Lor bak is a signature dish of Malaysia; we have verified places to eat it in Penang. Five-spice pork rolls wrapped in beancurd skin and deep-fried, sliced and served with a starchy braising sauce and chilli dip alongside prawn fritters and tofu. Start with where to eat Lor bak in Penang.
Lor bak · Penang
Five-spice pork rolls wrapped in beancurd skin and deep-fried, sliced and served with a starchy braising sauce and chilli dip alongside prawn fritters and tofu.
Lor bak is Penang Hokkien festival food gone daily: marinated pork rolled in tofu skin, once made for celebrations, now fried at kopitiam stalls as a shared starter plate. The name pairs lor, the thick five-spice gravy, with bak, meat, and a proper stall serves the rolls with that gravy, a chilli dip, and a supporting cast of prawn fritters, century egg and fried tofu. Kheng Pin Cafe's morning stall on Jalan Penang is the version locals measure everything else against.
Where to eat in Penang:
- Kheng Pin Cafe
- Joo Hooi Cafe
Where to eat Lor bak in Penang: the editor picks