Gurney Drive Hawker Centre, Penang

The most famous hawker centre in Malaysia, Gurney Drive's waterfront complex is the first stop for any serious food traveller arriving in Penang — a place where char kway teow, prawn mee, chendol, and rojak are served from stalls that have been operating at the same location for 40 years, by families for whom these recipes are a form of inherited intellectual property.