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The FOUNDERS Hutton

The FOUNDERS Hutton

Looking for a modern café in the heart of George Town that can handle everything from breakfast bagels to late-night dessert? The FOUNDERS Hutton has become one of Jalan Hutton’s more talked-about café destinations, pairing a spacious, stylish setting with an unusually broad all-day menu. The bagels are the obvious draw, but pizzas, desserts, coffee and a work-friendly layout give you plenty of reasons to stay longer than planned.

Come for the Sweet & Salty Bagel, stay for the tiramisu, and don’t waste twenty minutes circling Jalan Hutton looking for parking. The FOUNDERS Hutton isn’t traditional Penang hawker food—and it doesn’t pretend to be. It’s a modern George Town hangout for when you want something polished, comfortable and satisfying without leaving the heritage district.

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Bulu Bulu Cafe

Bulu Bulu Cafe

Forget another cafe with a neon sign and a sad little monstera plant. Bulu Bulu Cafe on Campbell Street has gone gloriously off-script, combining a George Town cafe with a three-storey indoor animal experience where capybaras, alpacas, raccoons, rabbits and other creatures become the real stars of the afternoon.

The food is deliberately approachable rather than fine-dining theatre, but that’s almost beside the point. Come hungry, keep your receipt, wear socks and prepare for the sort of George Town detour that starts with lunch and ends with you staring at a capybara wondering why you haven’t rearranged your entire life around being this relaxed.

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Urban Daybreak

Urban Daybreak

Urban Daybreak is what happens when Melbourne brunch culture gets dropped into the middle of George Town. Think fried chicken waffles, ricotta and avocado, stout pulled pork, loaded French toast and serious café coffee — all served from a heritage-district address where the Penang heat is waiting just outside.

It isn’t the cheapest breakfast in town, and it isn’t pretending to be. But when you’re craving a proper Western-style brunch after several days of laksa, curry and noodles, Urban Daybreak makes a convincing case for swapping the sambal spoon for a coffee cup.

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