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Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food), Penang
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Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Asia's Best Destination for Street Food
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  • Colourful Pork Rib Noodles - Penang
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    "Imagine a free-ranging buffet, several hundred square kilometers in area, through which to graze at will. This limitless cornucopia brings together some of the liveliest culinary traditions of Asia, and participation costs only a few dollars. That's the Malaysian state of Penang. " (Time Magazine, Nov 2004) Now with such a fitting description of Penang, what do you think a sane fella like yourself should do? Why arm yourself with lots of loose ringgits ( that's the Malaysian currency ) and charge out into the streets to eat of course! Everything is extremely edible around here and the local fare that you find on the streets is just bursting with flavour and colour. Of course, do yourself a favour and avoid the fare in the touristy regions of Batu Ferringhi and the hotel restaurants . They're sterilised to suit the foreign tongue and may not quite match the authencity that you can find in the streets.Of course, there's this thing about hygiene but you should be alright if you've gotten your shots. IMHO, this place is way cleaner compared to HCMC. In the many days I spent here, the only time my tummy rumbled was only when there were too much rich food inside:) How to Start? Do yourself a favour, get a couple of good recommendations from us VTers in the Forum or better still, grab a Penangite and cajole him to reveal to you the island's best grub. If you're really lazy, you can just print out my food list. You haven't been to Penang if you haven't tried their: 1)Char Kway Teow - Flat Rice Noodles fried with Prawns, Sausages,Bean Sprouts and Lard, yes lard. So this is definitely not kosher or halal! 2)Lor Bak - A schizophrenic selection of fried pork sausage, squid, beancurd and other yummies. 3)Penang Laksa - A Delicious Seafood Broth Noodle Soup flavoured with a dollop of prawn paste, shredded fish and fragrant herbs. 4)Tau Sah Piah - A sweet flaky confectionary with green bean paste.

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  • Address: area of Chulia St, Masjid Kapitan Keling St, Bisho

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): A place for strolling ...
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  • Well its a nice place to stroll around and there a lots of hawkers food and restaurants along Gurney Drive. These places is only open during the evening. Penang's latest shopping mall is also located there . Penang's most expensive condominiums are also located along Gurney Drive...

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  • Address: Gurney drive

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Visit Gurney Drive
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  • When you are in Penang do pay a visit to Gurney Drive. For the full effect, come in the evenings and take a stroll. Don't just drive through! In the good old days the numerous Gurney Drive hawkers would set up their stalls, in the evenings, along the road side. Due to the large number of patrons, the lightweight tables and metal stools would inevitably and casually spill onto the road, Pesiaran Gurney, itself, therefore causing mini-traffic jams (nothing when compared to KL...). Over the years, things have become less chaotic and more organised because the hawkers have been moved inwards a little. They now occupy an open space, instead of being set up along the side of the road. I have to say that I liked it better the way it was before, because good food, great smells and chaos, seemed to go well, hand-in-hand. (I feel so nostalgic~sigh~) With many more hawker centres and food courts being set up, the Gurney Drive hawkers are considered to be a bit "pricey" by Penang standards, but I would say it is still very pleasant and the atmosphere here is unique, set as it is by the sea. Apart from eating and drinking, you can also take a seat along the benches that face the seafront. During the day, you could go shopping as Gurney Drive has seen the development of tall shopping malls (eg. Gurney Mall). There are a few restaurants and cafe, even a Starbucks! Several sea facing hotels and condominiums have also been built here. PS. The picture does not do the area justice-very sorry!

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  • Address: Gurney Drive
  • Directions: ask anyone!

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Gurney Drive - heaven for love birds
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  • this is the place where you can walk down gurney drive with ur love one. oopsss... for single trourist, dun worry you can have all the fun here too...such as enjoying tons of hawkers food here, shopping at Gurney plaza, enjoying the sea breeze while having a cup of coffee at coffee bean and let ur hair down at pub/club/disco in Gurney Hotel (at the end of Gurney drive).

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  • Address: gurney drive

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Gurney Drive - Must See
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  • Gurney Drive (Pesiaran Gurney) is probably one of the most famous and popular tourist destination of locals and foreigners. It is about 1.5 kilometer and was called the "new Esplanade" to differentiate from the original "old" Esplanade. Being a much longer stretch, Gurney Drive has eclipsed the Esplanade as the place to be at night for food or sea breeze. You can walk along in the early morning and see joggers or seniors doing their taiqi dance. There are many hotels, condominiums, food centers and a major popular shopping mall called "Gurney Plaza". Previously, food stalls were allowed to operate along the stretch and you could sit along the sea wall and eat your favorite fare. However, the sea became a rubbish bin and so all the hawkers were grouped together at a hawker center at the northern part of Gurney Drive. There used to be sand and waves and even turtles laying eggs. Those were the days. Due to land reclaim at Tanjong Tokong, it more of a mud flat most of the time but in the morning and at sunset, you can see the wonderful Kedah Peak and mainland across with ships and liners cruising by. During New Year's eve and other festive occasions, many would gather at Gurney Plaza to walk along and enjoy the sea breeze and crowd. Only problem is that Gurney is so popular esspecially on weekends, it is always a challenge to find a place to park.

  • Address: Pulau Tikus area, Penang Island

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Gurney Drive
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  • Gurney Drive during the day - Penang
    Gurney Drive during the day
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    Gurney Drive have one of the best view of Penang sunset, is a favourite among families and lovers. This coastline stretch is a upmarket residential area, many bungalow lots had gave way to the development of 2 hotels, condominiums (one of the most expensive on the island costing RM2mil each), and a shopping complex. Yet, in early mornings, people can be seen taking their walks along the coastline and have their breakfast at the restaurants there. Families enjoy spending time or flying kites. In the evening, crowds will flock to the famous hawker food stalls at the roundabout, and lovers can be seen strolling along the coast..

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  • Directions: Pallarel to Kelawai Road

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): GUrney Drive
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  • Gurney drive is very popular with courting couples, retired folks, and simply anybody who loves the sea breeze, the many food stalls, restaurants, the condominiums, apartments, the majestic casuarina tree etc etc etc. Good for joggers, the people watchers, the bold and the beautiful, the old and the slow.............. A very busy place where cars crawl along, especially in the evenings. Things have gotten more congested with the popular Gurney Plaza Shopping Complex and that area is always jam-packed ...

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Food-lover's Delight
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  • Early birds at Gurney Drive - Penang
    Early birds at Gurney Drive
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    This waterfront venue actually doubles up as a place to visit and place to eat. There are dozens of hawker stalls offering all types of cuisine ? Malay, Chinese, Indian, and Western. It is a gastronomic haven for food lovers. The stalls open early evening to late at night. If you get there before the stalls open, you could kill time by shopping at the nearby Gurney Plaza.

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  • Address: Gurney Drive

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Gurney Drive: Sea breezes walks and local food!
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  • If you are in Georgetown and need to do something, why not take a walk along Gurney Drive, enjoy the sea breeze at night (the beach is not much to rave about; pretty much silt and rocks), see locals hang out at the benches catching up each other or life, have a huge slice of local delicacies at the various restaurants and hawker centre spread out along the bay and maybe even drop into Gurney Plaza Shopping Mall just to enjoy the air-con.

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Hawker stalls
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  • Fast food, value for money . What more can one expect!!

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  • Address: along batu ferringhiroad to gurney drive

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