Private Half-Day Hawker Trails Food Tour in George Town

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Combine this with the city's collection of historic buildings in various styles, from old English colonial mansions to classical Chinese shop houses and Islamic mosques, and you have a city made for walking and eating. Local Penangites typically find these hawker fares cheaper and easier to eat out at due to the ubiquitous hawker stalls and that they are open for much of the day and night. On February 22, 2013, Penang was ranked by CNN Travel as one of the top ten street food cities in Asia. Penang has also been voted by Lonely Planet as the top culinary destination in 2014. To top it off, Penang has recently been named 2nd out of 17 best places to visit in 2017 by CNN, thanks to its world famous hawker foods. Itinerary: Select one of the food routes from the selection below and in between foods tasting session, will visit to 1 or 2 attraction places close by the hawker center. Route 1 – Mamak Mee Goreng Sotong (Indian Muslim style fried noodle with cuttlefish), Char Koay Teow (fried flat noodle with cockle), White Curry Mee (White Curry noodle with coconut milk), Chendol (a dessert make of glutinous rice in coconut milk), Assam Laksa (spicy and sour fish broth noodle), Nasi Kandar (Indian Muslim curry pole rice), Kueh Chiap (special handmade rice noodle in duck broth), and others. Or Route 2 – Nasi Lemak bungkus (banana leaf wrapped coconut milk rice), Koay Teow Th’ng (flat noodle soup), Prawn Fritter, Hokkien mee (prawn noodle), Curry Mee (curry noodle), Chendol (a dessert make of glutinous rice in coconut milk), Assam Laksa (spicy and sour fish broth noodle), and others. Or Route 3 – Hokkien Mee (prawn noodle), Curry Mee (curry noodle), Chee Cheong Fun (Sausage shape noodle), Char Koay Teow (fried flat noodle), Cuttlefish with Kangkong (Cuttlefish with water convolvulus), Rojak (mixed fruits salad with special sauce), Popiah (spring rolls), Assam Laksa (spicy and sour fish broth noodle), prawn fritters, Chendol (a dessert make of glutinous rice in coconut milk), and others. After finish mentioned visit we will drop off you at your hotel/ accommodation with best experience of Penang food.

  4 hours • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Do leave an empty stomach before start of tour.
• Please inform tour guide if you have medical condition, foods allergy, religious concern or any other things that needed to be let known to the tour guide.
• You know yourself better than anyone else. You can ask for less sugar, or less spicy or omit certain ingredients to the food operator.
• Foods taste are subjective and depends on individual liking and/or its acquired taste. Be open to taste new foods. Ask your guide or the food proprietor if you are not sure. Order food to share first instead of a big plate/bowl for yourself.
• Be open minded to the ambiance of certain location of hawker stalls or hawker centers.

Show 3 more

Tags

Rating