Penang is an island off the northwest coast of Malaysia that is known for its culturally diverse cuisine blending Indian, Chinese, Malay and Thai influences. It has earned a reputation as the "food capital of Malaysia" for its famous street foods like laksa and hokkien mee. Cooking schools in Penang offer classes teaching visitors how to cook local dishes. The largest Hindu temple in Malaysia, Arulmigu Karumariamman Temple, is located in Penang and features the tallest temple tower in the country.

4. INTRODUCTION
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the
name of its constituent island, located
on the northwest coast of Peninsular
Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It
is bordered by Kedah in the north and
east, and Perak in the south.

5. PENANG LOGO

6.  Penang is a state in Malaysia and the
name of its constituent island, located
on the northwest coast of Peninsular
Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is
bordered by Kedah in the north and
east, and Perak in the south.

7. SPECIAL
ABOUT
PENANG

8. Penang is an island off the northwest coast of Malaysia, and is known
for its culturally diverse cuisine. Borrowing ingredients and techniques
from Indian, Chinese, Malay and Thai food, Penang’s cuisine has
earned the island the title “the food capital of Malaysia,” and Time
Magazine named it as having the best street food in the world in 2004.
If you’re headed to Malaysia and want to learn the art of cooking the
local dishes in Penang, several organizations offer cooking classes that
will have you whipping up your own laksa and hokkien mee in no time
Cooking
Schools
in
Penang

11. Arulmigu Karumariamman Temple is a South Indian Hindu
temple set beside the Penang Bird Park. Built in 1997, it is
noteworthy because it has the largest and tallest (72ft)
rajagopuram (main sculpture tower) in Malaysia. The RM2.3
million temple is dedicated to the Hindu deity Arulmigu
Karumariamman
Located in Seberang Jaya, the entrance to the
rajagopuram, at 21ft-tall and 11ft-wide, is also the largest
in the country. Arulmigu Karumariamman Temple started
out as a temple for estate workers living in the Paduma
Estate in Perai, until the area was turned into a township
in the 1970s. At the urging of residents the State
Government gave the go-ahead to build a new temple
and work began in 1996.

13.  A boutique hotel that’s
one of Penang’s best-
known attractions, the
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
is an ornate edifice built in
the traditional Hakka –
Teochew style. Located at
14 Leith Street, the
structure was erected in
the 1880s when Hakka
merchant, Cheong Fatt
Tze commissioned its
construction