Ghee Hiang
Order Tau sar pneah mung-bean biscuits
Ghee Hiang has baked tau sar pneah since 1856 and presses sesame oil to match, the Beach Street institution every Penang visitor carries home.
Bakery counters in Penang worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
10 places
ChinaHouse
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Non-alcoholic tiramisu
ChinaHouse bakes about 30 cakes a day for the long counter running through its three heritage buildings, comfortably Penang's largest dessert spread.
Le Petit Four Pâtisserie
- ★ 4.3
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Croissants with crackling layers
Le Petit Four Pâtisserie laminates Penang's flakiest croissants on Beach Street, led by a patissier trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and it shows.
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La Vie en Rose Pâtisserie
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Customisable madeleine towers
La Vie en Rose Pâtisserie bakes madeleines behind a pink shopfront on Lebuh Melayu, Penang's specialist counter for the little French shell cakes.
The Maker
- ★ 4.1
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Seasonal fruit tarts
The Maker composes patisserie like plated desserts in a roomy Beach Street cafe, the studied, architectural end of Penang's French pastry wave.
Le Dux Patisserie
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Glazed entremets
Le Dux Patisserie plates Parisian-salon pastry a few doors from its Beach Street rivals, rounding out Penang's unlikely little French dessert quarter.
Black Kettle
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Sourdough loaves
Black Kettle runs a bakery counter, cafe and bistro through a high-ceilinged Beach Street building, Penang's roomiest all-day bread-and-brunch room.
Yin's Sourdough Bakery & Cafe
- ★ 4.1
- $$
- Gurney Drive
Order Blistered sourdough pizza
Yin's Sourdough ferments every loaf naturally across three Penang branches, and its blistered sourdough pizzas convert the doubters at dinner.
Whisk
- ★ 3.9
- $$
- Little India
Order Floral celebration cakes
Whisk drapes its Queen Street bakery in greenery and builds flower-strewn custom celebration cakes, easily Penang's prettiest counter for an order.
Moody Cow Cafe
- ★ 3.8
- $$
- George Town Heritage Core
Order Signature layered cheesecakes
Moody Cow stacks over-the-top cheesecakes at its Transfer Road flagship, the dessert stop Penang pairs with a roti canai breakfast next door.
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