myMalaysiabooks shares with you some of the best and popular hawker food places in Penang. Check out some of these hawker stalls, coffee shops or small restaurants on Penang Island, in Butterworth or other locations.  

Check out Penang Noodle dishes and where you can get the best of these noodle dishes - Penang Laksa, Penang Kway Teow Soup, Char Koay Teow, Hokkien Mee, Mee Goreng, Chee Cheong Fun, Char Haw Fun, etc.

The best of Penang hawker food

Where to eat in Penang....... 

Char Hor Fun (fried rice noodles)

• Pusat Makanan Era Jimat, Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth (night - famous for Char Mee Suah/ fried mee suah)
• - Coffee shop at Junction of Jalan Macalister and Lorong Selamat, George Town
• Taman Free School Hawker Centre
• Coffee shop at Jalan Cantonment/Jalan Burma junction.

Chee Cheong Fun

• Kedai Kopi Genting, Island Glades, Lorong Delima 6, off Jalan Yap Choy Yee, morning till late afternoon
• Stall at New Lane (Lorong Baru), near Wisma Central, from 6:30pm
• Stall along Lorong Swatow Lane
• Stall at Lorong Macalister, morning

Char Koay Teow / Char Kway Teow / Fried Kueh Teow

• 82, Lorong Selamat and Other coffee shop along Lorong Selamat, George Town
• Ah Leng Char Koay Teow, Jalan Datuk Keramat, opposite former Federal Theater
• Ping Hooi coffee shop, Lebuh Carnavon and Lebuh Melayu junction
• BB restaurant, opposite Hawker centre, (Sunshine Square area), Persiaran Mayangpasir 2
• Stall No 42, Hawker Centre at Batu Lancang market; afternoon
• Sisters Fried Kway Teow, Lam Heng Cafe, 185, Macalister Road, Pulau Tikus

Hokkien Mee

• Kedai Kopi Swee Kong, junction of Jalan Moulmein and Jalan Burma (opposite police station)
• Kedai Dua Ribu Dua Puluh, Doby Ghaut, Jalan Air Itam (evening)
• Kedai Kopi Genting, Island Glades, Lorong Delima 6, off Jalan Yap Choy Yee
• Kedai Kopi Sin Kim Sun, 168 Macalister Road (Jalan Macalister), junction of Jalan Rangoon, opposite Esso. (morning)
• Roadside stall next to Seng Thor coffee shop, Lebuh Kimberly junction (morning)
• Coffee shop at the junction of Jalan Burma and Lorong Bangkok (morning)

Koay Teow Ting / Kway Teow Soup / Chinese Noodle Soup

•  Sin Kong Cheong coffee shop at Carnarvon Street (opposite Campbell Street market) in the morning; George Town, Penang Island
• Kek Seng Coffee Shop, Jalan Penang, from morning
• Doby Ghaut Koay Teow Th’ng stall, Doby Ghaut, Penang Island (evening) 
• Know for the fish ball; coffee shop at the junction of Lebuh Armenian and Lebuh Cannon , near Yap Kongsi, Kek Kong Temple; George Town; (morning)
• Sai Toh Lim, (next to Komplex Raja Uda) off Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth  [known for fish ball]
• - Restoran Lin, Jalan Raja Uda , (near Komplex Raja Uda), off Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth [known for fish ball]
• - Restoran Mei Fang, Jalan Bengali, Butterworth

Mamak Mee
- Pata Hameed Special Mee stall, Esplanade, Padang Kota Lama in Lebuh Light, George Town
- Indian Fried Noodles (Air Itam, Penang, before the Air Itam roundabout)

Penang Laksa

• Air Itam Market (beside fruit stalls), Air Itam
• Kedai Kopi Genting, Island Glades, Loring Delima 6, off Jalan Yap Choy Yee; morning and afternoon 
• Balik Pulau Market
• Today Café, Lebuh Perak, near traffic light; afternoon
• Joo Hooi Café, junction of Penang Road with Lebuh Keng Kwee, George Town
• Nam Kuang coffee shop, Balik Pulau
• Stall at Hawker centre, Jalan Johor, beside Datuk Kramat Padang (Padang Brown). 
• Kek Seng, 384 Penang Road (opposite KOMTAR), Penang  

Lor Mee

• Shop opposite shell station, Penang Kuan Yim Teng Lor Mee, 16 Jalan Burma, George Town