Day 1
8am Hokkien Mee - Swee Kong coffeeshop, Burma Road, Pulau Tikus (opp police station). Note until 8.30am only.
9am Sleeping Buddha, Siamese Temple (walk across the road and straight along)
11am Lor Bak - Kheng Pin coffeeshop, Sri Bahari Road/Penang Road junction. This shop also serves average Hokkien Mee, Char Koay Teow and hainan chicken rice.
12pm Chendol - Penang Road. Walk along Penang Road from Kheng Pin coffeeshop and you'll notice a crowd standing by the stall on the last road on your left before the Y-junction. This shop also serves average Laksa, char koay teow and poh piah.
12.30pm Time for a break from food? Go shopping for cheap clothes at Prangin Mall (please be cautioned if you can't stand ah bengs and ah lians)
4pm Laksa (sweeter type), coffeeshop opposite Ping Hwa High School, Gottlieb Road.
5pm Batu Feringghi beach for watersports etc
7pm Ferringhi Beach Corner for Yam Duck, Spring roll and garlic prawns! Make a right turn after passing Parkroyal hotel. Go until the T-junction and turn right, the shop will be on the farmost end on your left. Note yam duck and spring roll need to be ordered a day before, contact number:
9pm - Walk along ferringhi night market.
For the heavy eaters, go on to Goodall Kafe at Gottlieb Road for best Char Koay Kak and Poh Piah. Alternatively, go back to the beach-facing Sunset Bistro for drinks by the beach (same row as Ferringhi Beach Corner but turn left at the T-junction)
Day 2
10am Hokkien Char, Chee Cheong Fun - Kwai Lock coffeeshop (adjacent to Swee Kong coffeeshop), Burma Road, P.Tikus. This shop also serves famous duck mee. Also check out the Ban Chang kuih stall just outside the shop.
11am Shopping at Gurney Plaza!
2pm Kek Lok Si and Kuan Yin Statue, Air Itam
4pm Laksa (sour type) - Air Itam market by the roadside
4.30pm Koay Teow Thing - Air Itam roundabout (toward Pg Hill railway station) under the trees. Note only opens after 2pm until about 5pm or so.
5pm Penang Hill. Might be worthwhile making a trip to the station earlier to obtain a ticket first as they now seem to implement scheduled trips, where there will be a defined number of tickets for each trip, first come first serve basis. Relax, buy some kacang kuning and snacks from the stall and enjoy a breathtaking view of Penang at dusk! It gets even better at night.
9pm Nasi Kandar Raffe, Burma Road (next to Kwai Lock coffeeshop), Burma Road. The key to having this best is 'kuah campur, banjir' or at least 'kuah campur' if you don't favour too wet rice. I personally prefer the red fried chicken.
10pm Muar Chee (Ma Zhi stall) and Rojak (GP Soon) - Gurney Drive Hawker Centre. You can also try out the famed chicken skin, laksa and tong shui.
Again for the heavy eaters, go on to Char Koay Teow (wet) stall in Kimberley St/Cintra St junction (in front of Sin Guat Keong coffeeshop). Also, try out the famed koay chiap (pig innards with koay teow) stall just right opposite.
Day 3
11am Curry Mee - Lorong Seratus Tahun
11.30am Mee Goreng - Esplanade Food Court. Make sure it's the Hameed-Mee Sotong stall! Also try the ice kacang and coconut shake.
12.30pm If you are interested in Heritage Sites, you are now right smack in the middle. Some places worth visiting are Kuan Yin Teng and Khoo Kongsi.
1.30 pm Char Koay Teow (personally my favourite) at Chiu Chang Ka which means 'under the tree' at Lengkok Burma, Pulau Tikus. There is also a good economy mee hoon/mee stall. If you happen to be there on Tuesdays and Thursdays, there is this pork satay stall which is highly recommended! Note that this place only opens on WEEKDAYS.
2.30pm Ais Kacang and Rojak - Swatow Lane coffeeshop. Do not go to the huge hawker centre.
This is a pretty much cramped-up 3-day schedule. So far, only 1 friend of mine managed to complete everything in such a short timespan so good luck!:)
Other stuffs which you maybe interested:
Tambun biscuits - Him Heang, Burma Road (opp Union Primary)
Tau Sar Pneah - Ghee Hiang, Burma Road (opp Union Primary)
Nutmeg - Chowrasta Market, Penang Road or next to Air Itam market Laksa stall
Nightlife - Upper Penang Road
Take a ferry ride back
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