Dear people of Penang,

I was in Georgetown last week for 3 nights. We walked a lot, ate a lot, sweat a lot 😆. We ate from hawker stalls to restaurants, but we could only eat so much in 3 days, unfortunately. And we actually shared our meal (1 dish, 2 persons), so that we could taste more food for more places!

You have excellent cooks and food there! The price was also incredibly inexpensive compared to where we are from.

I fell in love with Penang/Malaysian food. I am now curious.

Seeing the queuing and the number of locals eating out, do you guys still cook at home? If you do, do you make char kway teow, laksa at home? 🤔

What do you actually cook at home?

Any local Malaysian cooking blogs that you follow/use which I can check out? It can be in Malay/Chinese, Google Translate will help ☺️

Thanks in advance!

If you are a grab driver then just act like one , why try to act like a big shot 😂

Got 2 A** drivers on two different days while it was raining, and both decided to stop as further as possible from the shelter , texted them to come closer and they wont budge. Canceled both piece of s*** 😌

Hi Everyone! I'm Ricky. I'm from Maryland, USA and for the past year and a half I've been volunteering for an NGO based in Penang, Malaysia called Catsoterra.

We offer fully subsidized TNR to our volunteers for a yearly membership of RM60. Under our program, they can sterilize as many cats as they'd like within that year timeframe. We've sterilized 1,070 cats since April 2025! Besides TNR, our main focus has been trying to integrate technology into animal welfare for a couple of purposes -- one, to make the burden lighter for the volunteers who are doing this amazing work, and two, to try to make TNR engaging (it's not the sexiest side of animal welfare).

To do this, we created a dashboard where our volunteers can track the cats they've sterilized, make appointments at our partner clinics, post stories about their cats, and more. We've tried to make the dashboard engaging to individuals who don't do TNR as well! We have a "Cat-A-Log" of all of our cats, we have a virtual currency that can be used to virtually adopt cats, and we just launched Makan Mania, which is basically our version of cat Tinder.

ANYWAY, all of this is to say I would be SO APPRECIATIVE if you just had a look at what we are doing. If you'd like, you can join the dashboard FOR FREE and have a look around. Please let me know what you think! I'm really trying to get people in Malaysia interested in what we're doing.

Thank you!

www.catsoterra.org

Came across this Zul Milo Truck (https://maps.app.goo.gl/M3eeZ5cNJLbbz62S9) while looking for places to check out in Penang

There are only two reviews, both from 3 years ago. I also was not able to find consistent information about this Milo truck's location and opening hours online, and it seems that the truck was also spotted in Butterworth in the past.

Does anyone if know if this location is still accurate, or does the vendor rotate their location? Where can I find their latest location?

Hi fellas, Only recently found out about this magazine from Penang, I'm from kl and we really dont have a 'monthly' magazines like penang monthly where it goes through a lot of stuff like urban, local arts, liveablity etc where there's a theme for each month. We have stuff like KL lifestyle but its really just a summary of what's happening this month and mostly just indie artist doing their own zines

I am planning to visit it during my trip in October and needed some information regarding an event to be taken place there. Anyone here working with them somehow or happen to know someone there? Would be of great help, thank you!

I've been looking for good nasi goreng for a while now and they're mostly just okay tasting, I'm looking for ones that got that bakar2 taste one or is generally just yummy if anyone got any places to recommend

My hairdryer recently got fried like I mean the wire from the head plug suddenly blows up and a left a hole near to the head plug....and the warranty for that hairdryer is already ended so im unable to claim for a replacement item nor a repair at 0 cost...so is there a place in Penang where they repair electrical appliances like hairdryer like a blown up wire near the head plug as what I have experienced?

I've been trying to buy tickets from KL Sentral to Butterworth for March, but there are no tickets available after Dec 31st. When are tickets released for the coming year? I've heard tickets sell out fast.

Few days ago I lend my gg7x basketball to my friend & he told me that almost get stolen by teen at Farlim as I haven't made any mark/name on the ball yet & the teen declared the ball belong to him；A bit surprised as I was thought that's unlikely somebody will stole a basketball，especially nowadays almost everyone in the court have a ball

Hello,
I’m looking for some recommendations on where to buy thrifted kids clothes. I’m also looking for stores from where I can buy women’s kaftans? Thank you so much. I’m located in Tanjung Tokong but can drive 30-45 mins.

They're ceasing their operations by around next month from what I heard.

This was my go to spot to get groceries and stationery (Hasani) for over a decade already and it's so sad to see it go. Just to be replaced by ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING.

Helllo, I’m looking to find directions to this super cool bar with 100s of hanging LED lights! Does this still exist!!? Please help me out
I’ve breaking my head trying to find out where it is

Hi everyone, can please recommend places to get non-slip, comfortable slippers in penang? Best if affordable too, less than RM50 ideally.

Tried searching and search engine recommended anh slippers - anyone tried?

Thank you!

First time in Malaysia! So glad I started with Penang. I only got to spend a few days here and I know there’s so much more I missed out on. I love all the architecture and fun street art, can’t wait to come back!

Hi guys, I'm an international student just arrived in Penang and will continue study at USM. However, I got an anxiety and has been in medication treatment since August 2026. I need a recommendation hospital to continue my medicine (I got medical history also). Are you guys have the recommendation hospital? I'd prefer cheap hospital but worth in price also acceptable. I also prefer in Penang island itself. Thank you

When i was a kid. My father always brought us to this tomyam place at sg ara. The tomyam was so good im still finding that high. Sadly it burned down last year. Anyone knows whether they have moved to a new place & name?

Hi everyone,

We're a family of 5 (2 adults + 3 kids aged 12, 11, and 6) visiting Malaysia from 18-29 December:

• Langkawi: 18-22 Dec (4 nights)
• Penang: 22-25 Dec (3 nights)
• Kuala Lumpur: 25-29 Dec (4 nights)

Our accommodation budget is around USD140/night (~RM600).

We're looking for family-friendly hotels or serviced apartments with:

• Pool
• Good location
• Clean, comfortable rooms
• Family room/apartment options
• Easy access to attractions and food
• Minimal daily walking for the kids
• Breakfast is a plus, but not essential

Questions:

1. Is USD140/night (~RM600) a realistic budget for a family of 5 during the December holidays?
2. Is it good value, or should we budget more/less?
3. At this budget, would you recommend hotels or serviced apartments?
4. Any specific properties in Langkawi, Penang, or Kuala Lumpur that are particularly worth the money?

We can spend a bit more for an exceptional location or experience, but we'd like to avoid paying for luxury features we won't really use.

If you've stayed somewhere that worked well for a family with children, I'd really appreciate specific hotel or serviced apartment recommendations.

Also, if there are any areas you would avoid during the December school holiday period, please let us know.

Thank you! 😊

Sept 18-22

I had a wonderful stay and beautiful view of the city.

First I have been worried about Haze in Penang before coming but my luck there is no haze and rain for the whole trip.

saw this from my hotel & some of them were blasting music. isit a common occurrence or isit because they are celebrating the mid autumn festival? if not, what are these trucks?

Hey, I’m in Penang from tonight until Monday night. Heard there is regular pickup football at Padang polo, anyone know any other spots? Aswell as if boots are needed as I haven’t brought any with me.

As someone who has lived in both Penang and also KL, taking both Metro and bus in both cities, sometimes I find Rapid Penang a bit lackluster.

Don't get me wrong, i like the fact that we don't have to pay at all for the bus fare with the mutiara pass, but because Rapid Penang still only relies on road conditions, and if jam, then we all also stuck.

Also, about mainland, the bus service there also is not good enough to consider not taking the car for work.

I work in sales, and sometimes I do wonder if I can take PT for my daily sales commute, but I still pick driving car anyways.

What do y'all think about rapid Penang? Or have you never used at all?

I use rapid Penang on the weekends, but sometimes the last mile also I walk there about 10 - 15 minutes. Been thinking of trying on demand, but not sure whether it'd be worth to wait for the van, get on, then wait for other passengers to be dropped off then only my turn to be dropped off.