To taste local food with all it's varieties go to upper Gurney drive with the mixture of Malay, Indian and Chinese food. Among the best noodle dishes you will find in Lorong Baru next the Sunway hotel. Penang road is featuring plenty of food stalls and small restaurants as well.

Eating in Penang is a true gastronomic pleasure. Local food consists of Malay, Chinese, Indian,  Portuguese and Nonya cuisine and can be found throughout the town in most restaurants and hotels. The so called hawker-stalls alongside the streets are however the favorite eating places for the local people. It's good, has endless varieties and it's cheap. A fried noodle dish with a glass of fresh lime juice don't hurt your pocket more than US$ 0.80-1.00. A local version of the famous spring roll called poh piah is a must. Try dishes like laksa, roti canai, satay, nasi lemak, nasi kandar, tandoori chicken,  wide variety of noodle dishes like wan than mee, char koay teow, loh mee or chicken rice. A very popular local desert is ais kacang. The list would be endless. Don't forget that Penang lies at the sea which means that there is abundance of sea food.

Typical food stall in Lorong Baru

You will find good foreign cuisine as well, like French, Italian, Japanese and Korean. Fast food like burgers are plenty available!!! 

Popular drinks are a wide range of fresh fruit juices, cola, ice lemon tea and the famous teh tarik (hot tea) .  Anchor, Tiger and Carlsberg beer is locally brewed. You will find imported beer as well.

Penang has a very western style night life. Pubs, bars and disco's are quite a few and enjoyed equally by locals as travelers from near and far. THE NIGHT LIFE is more hidden in Penang, but girls can be found in a few places. Ask the local guys, they know it to well or walk the side roads off Penang road. But don't forget Penang is a conservative society.