Nam Chun @ Lucky Garden, Bangsar - Perk YOUR Morning Up with a bowl of Sarawak Laksa

Here's something to tantalize that tastebuds, early on a Monday morning .....

By now, probably needs no introduction .... THAT famous Sarawak Laksa stall in Lucky Garden, anyone?

Watched it on TV. Read this from blogs aeons ago. And finally dragged myself over for a taste of ... well, possibly the closest one can get to the REAL thing.

Complimentary (compulsory's more like it) condiments of pungent sambal and lime

Swimming in that not-too-thick gravy, a bowl at RM5 won't puncture a hole in your pocket ...

Thicker vermicelli was used, and the portion was more than sufficient for breakfast. The broth was good, thick yet not overly rich, with strong hints of "santan" (coconut laksa), reminiscing of curry laksa. Yet it was not spicy at all, and even subtly sweet. Squeeze that half of lime, and the additional tangy flavour will pique that tastebuds of yours. The accompanying 3 medium-sized prawns, shredded chicken meat, and bean sprouts were the usual suspects, but paired perfectly.

Sadly they were not serving abacus seeds (suan pan zi) that morning. Not sure they serve them anymore though, as I did not bother to ask. And another funny thing was, the service was so prompt (she does hire 3-4 workers to assist her though), by the time I reached my seats, the guy was in fact tailing me throughout. =P

Dry Wantan Noodle with Char Siew (RM4)

The other stalls around were running at full steam as well, particularly a Char Kuey Teow stall named Steve's, a pork mee/fish head noodles stall, a chicken rice stall, and this wantan noodle stall. The stretch of glistening, caramelized and dark Char Siew (marinated BBQ pork) hanging on for dear life was sooooo tempting. And the plate of soy sauce+dark soy sauce tossed springy egg noodles, with generous serving of thinly-sliced Char Siew was a notch better than the average wantan mee.

Let's hope the business above doesn't involve hanky-panky... =P

More on KL food in later posts .... I'm out.

Location : Nam Chun @ 2-4, Lorong Ara Kiri, Lucky Garden, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

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Those who've tasted that fiery (not really ...) concoction sometime in the olden days :

masak-masak, wmw, BSG, Lyrical Lemongrass, Precious Pea, and Jason.