What is Laksa?
Laksa is a local delight that is basically noodles in a yummy spicy soup base!
Went down to the post office today to collect a loot package for my brother, and to post drawings to comrades who offered their adoption services.
Decided to grab an early lunch on the way back home.
So what exactly is Laksa.
Laksa, pronounced as “LARK-SAR”, is like noodle with soup. But instead of the traditional yellow noodles or the thick white ramen noodles that you usually see, Laksa is normally served with beehoon or “mee fen”. They are basically white noodles, but much much thinner.
The mess which you see above is the Laksa without the soup. It’s pretty messy but you can see an egg, beansprouts, crabsticks and taupok inside. The green thing everywhere is a spice that has a very fragrant smell and taste to it. I don’t know the name for that unfortunately. Any local/MY readers know?
Soup base poured in. I did not want to put all the soup in because I wanted to keep some to make more later ^^
Crab stick for Kagami!
This weird looking thing is called taupok. It’s like a sponge, soaks up the essence of the soup and when you take a bite off it, the soup flows out of it into your mouth. Extraordinary sensation indeed.
This is my most favourite part. Called hum in local dialect. It is actually sea cockles. Yummy yummy, but some people don’t like it because of it’s strong raw taste. I love it.
And of course, what’s lunch without anime?
Have you tried Laksa before? I used to avoid because I did not like spicy food, but later on I tried some and instantly fell in love with it. Based on my experience, different places have different ways and methods of preparing this dish, and because of that, it tastes differently at different places.
This store near my place at Yishun sells great laksa and I usually get it when I go to the nearby post office to collect/post things!
< ![CDATA[errr... i dont like laksa because of the overdose of coconut milk. but i love asam laksa and curry a lot.]]>
< ![CDATA[Ah man, laksa is the best when it is spicy! I remember tasting it when my aunt came over from Sarawak and cooked it for us. Instantly, I fell in love with it. Tastes much better than curry mee/mee-hoon though... ^^
That green thing? Hmm, I'm not really sure what that is. Never seen it before though... Maybe someone else here can enlighten us?
p/s: Will be waiting for your drawing to arrive! ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[green thing is called 香茅。 or lemon grass.]]>
< ![CDATA[I love all curry and anything spicy! :p
Only thing is I can't take too much asam laksa. Especially if it's too sour. Stomach will throw a hissy fit and feels like Optimus shagging Megatron in my tummy.]]>
< ![CDATA[So little gravy the Laksa... :P]]>
< ![CDATA[me love hot and spicy food~ <]]>
< ![CDATA[I dun like laksa. I've lived for 18 years, and I ate laksa only once! XD
But I love curry!! >.<]]>
< ![CDATA[I'm fine with laksa but am not a big fan. probably becos of coconut milk ^^; kind of get sick easily with food that contains a lot of coconut milk. But I still can get cravings for it =P
But I love curry too! Love it sweet or spicy or sour as long as it has the fragrance!]]>
< ![CDATA[Hmm, personally, I'm more an asam laksa man myself]]>
< ![CDATA[Never tried or heard of laksa before, but it seems to be yummy. Not so sure about those sea cockles though... =/]]>
< ![CDATA[:[ Miss Singapore food !!]]>
< ![CDATA[Laksa, best to eat when its soup boiling hot! :D love mine with mee kuning (yellow noodle) and WITHOUT taugeh~* (bean sprout) ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[What is asam laksa?
The coconut milk makes your stomach go funny funny? XD]]>
< ![CDATA[REALLY?!
Looks and smells so different diced up!]]>
< ![CDATA[LOL, the post office lady was fumbling to find the suitable size for your envelope XD]]>
< ![CDATA[Optimus shagging Megatron...
My imagination is running wild now XD]]>
< ![CDATA[Other half reserved for 2nd round ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[The sweet kind or the spicy kind?
On another note, I love mutton curry with prata]]>
< ![CDATA[Hmm.. Seems like I missed this.
Asam laksa has those erm... "plasticky" noodles (I'm at a loss of words for that). Similar to "lou she fun". And it's soup is the type where they use to cook asam fish; Clear, sour and spicy.
And with this post, I realize that I suck at describing food. Lol!]]>
< ![CDATA[Pictures provide the best explanation!
Next time you go makan take pix! ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[Ah smart! You order the gravy separately so you can eat later after the photo session. That make sense.]]>
< ![CDATA[Lemon grass spam is my favourite ~
Salivating typing that!]]>
< ![CDATA[Yup!
Not a fan of soaked noodles when you 打包!]]>
< ![CDATA[Must try asam laksa one of these days. Or maybe I've tried it before, but failed to remember the name.
Btw since you don't have twitter to follow, here's a picture that might make you wet your pants
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodomut/3704435344/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodomut/3704489636/>
< ![CDATA[Used to be afraid of the sea cockles too, but after trying a few, I grew to like it. It's an acquired taste thing ^^ ]]>
< ![CDATA[Haha, I read it as "Miss Singapore, food"
But yeah, sure would miss it if I was overseas !]]>
< ![CDATA[Why not?! Tau Geh is awesome! ^^ ]]>