Best Malay Restaurants in Penang

Koo Boo Kafe promotes their Nasi Kandar well by introducing Nasi 7 Benua (7 Continents) which is a visually-appealing dish consist of seven coloured rice balls made from natural coloring and flavors. The colours are matched to flavours like White Rice, Nasi Lemak, Tomato Rice, Herbed Rice, Peanut Rice, Buttered Rice and Spicy Buttered Rice. The dishes that accompanied the rice are almost similar to most of the Malay stalls. You can enjoy free iced lemon tea or hot tea when you dine in.

Somewhere after the Penang International Airport, there is a mamak shop named Cargas Cafe which cooks up one of the best Nasi Kandar in town. The stall is often crowded with people queuing up for self service. As a typical Nasi Kandar dish, you'd get a plate of white rice, along with side dishes picked to your own preference. The curry served is a little different from the usual coconut-base curry, but nonetheless loved by the patrons. The fried chicken is exceptionally popular as well. A recommended combination plate is the curry beef, a fried chicken drum stick, boiled egg with curry sauce, eggplant and some ladies finger. All this would only cost at a mere price of RM7.50, which is super affordable considering the large amount of side dishes!