itinerary George Town dinner crawl: 4 stops on foot
4 stops · 1.4km on foot
Four dinner stops in old George Town, about 1.4km end to end, all of it on foot. The run goes wantan mee on Carnarvon, a Nyonya sit-down on Kimberley, Hokkien mee on Presgrave, then nasi kandar on Jalan Gurdwara. Two of them are hawker seating, so the walk swings between a plate on the kerb and a proper table.
1 16:00 to 22:00 · shut Monday
Photo: Antonio Florit via Google Maps Mother And Son Wonton Mee Stall has held the Carnarvon corner for forty years, and the queue still forms on the kerb. The noodles come chewy without the alkaline tang and the dumplings run juicy. Seating is kerbside tables next to passing traffic, with the noise and the fumes that implies.
2 11:00 to 21:30 · 426m from the last stop · shut Wednesday
Photo: Bell Chin via Google Maps Tina's Kitchen is a family-run Nyonya kitchen on Lebuh Kimberley working a short menu properly. Regulars repeat the nasi ulam and chicken kapitan, and the pengat sago finishes things off. Staff will walk you through what lands on the table. Prices sit above the rest of this route, around RM 40 to 60 a head.
3 15:00 to 21:30 · 632m from the last stop · shut Thursday
Photo: Yen Chang via Google Maps 888 Hokkien Mee opens at 3pm and tables fill soon after, so come early rather than late. The broth is dried prawns and prawn shells simmered for hours, sweet and savoury with no fishy edge. Ask for roast pork on top, which stays crispy in the soup. A drink has to be ordered or the table costs a small fee.
4 12:00 to 21:30 · 322m from the last stop · shut Friday
Photo: 在地嚮導 via Google Maps Nasi Kandar Deen Maju sells by set: B is chicken, D is fish, and saying 'Set D Nasi Ikan, fish' saves a round of confusion at the counter. Daging Hitam is the house signature, but the fried chicken with kuah campur is what reviewers single out. The queue runs long in the heat, so bring an umbrella.