New Lane Hawker Centre, Penang

A narrow lane in George Town that comes alive every evening with some of Penang's most celebrated hawker stalls — the oyster omelette, the loh bak five-spice pork rolls, and the deeply smoky char kway teow here consistently rank among the best single-dish renditions in Malaysia, served from stalls so modest that first-time visitors walk past them twice before locating the correct spot.