Food Trip in Penang: 5 street food you should never miss it when you visit in Penang, Malaysia.

When you think of Malaysian food, you will think of Penang. One of the city is renowned as food paradise, it has diversity in culture and religion. Forget about working pressure in office, forget about the comforts of air conditioning, follow me and I will introduce the best local street food in penang.

1. Penang Assam Laksa

If you like me love to eat spicy and sour taste of food, one place I can think of is Pasar Air Itam.
Asam Laksa is a fish based soup noodle with chili paste, prawn paste, tamarind juice, lemongrass and mackerel/sardine flakes.

Location:

Pasar Air Itam Laksa @ Ayer Itam

2. Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul/Cendol

During the summer, you will feel sweaty and hot. So how about have a bowl of cold and juicy food? A Chendul is bowl of shaved ice filled with green flour jelly (chendol), red beans, coconut milk and a splash of brown sugar syrup. When you get there it will be never-ending queue outside the place called Joo Hooi Cafe. It is take time but it is worth it when it you get the bowl of the ice cold dessert.

Location:

Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendol @ Joo Hooi Cafe: 475, Jalan Penang, Georgetown 10450 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

3.Dim Sum

Dim Sum is a common food for the local chinese people. Every morning, especially the elders, they will walk down to the cafe restaurant to have nice dishes of Dim Sum with the coffee. One of my favourite dish is egg tarts because they are freshly out of the oven. Of course they are so much more, for instance "ha gao", "cha siu bao", "lo mai fan" and so on.

Location:

Aik Hoe Restaurant: No. 6 & 8, Lebuh Carnavon, 10100, George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia (Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)

4. Curry Mee

Most of the stall in Penang serve curry mee. Curry Mee mainly mix of yellow egg noodle and vermicelli, prawns, cockles, cuttle fish, tofu balls and pork blood. Curry mee also serve with sambal chili paste so that you will addictive sip the taste of curry mee.

Location:

Curry Mee @ Kedai Kopi New Cathay: 425, Jalan Burma, Georgetown, 10350 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

5. Penang Lok Lok

Lok Lok is a steamboat in Penang, yet every piece of veggie and meat are pierced on a stick and soak it in the pot of boiling water. After it cooked, you can grab it and start to eat. The ingredients can be the fresh oyster, mantis shrimp, crab sticks, fish/meat balls, mushrooms can be found amongst the spread laid out on the table for Lok Lok. Of course you should never miss it with the sauce. Local people suggest mix the distinctive sauces available on the table together (Satay, bean stew, garlic and so forth) for a customized taste.