What to do and see in Penang, Malaysia: The Best Food & Drink

February 19, 2022 Moriah Teneyck

Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley) on the Malay Peninsula. The second smallest Malaysian state by land mass, Penang is bordered by Kedah to the north and the east, and Perak to the south.
Restaurants in Penang

1. Metro Bike Easy Green Travel

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Metro Bike Easy Green Travel

A "Green" way to explore George Town by Bicycle & Trishaw Tour. 1) UNESCO George Town Heritage Tour by Bicycle & Trishaw Entire journey takes around 3.5 hours to introduce you the popular heritage sites, artistic murals, charming traditional trades and famous hawker food. 2) Penang "OLD" Street Food Tour by Bicycle & Trishaw Go Green- Famous Street Food - Keep Fit- Save Time A unique heritage food trail bringing you to the intriguing nooks and corners of Penang, showcasing Penang’s street food of YESTERYEARS with heirloom food recipes handed down from past generations some almost a century old. Exquisite tantalizing flavors for the taste buds from wonderful savories to sweets. * Estimates about 4-5 food stops can be achieved in a period of 3.5 hours. In the case of the food stall closure or over-crowded, an alternative food stop replacement to be arranged or discussed on the spot.

2. Heritage on a Plate

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Heritage on a Plate

The best way to eat and see Penang. Enjoy delicious dishes, explore the city and experience the rich, diverse stories of George Town with our Food Hops.

3. Simply Enak - Food Experiences

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Simply Enak - Food Experiences

Let us share our passion for Delicious Malaysian Food with You!

4. Best Penang Food Tour

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Best Penang Food Tour

Penang has a reputation as being the "food paradise" and it offers a diverse and exotic mix of malay, chinese, indian, nyonya and western cuisines. Come join us for the taste of Penang in our best penang food tour.

5. Penang Homecooking School

85 Taman Berjaya Pulau Tikus, George Town, Penang Island 10350 Malaysia +60 16-437 4380 [email protected] http://penanghomecookingschool.com/
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Penang Homecooking School

Sign up for my cooking classes and learn secrets and tips for authentic Malaysian cooking. Daily classes except Sunday is in my home. Visit the market and learn to use fresh produce. You prepare and eat together with other food obsessed people! . Please leave message in my mobile if you need too and i will reply the message after class. Difficult to handle calls duirng cooking class.

Reviewed By MartinaMatti

Fantastic cooking class hosted by Pearly, an enthusiastic, friendly and extremely talented teacher (who also happens to teach internationally renown chefs!!) The whole experience was fantastic; Pearly accommodated my friend and I at the last minute and booked us on to the next day's class. We were picked up from our hostel by Pearly and made our way to the market where we met the other eager cooks. Around the market we learnt about local produce and met the locals. Pearly and her lovely husband, Chandra then took us back to their home to teach us how to cook three very different and delicious traditional Malaysian meals. After cooking, you then sit down as a class to eat, swallowed down with refreshing nutmeg cordial made by Chandra. We would do the whole class again and can't recommend it anymore to anyone who enjoys cooking and tasting local cuisine. Thank you Pearly and Chandra for having us and welcoming us into your home for an unforgettable experience :D

6. Food Tour Penang

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Food Tour Penang

With an epic and legendary history, Penang island is one of Malaysia’s most unique destinations. A world heritage site, a port and confluence of some of the oldest families in the country, Penang is a natural choice for visitors to have a sneak peek into being Malaysian. So hop on of our tours with an original Penang born and bred food guide. This is a small group tour with a local guide in a private vehicle. Explore with us the treats of yesteryear with the humble “Penang Lobak”, the “Appoms” and “Kuihs” found only in the Penang backstage and the Penang night hawkers. Come ready for an adventure!

7. Penang Heritage Food Trail

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Penang Heritage Food Trail

Experts Jason & Ling were born and bred in Penang and have worked on Penang Food Conservation Project with the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia (MOTOUR) to inventories the locally unique hawker street food and ethnic dishes. We bring you to taste the Old School flavours & story telling the interesting Food History and Evolutions of the dishes that you will be sampling throughout the tour.

8. Traveling Spoon

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Traveling Spoon

Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.

9. Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School

Lot 595 Mukim 2 Jalan Teluk Bahang, Teluk Bahang, Penang Island 11050 Malaysia +60 4-881 1797 [email protected] http://tsgcookingschool.com/
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Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School

A first of it’s kind in Penang, the school is custom-made with individual purpose-built workstations that allows for a memorable hands-on cooking experience.As classes are limited to 10 persons, chefs are able to provide a personalised approach. Though the menus follow authentic and traditional methods they are taught in such a way that you are able to recreate the delicious dishes at home.

Reviewed By happytraveller40

My daughter and I booked a half day cookery course at TSG. Booking online was easy. It was a wonderful experience. The morning started with a tour of the spice terraces in the garden which was really interesting. Our guide, Elaine, was extremely knowledgeable and informative and the setting is just beautiful. Then came the cooking. The cookery school is in its own building, very clean and well equipped. All our ingredients had been laid out beside our places and basically we then spent the morning preparing a three course lunch: the steps were demonstrated by the lovely chef in charge and then we did it for ourselves. There were 6 of us in the class which felt ideal (but the max is 8 so it will never be overcrowded). We had asked in advance to cook vegetarian and this caused no problems at all - recipes were slightly adapted but were absolutely delicious. It was all thoroughly constructive and well organised and, at the end, we all sat round a table in the open air and enjoyed the fruits of our labours. If you enjoy cooking and enjoy exploring different flavours this is a brilliant thing to do in Penang. Tip for getting there: the bus 101 from Georgetown stops right outside TSG.

10. Uniquely Penang

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Uniquely Penang

Traveling these days is all about getting the best local experience from someone born locally. When you book with Uniquely Penang, you are our only guests so you get to interact and spend your time exclusively with your own local Penang host, Victor Khoo.

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