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Instant Laksa!!
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I have a friend who is a big fan of laksa, so much that he will carry bags of laksa soup and noodles separately from Singapore to be shared and served in Hong Kong. Now there is a solution, cheap(er) without a sacrificing quality.
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Prima Taste series!!!
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Prima Taste instant laksa from Singapore packs some rare excellence you find in instant noodles and in my humble opinions beats restaurants in many sense. First, it just costs $20-ish, as compared to $50-ish from Singaporean restaurants in Hong Kong.
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Second, it is convenient, as you can take them anywhere you want.
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Third, it is clean and well-packaged.
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Instructions are simple and clear, everyone can cook a decent bowl of laksa easily.
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Shrimp paste
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It comes with a packet of rich-flavoured, generous portion of shrimp paste,
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Coconut powder
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and lots of coconut powder adding that tropical punch to it.
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Here you can see all the ingredients,
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but for me, what matters most is surely the taste and texture of the noodles.
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Boiling noodles in soup
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The cooking is as simple as adding 500ml of water to all the soup base and then throw in the noodles to cook for 7 minutes,
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Clams and shrimps added
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Then in the last minute, throw in your choice of meat or vegetables. I love bean products but unfortunately I couldn't find any on the day of cooking.
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Uniqueness in every bowl!
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Even leaving the noodles for 30 minutes after cooking, the noodles still remain as the most chewy and real laksa-like, which is quite remarkable as this is the kind of quality you might not even find in restaurants. And the soup! Oh!! The soup!!!! Tastes unbelievably original than anything I have tried! And it just tastes better as you add more ingredients in the process of cooking.
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On the other hand, there are several more choices from Prime Taste apart from Laksa, say this Chilli Crab La Mian,
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Chilli crab paste
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The cooking procedures are kind of similar to those of the laksa,
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except that this time round you don't cook noodles in soup, you add sauce after the noodles have been cooked.
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Slightly red noodles
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Maybe it was just me, but it seems that the noodles didn't turn out to be as colourful as that on the packet,
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Added beef beside it
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and for me, it wasn't spicy enough. But hey, my level of tolerance for spiciness is really high. My wife cannot stand even a little bit of this, so...
Overall, I still think the Laksa is the best bargain, and if you are a laksa fan, you have got to try this!
Resources:
Prime Taste Official Website.
www.primetaste.com