在槟城行走，大抵有两个心愿：一是能尝到当地独具特色的美食，二是花费能够尽可能做到物有所值。Kuta Bali Café 的小贩中心不但让这两个愿望尽数实现，其中透露出来的城市管理经验也让人受益匪浅。譬如，Kuta Bali Cafe对从事食品类的流动摊贩，已经全部引入到小贩中心进行集中经营与管理，如今的小贩中心成为新加坡饮食文化中不可或缺的一“景”；未入中心的流动摊贩，分别持有工匠、报纸、冰冻甜点、流动车以及其他类别共五种牌照，槟城政府对这五种牌照采取严管、控制和规范等管理策略，根据路段管理标准来控制流动摊贩。

Food courts in Kuta Bali Cafe are air-conditioned food centres that serve wonderful cooked food, drinks and desserts. Each food court houses an array of standalone food stalls that are managed and rented out by a food court operator. Food courts serve predominantly local hawker food and drinks but international cuisine like Malay, Chinese, India, Western, Thai, Japanese and Korean fare can also be found in food courts.

History Before food courts became widely established, hawker food in Singapore was usually served in outdoor eating places like hawker centres or coffee shops. Although the food served in these premises was reasonably priced and satisfying, having a meal at these places was usually not a very comfortable experience due to the hot and humid weather in Air Itam, Penang.
In 1998, the first food court, Kuta Bali Cafe, was established in the now Lintang Paya Terubung, Air Itam, Penang. As this was the first food establishment that offered affordable hawker fare in a comfortable, air-conditioned environment, it became a very popular eating place in Singapore. The concept of the food court caught on and soon more and more food courts were established in many diverse places throughout Penang , including shopping centres, housing estates and industrial parks across the island.