Coconut Shake @ Padang Kota Lama, Georgetown

Price Range : Budget 

Cuisine : Indian (drinks and snacks) 

Recommended For : Pit-stop while touring Penang 

Catphobia-friendly? : NO! 

This is about the best thing you can get on a balmy day in Penang! The coconut shake (RM2.50) is especially phenomenal when you’ve spent the afternoon trudging under the blazing sun from one attraction to another.

Such a simple recipe, but a brilliant one nonetheless: ice-cold coconut water with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. What a treat for parched throats! 

If you’ve gotten a little hungry from all that sightseeing, the stall next to the coconut shake sells a mean plate of Mee Sotong (RM4)!

Padang Kota Lama Food Court 

(the food court directly facing the Fort Cornwallis entrance)

10200 Georgetown

Penang 

Opening Hours:

 12 p.m. - 8 p.m., Monday to Saturday

Closed on Sundays (but open on public holidays)

GPS:

5.420547, 100.343167

Parking:

There’s ample parking bays on Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah (the one right by the sea). Make sure you put enough coins in the parking meter though! Getting saman-ed for not doing that is quite the popular here (we learned that the hard way, unfortunately).