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Penang's good stuff, mapped by the people who actually eat there. Collect, curate, and share your own food routes.

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Charcoal and Smoke

Bryan Teh 5 places 180
Beat the Heat

Yasmin Tan 10 places 251
Old Kopitiam Time Machine

Uncle Beng 5 places 331
Rainy Day Comfort Bowls

Lena Goh 6 places 315
No Pork, All Flavour

Imran Yusof 8 places 64
Penang in One Day

Marcus Tan 6 places 136

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Bring Your Skeptical KL Friend

Adeline Wong 5 places 222
Sweat Club

Sangeeta 5 places 102
Seafood by the Water

Captain Lim 9 places 47
Past the Bridge

Razali 5 places 77
Hangover Recovery Route

Kenji Lim 5 places 32
After Midnight

Jared Khoo 5 places 48
Vegetarian That Converts Carnivores

Joanne Lim 8 places 44
Air-Con Escape

Geraldine Ooi 5 places 9
Under RM10 and Stuffed

Wei Han 6 places 20
Rainy Day Bowls

Ho Jo Vern 5 places 17

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Air-Con Escape
9

Geraldine Ooi 5 places

Eat well without sweating through your shirt. Sit-down spots with a working fan or better.
Sweat Club
102

Sangeeta 5 places

Sour and spicy bowls that make your eyes water and your shirt stick. Worth every drop.
Hangover Recovery Route
32

Kenji Lim 5 places

Morning-after bowls. Clean broth, soft rice, nothing that fights back. Sit, sip, recover.
Bring Your Skeptical KL Friend
222

Adeline Wong 5 places

The plates that end the KL-versus-Penang argument by the second bite. I have won this fight many times.
Seafood by the Water
47

Captain Lim 9 places

Wok hei, butter prawns and a sea breeze. Book the big round table.
After Midnight
48

Jared Khoo 5 places

When the kitchens close, these stay open. The supper-only Penang.
Rainy Day Bowls
17

Ho Jo Vern 5 places

When the monsoon comes down over George Town, these are the hot soupy bowls I hide inside with.
Vegetarian That Converts Carnivores
44

Joanne Lim 8 places

Meat-eaters, sit down. These plant-based plates hold their own against any stall in town.
Under RM10 and Stuffed
20

Wei Han 6 places

Hawker math that still works. A full belly for the price of a kopitiam coffee.
Past the Bridge
77

Razali 5 places

The drive out of town pays off. Balik Pulau and the island-fringe stalls locals keep quiet.
Breakfast Before the Heat
5

Ho Jo Vern 6 places

Out the door by eight, fed by half past. The morning stalls worth setting an alarm for.
Where I Take Visitors
22

Ho Jo Vern 6 places

The non-negotiables. When someone flies in and asks where to eat, this is the list I send before they land.

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Bring Your Skeptical KL Friend
222
Sweat Club
102
Past the Bridge
77
After Midnight
48
Seafood by the Water
47

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