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Tau Sah Pneah Stalls in Penang


Tau Sah Pneah (5 July 2008)


Penang Tau Sah Pneah, is a famous Penang delicacy. It is a green bean fluffy-crust pastry that has become a popular take-home souvenir for visitors here. The tau sah pneah is also an ideal gift brought by Penang people whenever they visit friends in other states.

The ingredients of Tau Sah Pneah include wheat flour, sugar, green bean paste, fried onions, lard and salt. The pastry come in two different sizes - the small ones measuring 3.5 cm in diameter and packed into boxes of 16 or 32 pieces per box; and the big ones measuring approximately 6 cm in diameter and packed in rolls with rice paper.


The most famous manufacturers of Tau Sah Pneah in Penang are Ghee Hiang and Him Heang. Here are the addresses, if you should to order some:

Ghee Hiang
216 Macalister Road, 10400 Penang
Tel: 04 227 2222
Web: www.ghee-hiang.com

Him Heang
162A Burmah Road, 10050 Penang
Tel: 04 228 6129

Him Heang (19 March 2009)



Him Heang (19 March 2009)


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