Muthu Banana Leaf Restaurant — George Town, Penang

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A George Town culinary institution for over 80 years — Muthu Banana Leaf Restaurant at Acheen Street (Lebuh Acheh) is an unassuming yellow-walled shophouse with no signage that serves some of the finest traditional South Indian banana leaf rice in Penang. The Chettinad-influenced meal centres on parboiled rice spread on fresh banana leaf, surrounded by a vivid array of spiced curries, crispy papadom, crunchy raita, braised vegetables, and your choice of mutton, chicken, or fish curry on the side. Modest, humble, and entirely focused on flavour. Open daily approximately 11am–2:30pm. A pilgrimage stop for South Indian food lovers in the heritage quarter of George Town. Reviews mention banana leaf rice set, crab curry, mutton curry and chicken varuval.