Wonderfood Museum

Very cool to learn the history of Malaysian food. The price is affordable. You should allocate about 1 hour here if you want to read everything, otherwise you can see everything in 20 minutes or so. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable, they can give you restaurant recommendations as well. Some interesting artworks as well. They have props you can take funny photos with. No need to buy tickets online or in advanced just buy at the counter and enter straight away. Overall a must visit for foodies.

Wonder Food Museum at Penang George Town is a fascinating and fun place to explore, especially for food lovers. This unique museum showcases Malaysia’s rich culinary heritage through incredibly realistic food replicas of beloved local dishes. More than just visual displays, the exhibits delve into the cultural stories and historical significance behind each dish, making it both educational and entertaining. The museum is well-organized, and the attention to detail in every display is truly impressive. Perfect for families, tourists, and anyone curious about food culture, this interactive experience is definitely worth a visit!

This was an interesting museum. I forgot what the admission cost was but it wasn’t much. I think it was between $4-7 USD. When we went it was mostly us and a couple girls. We basically had the whole place to ourselves. The museum is helpful if you’re new to Malaysian food and don’t know where to start. There are plenty of photo ops and there is even a photographer that will help you take pictures. He will take pictures of you with his camera as well as with your phone. He’ll show you the pictures he took at the end. The cost is very cheap. We spent exactly an hour there and we took a good amount of pictures too. The employees were very nice and helpful.

Such a fun place with lots of great opportunities for photos. We took our kids 5 and 2, they loved to see and explore. The oversized food props were the most fun. Loved the candy room and giant bowls of soup. Staff are friendly. A cool thing to do while in Penang.

Wonderfood Museum in Penang is such a fun and interactive experience! It’s a celebration of Malaysia’s diverse food culture, brought to life through incredibly realistic and oversized food replicas. The exhibits are colorful, quirky, and perfect for photos — definitely an Instagram-worthy spot! What I loved most was how it combines fun with education. Each section tells the story behind Malaysia’s famous dishes, from street food to traditional feasts. It’s a great way to learn more about local culture in an entertaining way. One minor minus is for the staffs. They seem not really care about protecting the exhibitions as they did not give any warnings when the kids tried to climb on them or touch things that they shouldnt have to. And the museum sometimes get super noisy 😭

Love the idea there. Good for browse around and take some nice photos of food and models. Quite fun but you may visit there once only. Worth a visit if you are tourist and have spare time.

Here's a corrected and more natural version of your paragraph: The Wonder Food Museum is located in the street art area of Armenian Street. Here, you can see many miniatures of local Malaysian food, as well as traditional dishes from ethnic groups living in Penang, such as the Chinese and Indian communities. There are many fun photo spots, and you can also read about the history of various foods. However, I think the entrance ticket is quite expensive — it costs RM30 for adults and RM20 for children. There are photographers inside the museum who will take your photos, and you can purchase them at the end of the tour. The printed photos are sold for RM25 (you only pict 3 photos). Let me know if you'd like it to be more casual or more promotional in tone!

This museum showcases wonderful local cuisine. If you're unsure what to try, there are plenty of recommendations available. The displays offer helpful suggestions for visitors. You'll find a variety of dishes to explore. It's a great place to discover new culinary delights.

This was an interesting museum. I forgot what the admission cost was but it wasn't much. I think it was between $4-7 USD. When we went it was mostly us and a couple girls. We basically had the whole place to ourselves. The museum is helpful if you're new to Malaysian food and don't know where to start. There are plenty of photo ops and there is even a photographer that will help you take pictures. He will take pictures of you with his camera as well as with your phone. He'll show you the pictures he took at the end. The cost is very cheap. We spent exactly an hour there and we took a good amount of pictures too. The employees were very nice and helpful.

This was an amusing stop when we were traipsing through George Town. Actually we were avoiding a sudden cloudburst, and this was an ideal way to shield ourselves from the rain for an hour. It's a celebration of Malaysian cuisine in all its delicious complexity. The museum's owner Sean Lao, a specialist in Japanese plastic food replication techniques, recreated Malaysian food specialties and feasts on a mammoth scale on the ground floor. On the second floor are more human-scale educational exhibits as well as a broader look at fruits, vegetables, and snacks local residents eat. There's even an acknowledgment of food around the world like Nathan's annual hot dog contest. The museum looks to be popular with local schoolchildren on field trips and adolescents of all ages looking for Instagram opportunities. Admission is a reasonable RM 30 (about $6.75). And look, the rain stopped. RELATED - Interested in Malaysia? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/3XtfnFc

If you don't know much about Malaysian food, coming here can be educational & 'fun' (plastic food, larger than life models, posing with things). However there's a lot of misleading exceptionalism claiming things to be unique to Malaysia when they aren't. There's also a lot of moralizing about health as well as food & fake news about shark's fin.

This was super fun - it doesn't cost much to get in and the place is fairly small. But you do learn a lot about the history and culture of Malaysian food - definitely worth checking out if you are in between sightseeing or just want to cooldown a bit from the heat.

If you love food, particularly Malaysian food, and love those sets for pictures, this will be the place for you. Similar to those ice cream museums, or candyland, this museum features food from Malaysia, and they "supersize " them. It is definitely quite fun for kids and your inner kid. If you are Malaysian residents with an IC card you get some kind of discount upon entrance, but if you are just like regular tourist like me, you pay full price. And kids under 4 goes there for free. Educational level, you indeed will learn something about the Malaysian food, since it is a culture that combine of Malay, Indian and Chinese cuisine. There are quite some influence of each other. And they have big illustrations showing you the names of different dishes. So in that sense , you do learn something out of it other than it is completely just for picture opts. And they also show a bit on how people make these fake food. In the artistic standpoint, they did a good job make giant fake food look very real and fun. The only thing I had to complain about is their lighting. The low yellow directional light that point to your face made it a bit difficult to get good pictures out of it. It made your face over exposed when the rest of the food look nice and even. I did wish they would have made the lighting of the room more evenly, so people can take better pictures with these food sets. Last of all, I do like their finally message of the museum- dont waste food!

This was a really nice experience! I came here with a friend and we spent about two hours just walking through all the exhibits and photo ops, and it was a very enjoyable time. The tickets are not very expensive for a museum, and there is a lot of staff inside the museum; they would explain some of the cultural food choices, as well as take pictures for you in front of their various food exhibits. Look online for more pictures of the kinds of things they have inside; my favorites were the giant food exhibits, as well as the Mona Lisa reimagined with food.