Georgetown, Penang, once a British Settlement, was listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site as the historic city in the Straits of Malacca in the year 2008. It has attracted many migrants from all over the globe for more than 200 years, hence it is a melting pot of Asia where vast multi-ethnic groups have lived; it also has a very mixed culture, architecture, religions and food.
Georgetown was founded in 1786 by the British, since it has attracted merchants and immigrants from all over the world, hence you can expect to see the places of worships of major religions built next to each other and the people lived in perfect harmony. It is also a place where you can call True Asia as it is so diverse with so many races and have very mixed cultures. No doubt Georgetown has won in many occasions years after years to be the best food destination in the world.
Georgetown has a lot of history and stories waiting to be told; visiting Georgetown is just like entering a time tunnel where the east meets the west back 200 years ago, from the old British buildings, to the southern Chinese shop houses, mixed architecture and the deco art design building that one may mistake it for Shanghai and the various different types of places of worships that share the same street.
So let me bring you through this time tunnel and introduce to you the food where the East, West, North, South meet at the junction of the world. There is no other place in the world like Penang.