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The Sugar Tang

The Sugar Tang - ST 2.0

Looking for a café in George Town that serves more than just coffee and cake? ST 2.0 – The Sugar Tang brings together Japanese-inspired comfort food, omurice, specialty matcha and hojicha drinks, and a tempting selection of desserts. Located at 252 Lebuh Carnarvon, it offers a different kind of food stop amid Penang’s historic streets.

Start with a Japanese curry omurice if you’re after a proper meal, explore the matcha menu if you’re a tea enthusiast, and save some room for a sweet finish. Just remember to check the latest menu, prices and opening hours before heading over. For anyone planning a café-hopping day in George Town, Sugar Tang is one to consider adding to the itinerary.

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Tek Sen

Tek Sen Restaurant

Tek Sen isn’t famous because Penang needed another tourist restaurant. It’s famous because it has been cooking seriously good Chinese-Malaysian food since 1965. From its legendary double roasted pork and fiery sambal kangkung to homemade tofu and curry tumis fish, this is the kind of George Town chu char that makes waiting in the Penang heat considerably easier to forgive.

The queues can be long, the room can be busy and parking around Carnarvon Street can test your patience — but once the plates start arriving, the logic becomes obvious. Tek Sen isn’t about fancy dining. It’s about wok hei, sticky sauces, chilli, rice and ordering one more dish than you promised yourself you would.

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