Food

Here are some of the name of the local foods 🍽 that I (Li Hau) find it worth exploring.

You can treat it as an inspiration list for food hunting around Penang:

• Char Koay Teow
• Char Koay Kak
• Asam Laksa
  Every laksa here is the "penang asam laksa". People just called it "laksa"
• Curry Mee
  The black cubes are coagulate pork blood cubes, which is illegal to serve in Singapore. Try here or you don't get to try it in Singapore.
• Hokkien Mee
• Cuttlefish Kangkong (鱿鱼蕹菜)
• Popiah
• Kway Chap
  My personal favourite is the one from the Kimberly street
• Jawa Mee
• Rojak
• Bak Kut Teh (肉骨茶)
  Okay, the bak kut teh in Malaysia is herbal tea based.
• Pasembur
• Koay Teow Soup (粿条汤)
  This is one of the most underated food in my opinion. This is the everyday food that local people eat. Never be deceived by how plain the broth looks 😉
• Loh Mee (卤面)
  If the same stall sells both Hokkien Mee and Loh Mee, the ultimate local combination is Hokkien Loh (Hokkien Mee + Loh Mee)
• Oyster Omelette 蚝煎
• Nasi Lemak
  If you see a pile of pyramid shape thing wrapped in brown paper + banana leaves in a coffee shop table, this is Nasi Lemak. Eat and pay later. Word of caution: they are made fresh every morning, but if you still see them in the afternoon, they might have gone bad 🙊.
• Nyonya Kuih

Here are some worth trying drinks 🥤 as well:

• Nutmeg Juice (豆蔻水)
  In the 1800s, Penang was a major nutmeg plantation site developed by the British East India Company. The drink is quite common here, but a rare find elsewhere.
• 932 (Plum Lime Juice)
  Sour plum stuffed in calamansi, seasoned in a jar, now diluted with water as a drink. Fun fact: the number 932 refers to "bank note" in the 4D dictionary.
• Ambra Juice
  Juice from the Ambarella fruit, very common here.
• 凉茶 (herbal tea)
  Usually either 夏枯草 (heal-all), 菊花茶 (Chrysanthemum) or 龙眼罗汉果 (luohan guo).
  Good for cooling down in a hot weather.

Of course don't forget about these local desserts 🍧:

• 清补凉 (Sweet dessert soup)
• Ais Kacang 红豆冰 (Shaved ice dessert)
• Cendol
  The Penang Road famous teochew chendul is a must try

Also, I've prepared a Google Map list for food with walking distance within Georgetown