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Siam Laksa and kueh Melayu

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I am drooling as I was uploading this photo to Flickr. I wish I can have a bowl of this sourish with a tinge of lemak (milky taste from coconut milk) laksa.

Notice that it is served very much different from Penang laksa and a bit similar to Kedah? The distinct difference is there is no sticky, black prawn paste. In place, there is hard boiled egg and kasturi lime. A big bowl which 3 of us shared cost RM5.

We get this laksa from the Tapah R&R (North to South side) from a new cafe with aircond called Shahala Coffee. This place has blended drinks and brewed coffee too.

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They also serve Malay kuehs in these small plastic containers. I ordered the koleh kacang, that purple thingy which I forget the name and kueh talam. The kueh talam is a little disappointing but the rest were nice.

This place is a refreshing change from the standard beehoon, mee goreng, nasi lemak and nasi Melayu offerings sold by the vendors outside.

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categories Food & drinks | authorLilian | July 29, 2005

  • By pompit, July 29, 2005 @ 12:18 pm

    Wah wah wah … It looks as if you really enjoyed the R&R. I also hope that they can maintain the cleanliness and the ambience. We used to only eat at Dunkin D during our frequent trips back to Penang until we stumbled upon Shalala cafe. Food there is pretty good and we have been frequenting the place since.

    I had that and didn’t realise it was Siam Laksa. Anyway, will be back in Penang for a kenduri this weekend and will make it a point to have this dish again on our return trip ….. ciao

  • By babe_kl, July 29, 2005 @ 1:54 pm

    they really steam the kuih-muih inside the plastic containers??? safe kar??

  • By boo_licious, July 29, 2005 @ 4:07 pm

    I lurve laksa! Yum, yum.

  • By anasalwa, July 31, 2005 @ 9:18 pm

    Lilian,
    You’re too much. You’re not only torturing me with laksa, on top of that is kuih koleh which is so delicous served during bukak puasa.

  • By jeq, October 4, 2005 @ 12:12 pm

    mm..nak puase ni..kecoh air liurr..ade mase jum tengo video

  • By sam, December 5, 2005 @ 2:13 pm

    Laksa Shalala memang syooook!!!!!!

  • By Sangkuriang, December 5, 2005 @ 2:15 pm

    Best ..best..best Nasi Lemak Power ranger..Laksa Thai no 1.
    Best outlet in R&R. Bravo

  • By huilong88, September 17, 2006 @ 9:50 am

    WOW,sedapnya!!!!!!!

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