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Moh Teng Pheow Nyonya Koay

Moh Teng Pheow has steamed Nyonya kueh since 1933 behind Lebuh Chulia, the Bib Gourmand workshop where Penang buys its angku and rempah udang.

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Toh Soon Cafe

Toh Soon Cafe grills kaya toast over charcoal in a Campbell Street alley, the Penang kopitiam breakfast locals have queued for since the 1950s.

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My Own Cafe

My Own Cafe simmers a Bib Gourmand assam laksa steps from Khoo Kongsi on Cannon Street, the family-run counter Penang quietly keeps to itself.

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Pitt Street Koay Teow Soup

Pitt Street Koay Teow Soup has made eel fish balls daily for over 60 years, the morning Penang bowl the Michelin guide tracked to Carnarvon Street.

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Fook Cheow Cafe

Fook Cheow Cafe ladles morning-only koay teow th'ng with mackerel fish balls on Hutton Lane, a Penang local secret listed in the Michelin guide.

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Ghee Lian

Ghee Lian ladles a green tom yum found almost nowhere else at the Esplanade food court, Penang's Bib Gourmand hiding in plain sight by the sea.

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Padang Brown Food Court

Padang Brown Food Court gathers Penang's locals-first hawkers by the Dato Keramat padang, led by a seafood popiah stall over sixty years old.

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Yulek Wan Tan Mee

Yulek Wan Tan Mee has served char siew wan tan mee from a Taman Cheras shopfront in Kuala Lumpur since 1982, run by the same family throughout.

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Ming Kee Wanton Mee

Ming Kee Wanton Mee has cooked wanton noodles in a Taman Bukit Maluri shoplot with 1960s floor tiles in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, since at least the mid-1980s.

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Titiwangsa Wang Kopitiam

Titiwangsa Wang Kopitiam serves zha jiang noodles, curry noodles and fried tofu under roadside trees in Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur, to its breakfast regulars.

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Ming Hoe Hokkien Mee

Ming Hoe Hokkien Mee fries dark soy Hokkien noodles and kau yuk mee hoon off the old third mile stretch of Jalan Ipoh in Kuala Lumpur, a family-style shop.

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Restoran Sun Sea

Restoran Sun Sea serves pork noodles, pan mee and curry mee beside the OUG morning wet market in Taman Overseas Union, Kuala Lumpur, busiest at breakfast.

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Segambut Yong Tau Foo

Segambut Yong Tau Foo stuffs fish paste into tofu and vegetables in an old single-storey bungalow in Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, a breakfast and lunch spot.

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