Must Try Food Surrounding Fort Cornwallis, Esplanade Penang

This plain and modest food court offers some of best kept local delicacies. Meals here would cost a fraction of price of restaurants or cafes in Penang, yet you shall leave here with a satisfied stomach. Some of the must tried here including Pasembur (Malay Salad) - pick your favourite ingredients to be complemented with the rich peanut sauce, clams and balitung (conical snails) from Hung Makanan Laut Stall (call 016-4868128 to book an hour before to reduce waiting time) and fresh cockles. 

Even some of Penangites are having no clue on how to consume balitung (conical snails), the trick is:

1) Suck the conical snails from the conical tip (smaller hole) using cheeks and tongue to create the pressure

2) Turn the snail and suck on the other end (bigger hole) for the flesh.

3) Remove the "contact lense" alike shell from your mouth

Located right beside Fort Cornwallis, The Esplanade Park Food Court features one of the heavyweight that almost all Penangites recognize - Mee Sotong Hameed Pata. Established since 1978, the crowds that are going after the delicious mamak fried noodles have never fade. The noodles are clad with red-blood chili & tomato sauce and topped with a tangle of spicy cuttlefish. You could zest up the noodles with a squeeze of lime provided to yield a paragon of taste. 

Feeling too spicy over the noodles? Order the coconut shake to soothe your taste buds. There are many other local foods available in the food court as well, such as nasi lemak, Hainanese style food and etc. 

A few cafes definitely stood up among hundreds of cafes in Penang, and one of them is Constant Gardener Coffee tucked within Chinese Chambers of Commerce Building at Light Street. They are renowned for serving topnotch quality coffee and chocolate at moderate price. Tediousness is the key to success for brewing a cup of excellent of coffee over here, as multiple factors such as water filtration, weight of coffee beans, temperatures are well calibrated to ensure guests would enjoy a great up of coffee. 

The Salted Caramel ice cream is one of the best that we have tried thus far too.