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Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Don't Miss Gurney Drive
  • Updated By longsanborn on January 18, 2007
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  • If you have only a very short time in Penang, then you should go to Gurney Drive, located on the northern side of George Town, towards Tanjung Bunga. There is a seafront promenade that spans the length of Gurney Drive, where locals take their early morning walks or jog, or just enjoying the sea breeze.

    The Gurney Drive hawker stall area is a collection of stalls selling all the specialities of Penang. The action starts at 6pm when hawkers start setting up their stalls, preparing ingredients and lining up their tables & chairs. But Gurney Drive is not just an area for hawker stalls anymore. Stylish and elegant cafes, bars and restaurants springing up around the area in recent years. Gurney Drive isn't just a favourite of the locals. On any given day, you can always find tourists around hawker stalls, curiously looking and taking time to decide on what to eat.

    When ordering any savoury dishes from the hawker stalls, be sure to specify if you want mild rather than spicy. The locals here love their food extra hot and spicy. The stall owners will be more than happy to oblige to your request.

    Business runs late into wee hours of the morning before finally closing at about 5.00 am on weekends, or roughly 3.00 am on weekdays.

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Gurney Drive Hawker Centre
  • Updated By yuet29 on February 20, 2005
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  • Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food) - Penang
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    The stalls at gurney starts at around 5pm. This is the easiest found spot for the tourist to get penang food but, the food are not the best that penangites will purposely go for.

    If you want to try penang laksa.. gosh.. there are a number of it and you never know which one is better.. (the situation applicable for other hawker food)

    A fast try of penang food in gurney are: penang laksa, cendol, lok-lok, pasumbur, rojak

    A thing to take note is, those tables and chairs belong to the drink stalls owners and seperated into different 'authorities'. So if you sit on the table belong to a sugar cane stall you have to drink sugar cane ..

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Very Touristy
  • By travelpug on November 13, 2007
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  • Gurney Drive hawker center - Penang
    Gurney Drive hawker center
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    This is the most popular hawker center in Penang for tourists. I don't think the locals come here to eat too often. I can't recall any food that I ate here was great. But it's fun and exciting when I saw so many food in one spot.

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    Gurney Drive (sea-watch & hawker food): Wondrous food !!
  • By kissgurami on April 15, 2004
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  • go there during Chinese new year time !!!!

    everyone gathers at gurney, stalls selling firecracker stuff. ppl playing there. the atmosphere is so overwhleming n really puts u in the mood !!!

    the food is great but there r quite a number of new stalls which r so-so.

    so further in n try the beancurd, there r 2 stalls n both stalls serve smooth beancurd . ask for black sugar !! simply refreshing. the penang laksa is damn gd too !! try out the prawn mee but only has soup version. the stock is loaded with flavours. very nice,

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