Penang Food Guide: 15 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Penang, Malaysia

If you were to gauge how good a restaurant is based on longevity alone, then over half the places on this list would be considered the best eateries in Malaysia. The majority of street food stalls in this Penang food guide have been serving the same iconic dish for over thirty years, some much longer than that.

When doing food research, I’m drawn to places that have withstood the test of time because to me, that usually means four things. One, they’ve mastered that dish. Two, it must be good. Three, they’ve very local and have an interesting story to tell. And four, they aren’t going away anytime soon, making them safe to recommend unlike trendier restaurants that are all the rage one year then gone the next.

If I were to gauge the quality of our food guides based on how many of these…