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上星期有兩天是到有錢太太的辦公室工作，他的辦公室就在The Grove旁邊，這天中午，我就走路到Farmer's Market吃午餐，逛了一圈以後，決定試試這家新加坡口味的Banana Leaf。
小小的攤子，餐點的種類選擇有12種，看起來大多是咖哩口味的東西，其實這天天氣超熱的，但是不知道爲什麼我很想來碗湯麵。
叻沙 Laksa (US$8.50)
從來沒有吃過叻沙laksa，也不知道是什麼，看菜單上的圖片，感覺很像是咖哩湯麵，就點來試試看吧！服務生問我要多辣，我說Spicy，等了一陣子以後，熱騰騰的一碗麵就上桌了，這不知道是什麼麵，是粗粗白白有點脆脆的，感覺很像我們台灣的米粉湯那種麵，但是再更粗更長，湯根本一點都不辣，就是很濃的椰汁加上咖哩味，非常非常好喝，料則是有豆芽、豆腐，還有超好吃的魚丸還是蝦丸不確定，但就是非常好吃，另外一旁還有送上幾片蝦餠，我喜歡沾上點咖哩湯一起吃，這天天氣雖然熱，我吃到滿身大汗，但是還是把整碗都吃光光，因為真的好好吃啊！
Farmers Market裡面的好東西真是不少，下次再來試試這家的印尼炒麵，看起來也很不錯呢！
Laksa is 叻沙
ReplyDeleteWhat you had was probably curry laksa, cooked in coconut curry soup. Unfortunately they probably gave you watered down soup base. There used to be a very good place in Rowland Heights by HK Supermarket that served this dish, but they're gone now. :( You can see some pics of non-watered down versions here:
http://klmakan.blogspot.com/search/label/curry%20mee
This type is noodle is not as popular in East Asia, but very popular in SE Asia. If you go to food courts in Singapore or Malaysia, there's almost always someone selling laksa noodles.
TO: Jerry
These pictures look SPICY!
The noodle I had was exactly like these in the pictures...
thick white slippery noodle.
The soup was spicy and tasty.
If I ever get a chance to visit SE Asia,
definately will try more.
Hi Eileen,
ReplyDeleteA cheap way to visit SE Asia, is to combine it with a trip back http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com to TW. Most flights going to Singapore will have a stop-over in Taipei, so you can just pay a little more for a longer "stop over".
If you take Singapore airlines, they have "Singapore Stopover Holiday" deals where you can get good prices on hotels and tour packages. They even have a "SIA Hop-on bus" to tour the island:
http://www.singaporeair.com/
They have 31 hotels in the Singapore Airline special to choose from with very good prices. If you don't want to take SA or use this package, I could recommend either budget hotel (i.e. Alison) stay near Bugis, or something more expensive by Orchid road. Like Taipei you can take the MRT around town. I don't recommend the roach motels in Geylang.
Singapore has a large selection of food choices from Southern Chinese (Hakka, Hokkien), Malaysian, Indian, Western, and fusion dishes (sticky rice w/palm sugar?). Depending on your stomach's strength, you can start "safe" with any Kopitam food court in malls, then to various Hawker centers & Pasar malam (night market), then to stuff like Burger Ramly from illegal street stalls:
http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2005/08/ramly-burger.html
For breakfast, just look for street coffee shops and get kaya toast with tea or coffee. I'm not a Singapore native so knowledge is a bit skim, if you post a request for info I'm sure you'll get much more info from visitors.
If you visit Malaysia, for first time visitors I could suggest staying at Mid Valley Cititel in KL. It's attached to a big mall w/Jusco and near light rail station. You can easily get everything you need from the mall and just go tour the city. Like Singapore the food places in the mall is "safe" for most stomachs, but you get the best deals and best tasting food from street vendors with questionable sanitation. :)
The Chinatown area in SG is nice, but don't go to Chinatown in KL Malaysia. Violent crime is very, very rare but there are cheats and frauds. If street fortune tellers or anyone hit you up for $, just tell them that you're broke and walk away. In Malaysia remember that it's a Muslim country so try to respect local customs. If you have any questions feel free to ask or drop me an e-mail.
TO: Jerry
Thanks for the info.
O my god....I miss Laksa so so so much since i got here...i went to eat once in Alhambra the one on main st it is sucks....hopefully this is good as the one i ate in Singapore...ThankX lotz for the info..:-)
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