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Maple Palace Chinese Restaurant

Maple Palace Chinese Restaurant

Looking for a Chinese restaurant in Penang where dinner means more than one lonely plate? Maple Palace on Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah takes the old-school Cantonese banquet tradition and gives it a polished modern spin, with Iberico char siew, Peking duck, seafood soups, steamed fish and enough dishes to turn a simple family dinner into a full-blown feast.

The standout is the Iberico char siew, while the broader menu rewards groups willing to share. It isn’t the cheapest Chinese meal in George Town, and not every dish lands perfectly, but when Maple Palace gets it right, the combination of roast meats, seafood and Cantonese technique makes a compelling case for this long-running Penang dining room.

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Tai Tong Restaurant

Tai Tong Restaurant Penang

Tai Tong Restaurant is the kind of George Town institution that doesn’t need to reinvent itself. At Lebuh Cintra, the attraction is old-school Cantonese dim sum served with steaming baskets, rolling trolleys, endless tea and just enough breakfast chaos to make you feel you’ve wandered into another era.

Come hungry and look beyond the obvious: salted egg yolk custard buns, har gow, siew mai, silky chee cheong fun, bao, egg tarts and the hefty Imperial Glutinous Rice Pao are among the dishes worth hunting down. It can get busy, parking is predictably Penang, and the service can be brisk — but if what you want is traditional trolley-service dim sum rather than a polished modern imitation, Tai Tong remains one of George Town’s more compelling stops.

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