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Entree Price:
$$ — Moderately Priced

Hours:
Daily 11:30 a.m. till 1 a.m.

Insider Tip:
Don’t worry: The staff will steer the taste-bud timid away from more unusual dishes.

Meals Served:
Lunch
Dinner

Payment Type:
Cash Only

Features:
Group Friendly
Kid Friendly
Prix Fixe Menu
Smoke Free
Small Plates
Takeout

Alcohol Type:
Beer & Wine Only

Reservations Required:
Lunch Not Needed
Dinner Not Needed

Neighborhood:
Philadelphia County
Chinatown/Loft District

Also Featured in:
Best of Philly 2004 Malaysian

Penang

117 North 10th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Phone: 215-413-2531

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Fax: 215-413-2510

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The sheer number of choices beckons me back to Penang. Many dishes are unusually flavorful; some, like the Penang rojak (fruit salad with funky-smelling shrimp paste), taste very strange to non-Asians. It’s fun to watch the stretchy giant Indian pancakes called roti canai take shape in the open kitchen, or to share a heaping plateful of spicy fried squid with a sweet lacquer. The industrial-design dining room attracts groups of young Asians, who have adopted this restaurant as their own.

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Best of Philly 2004 Malaysian
With a menu of more than 100 appetizers and entrées drawn from several Southeast Asian cuisines, Penang is the place to be if ...

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