Sarawak Laksa
I think I blogged enough about the flood and rain situation here in Kuching. Apparently there have been no flood and it’s just raining now. Hopefully there would not be another flood, and if it does I’ll prolly blog about it here again later.
Yes, one of the hidden treasure of Sarawak, apart from Kolo Mee is Sarawak Laksa. What’s so special about Sarawak Laksa anyway? Honestly speaking, I have no idea. Probably because I grew up eating Laksa, and haven’t tried other places Laksa so I pretty much wouldn’t know 
I never really have been a fan of Laksa when I was young. This was most likely due to the fact that I never really like spicy food. Yeah I was young and I couldn’t take it. Never the less, the very first Laksa that I took was probably 20 years ago when Granny made laksa one fine more for breakfast. Despite the fact that I told her I didn’t like it, she just said that “It’s not spicy”. And true enough, it wasn’t and the taste was superb! That was when I got introduced to the world of Laksa and spiciness. Hehehe.
Anyway, what I learned from eating Laksa is that there are a few things that one should be picky about :-
1. It MUST contain prawns!
Just last week when Deluxe went and got us breakfast she decided we should have Laksa since we have been eating Kolo for the past few days. So apparently, when she got back and we were about to eat. To our surprise, there are NO PRAWNS in it. So that is one major thing you must remember. If there is NO PRAWNS in Laksa, it should not be called Laksa.
Pictures Stolen From Derbe
2. Make sure the prawns are CLEAN!
Several years ago, I recalled when I had a bowl of Laksa, I never did realize if the prawn was clean or not. How to determine? From the picture above you can notice how it has been split open from the head to all the way to the back. If you see your prawn has a black stuff on it, then probably you might need to take it out yourself. Anyway, what happened was that after a few hours suddenly I had large spots and patches all over my body. Apparently I caught the hives, and yes it was itchy and it wasn’t a good sight to see. I head over to Deluxe’s place and took some medication and it was good the next day. So do be careful!
Yeah, basically those are the 2 things I normally look out for when eating Laksa. Yes, it taste good. Don’t believe me, go ahead and try it. Hehehe.. You guys have a nice day. Time to get back to work
For more information on Laksa, it’s actually on Wikipedia o.0
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