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Penang Restaurant Review

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4897 Buford Hwy. (Chamblee-Tucker Rd.) Send to Phone
ChambleeGA 30341
770-220-0308 | Menu
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Generous portions and satisfying dishes from a small but efficient kitchen.

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Lunch & Dinner daily

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With a décor that suggests a countryside Malaysian home, Penang is named for one of the states of Malaysia. A goddess peers down from her roofline perch as if to bless the assembly during dinner. Penang’s extensive menu seems a challenge for the small kitchen, but the team consistently turns out terrific food. Graze on appetizers, such as minced shrimp wrapped in bacon and fried and the beef or chicken satay. Expect large main courses, such as the pork leg with mushrooms ringed with crisply cooked bright green broccoli. House specials we recommend include ayam rendang, a dish of chicken cooked with lemon grass, mild chili paste and coconut milk curry. Desserts make no bend toward the West, except for ice creams. Bo Bo Cha Cha offers chunks of yam and sweet potato in a sweet coconut milk with what looks like pearl tapioca swimming within. The beer list is short but offers some of the regional specialties, such as Singha from Thailand, and is far preferable to the wine list. Also located at 2491 George Busbee Pkwy., Kennesaw, 678-213-4848.

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