itinerary Perai lunch crawl: 4 stops on foot
4 stops · 0.8km on foot
Chai Leng Park in Perai packs a lot of lunch into a few streets. This walk covers claypot rice, yam rice, a ban chang kuih cart and Hainanese chicken rice, all within 751m end to end, so you can eat your way round without needing the car between stops.
1 11:30 to 20:30 · shut Tuesday
Photo: Alan Tan via Google Maps Lekker claypot house opens its doors at 11:30, which is why the walk starts here. Most tables get the claypot chicken rice with Chinese sausage, dark soy and egg. If you're sharing, the kitchen also does claypot fish head curry and claypot vinegar pork.
2 10:00 to 14:30 · 314m from the last stop · shut Wednesday, Thursday
Photo: Chiefeater via Google Maps Chip Heng Coffee Shop Yam Rice does lunch trade only and wraps up at 14:30, so don't linger over the claypot. The rice comes studded with real taro, and the usual pairing is the sour pork-ball soup with spare parts. Plenty of people come over from the island just for this.
3 07:00 to 14:00 · 200m from the last stop · shut Monday
Photo: Chiefeater via Google Maps Restoran Yang Way Ban Chang Kuih is a cart parked outside the kopitiam, making ban chang kuih here for some 26 years. Over ten fillings sit on the board, and locals go for meat floss with cheese. It packs up at 14:00, before the yam rice does, so swap the two if you're running late.
4 08:30 to 15:00 · 237m from the last stop · shut Sunday
Four generations of one family have run 1222 Hainan Chicken Rice, and they still cook the grandmother's original recipe in a clean, organised shop. It stays open until 15:00, later than the other three, so it can safely take the end of the walk.