Penang

Unlike the Chinatown Penang, with its South Pacific decor, the Harvard Square branch is done up in '80s "high-tech" with exposed steel and Lucite slabs for tables. No decorative scheme can stop the Malaysian food, especially the fried appetizers on the Penang Lobak, the curried roti telur appetizer, the "yam pots" made of fried taro, and the dreamy coconut pudding in a perfect shelled egg of coconut meat.

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Price range for entrées: $7 - $22.