By Heather Michaud
My husband and I traveled to Penang in early September and the Hungry
Ghost festival was in full swing, with Chinese clans laying out spreads of food
and incense burning in the alleyways to appease their ancestors.
We were guided on our culinary quest for street food by our foodie
friends and bloggers…and our eyes and noses.
Talk to anyone in Penang, and they’ll point you in the direction of a
cart or hole-in-the-wall spot that serves up the best laksa, the best char kway
teow, or the best cendol in town. Locals
delight in their island’s multicultural mix of Malay, Chinese, Peranakan,
Indian, Thai, Portuguese, and more.
At the quaint Campbell House boutique hotel where we stayed, our
host waxed poetic about the chicken rice in a nearby shop. After breakfast, he walked us over to the
place serving his favourite dim sum, wheeled through a crowded dining hall on
steaming, stainless steel carts.
After this second breakfast, we went in search of the famed coconut
tarts at the local bakery. We weren’t
not able to sample them, however, as they are so popular that they sell out on
weekends - by 9 in the morning.
For more
information:
Reuter’s
“Travel Postcard”:
Penang-based travel writer and foodie Robyn Eckhardt’s in the Wall Street Journal:
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