Quote Originally Posted by tkicks View Post
1. About 1 km north of city centre there is an Indian restaurant that stays open til about 2 am. Across the street is usually 5 or so street hookers....sorry I don't know street name

2. As in any other place in the world....just ask taxi driver 100% they will know where are the good parlours bars shops etc
I just realised this post, and all I can say is in Penang, "Indian" restaurants consists of almost 80% of restaurants in the whole state of Penang. Usually it's broken down into two types - banana leaf style Tamil cuisine (may or may not be Halal) and Halal mamak restaurants (mamak is a general term for Indian Muslims). Mamak restaurants are abundant in Penang as many Malays from the island would have some South Indian ancestry. Most mamaks open 24/7. If you're saying "an Indian restaurant" then it would be confusing as these mamaks are like mushrooms - many are very competitive and open side by side.

As for Malaysian taxi drivers, you might get lectured rather than shown the right place because they're mostly Muslim. Official taxis are red and white Proton cars. If you really want to ask the opinion of a "taxi driver" then hail a Grab car and if the driver is Malaysian Chinese he might point you to the right place.