Assam Laksa
The ingredients in the Assam Laksa includes lemongrass, chilies, tamarind, prawn paste, mackerel or sardine and a fish-based soup. It is as rich and complex as Penang’s culture.
Chendol
Craving for something cold and creamy to satisfy your thirst while going around enjoying what Penang has to offer? Crave no more because chendol would satisfy you crave and make your thirst disappear.
Nasi Kandar
Nasi kandar is a dish of plain white rice meal accompanied with mouthwatering side dishes that will make even a full person hungry again. It is often served with mixture of curry from fish head curry, squid curry, mutton curry, chicken curry and many more.
Lor Bak
Lor Bak is a tasty finger food that is famous in Penang. It is basically a pork roll (meat filling rolled inside the bean curd skin) with the mixture of spices used for the filling.
Char Koay Teow
Penangites cannot agree on which stall makes the best Char Koay Teow. However, they all agree that Penang makes the best Char Koay Teow in the world!
Rojak
In other parts of Malaysia, Rojak is referred as a mixed of everything dish served with peanut sauce (Pasembor). However, in Penang, rojak is referred to the mixed fruit salad dish and the taste is amazing.
Koay Teow Th’ng
Koay teow th’ng or in other word koay teow soup is also listed in the list the best penang food. It is a simple dish, yet its deliciousness is just purely awesome.
Lok Lok
Lok lok (dip dip) is a Penang version of steam boat dish that is prepared on skewers. It gets its name from the action of dipping the skewers inside the boiling water to cook it before it is eaten with the dipping sauce.
Apom Manis
Apom manis is a light food that is equivalent to pancake but tastier due to the addition of coconut milk in the ingredient. Its texture is soft and fluffy and often eaten as a snack.
Roti Canai
The relationship between Penangites and roti canai is like the relationship between the left hand and the right hand. Penang hands down has the best and the most variety when it comes to the roti canai dipping.
Pasembur
Pasembur is also known as rojak mamak. Unlike its other counterpart rojak buah, Pasembor is served with the mixture of fried fritters ladled with the mouthwatering of the sweet potatoes gravy mixed with the crushed peanuts.
Curry Mee
Eating Penang curry mee is must thing to be put in the itinerary. Penang curry mee is a noodle dish with the coconut milk based broth.
Oyster Omelette
There are many types of mee goreng in Penang but the famous one is mee goreng mamak. It is basically a stir-fried yellow noodle dish with the combination of delicious ingredients that is suitable to be eaten at any time of the day.
Mee Goreng
There are many types of mee goreng in Penang but the famous one is mee goreng mamak. It is basically a stir-fried yellow noodle dish with the combination of delicious ingredients that is suitable to be eaten at any time of the day.
Nasi Lemak
Nasi lemak is a rice dish cooked with coconut milk and screw pine leaves accompanied by anchovies sambal, fried anchovies, fried peanuts, a boiled egg and slices of cucumber wrapped in a banana leaf.
Ais Kacang
Ais kacang is a very iconic dessert not only in Penang but all over Malaysia. It is so famous that the song about ais kacang is included by the ministry of education for the music subject syllabus back in the 90’s.