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.

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