Malaysian Restaurants

The original Penang in Chinatown (1993), this large Malaysian restaurant on Elizabeth Street offers elaborate ethnic décor and a lengthy list of authentic dishes. Bamboo themes include a faux jungle “hut” façade on one wall. A large seating area at the innermost part of Penang may be given privacy for special functions by lowering bamboo curtains. The midday crowd includes business people as well as tourists. The ever-popular peanut sauce accompanies charcoal-grilled Penang satays of beef, chicken or tofu (stuffed with cucumber and bean sprouts). Malaysian fried rice is loaded with shrimp, egg, peas, onion, carrot and cucumber to make a meal in itself