The blog is a listing of my personal favorite places or stalls to eat. It is not a listing of the "best" place as each one of us has our own individual preferences.
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1) Sungei Road Laksa 结霜橋叻沙
Top 33 Kopitiam
Block 27 Jalan Berseh #01-100
Opening Hours: 9am - 6pm
Closed on 1st and 3rd Wed of the month
This stall is my ultimate favorite with Katong Laksa coming a close second.
I had selected this stall because:
a) It looks great and it taste great
b) Out of sentimental reason because I used to lived along Sungei Road area when I was a wee small boy who wakes up early in the morning just to go and watch men load ice onto their trucks at the old ice factory.
Many people had blogged about this stall. As someone had posted on another blog, for this stall, one bowl at S$2 is never enough and usually need to order 2 bowls. My mom kept telling me the story that in the old days, people used to shout out order “laksa shua” that means “one additional bowl”. S$4 for 2 bowls and I still think it is worth it
The laksa gravy is kept warm over a charcoal fire and this I believe add flavor to the gravy. Rumor has it that they used to add grounded up dried earthworm into the gravy to add flavor but this had never been substantiated but they do use shrimp paste in the gravy. The chili paste is also home made and I always ask for more chili.
Queue factor:
2) 363 Katong Laksa
Holland Village
29B Lorong Liput
Not much to write here as Katong Laksa had gone down the franchise road and there are large numbers places that you can go to enjoy their bowl of laksa. Anyway I don’t even know if this stall is a genuine franchise or a stall that uses the “Katong” brand.
Anyway, people still say the original stall at Katong is the best but if my memory serve me well and if this stall is indeed a franchise, then I had watched a TV production long time ago that depicts the laksa gravy leaving one central kitchen. In other word, same same…
Well, regardless, I used to patronise the franchise along Lorong Liput (Holland Village) from my hail days and would order the large bowl and load it with heaps of chili paste to give it the extra kick, tug in and then head to one of several watering holes to down a pint of beer.
However, for the price they are charging, I would rather head to Jalan Berseh unless I am in Holland Village anyway or if it is passed 6pm and Sungei Road Laksa is closed but try getting a parking lot at those hours and it became a deterrent.
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