For tourists who travel to Penang, hawker food stalls in the city offer a different kind of experience. Most of the hawker stalls serve a number of dishes from Malay, Indonesian, Thai to Chinese under one roof adding variety to a visitors palette.

Food is not expensive at these stalls, when compared to the restaurants and bars. Some of the dishes these stalls serve are noticeably spicy whereas others are average enabling visitors to taste the wide difference in Malay food.
 
Though the hawkers serve a variety of dishes, some of the favorites among the customers are the Char koay teow, Tom yam maggi mee, satay, popiah, bbq chicken wings and fried oysters. At the same time, it’s important to remember that some of the stalls have rules in ordering food, as to the minimum number of pieces that need to be ordered from one type of food.

The well-known streets that can be listed as hawker havens are the Gurney Drive, Tapak Selera, Island Glades, New Lane Roadside and Swatow Lane. Out of these stalls, the Gurney Drive stalls which are close by to the Sunrise Tower serves halal and non – halal food.

While enjoying the hawker food along the streets of Penang, a guest at the Copthorne Orchid Hotel Penang would be overjoyed with the tastes of a variety of delicious dishes including the ones served at the Hu Ji Chinese Restaurant.