text: Visiting Penang for the first time this past weekend and I have to say this is probably one of the most authentic Malaysian cuisines I have tried in the West Coast I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and I have practically tried every MalaysianSingaporean restaurantscafes in the Bay Area This restaurant outclass all of these wannabes including the ultrapretencious and unreasonably expensive Straits CafennI normally go to Satay Malaysian Grille when I am in Vegasi thought their satay was really good until I tried Penang this trip I went they twice in a row this trip ordering their Hainanese Chicken rice excellent and chicken satay even better than Satay Malaysian Grille esp the satay sauce Also ordered the Cantonese Style Seafood Chow Fun which is quite good but frankly the one at Satay Malaysian Grille is a tad betternnOverall both Satay Malaysian Grille and Penang Malaysian are very very good far better than any of the socalled MalaysianSingaporean places in the Bay Area with the exception of Rasa located near the San Jose International Airport Penang Malaysian edges ahead in terms of authenticity and price point about cheaper than Satay Malaysian Sadly the business at Penang is nowhere close to its arch rival which is also on Spring Mountain Road probably due to the fact that it is a much further away from the strip hidden in a local Asian strip mall In my opinion dabest Malaysian restaurantcafe is still the Nyonya in NYs Chinatown That is a absolutely star rating