Markets, mamak rooms and the Cenang strip

Eating well here is less about one famous restaurant and more about rhythm. Night markets hop between towns on a schedule—miss tonight’s and you are driving tomorrow. Indian vegetarian shops have fed the island for years. Behind Cenang you get cheap plates and honest satay smoke; inside resorts you pay for air-con calm. Keep small notes in your pocket; stalls rarely run on card alone, and hours still drift around holidays.

Below we spell out what to order first at pasar malam, where plant-based eaters can relax, how west-coast bases line up for dinner walks, and what duty-free shopping actually means before you fill a bag with chocolate. Deeper posts link out to live maps when pins beat prose.

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