these are good food. anyone knows if these stalls are opened during chinese new year? planning to make a trip to penang during this period :P

By: LC

LC — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:53:45 +0000

Hi, I love cendol. I live in Sydney Australia and it’s very hard to find a great cendol. Would you have a receipe on how to make the best cendol? thanks

By: tam chiak fei chai

tam chiak fei chai — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:26:58 +0000

Hi Rasa Malaysia,

Could you add in one more stall as a recommendation for the best “mee suah kor” stall located in a cornershop in between the junction of Jalan Burmah and Lorong Pulau Tikus. My girlfriend love this ” mee suah kor” so much but because its not so high profile and not known to many ppl, so my gf is afraid one day the stall will close down.

If you want to know the exact position you can try google map type in ” mee suah kor jalan burmah”
AS for the shop’s name,i can only let you know when im going to penang tomorrow.

thanks.

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:02:59 +0000

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/31/sundaymetro/3983794&sec=sundaymetro

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:02:10 +0000

Lately Star just intro Genting Coffee Shop Hokkien Mee and Chee Chong Fun, i tried that, pretty delicious. The chee chong fun, the paste is so special where can’t find this feel else where. While for hokkien mee, the soup is pretty thick. you can feel the freshness of the prawn soup…. very delicious.

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:24:02 +0000

Daniel – if you want, you can buy this Penang hawker food cookbook published by The Star. All the recipes are provided by the famous hawkers in Penang. I am based in US and can’t get many ingredients to make hawker food. If you haven’t been back to Penang for 30 years, you should definitely go back. It’s just 1 hour flight away from Singapore. Nothing beats being back to your own home and root and eating at the places you grew up. My recipes will never do enough justice to good foods available in Penang. Time to go back Daniel. What are you waiting for?