Spicy Thai Cuisine, but one with a difference

by Lazylizards | January 10, 2009 at 06:36 pm

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When next visiting Penang island in Malaysia, ask locals where you can try an exotic dish called Siamese laksa.

Thai cuisine need not be spicy hot as many wrongly assume, and this popular Penang dish, ala Thai, is an example.

If you're adventurous at home, you could even try cooking it yourself. This site contains a recipe as well.

Penang is popular for asam laksa but there’s another dish which comes a close second in popularity.

Siamese laksa is pretty much similar to asam laksa. The only obvious difference is that while Asam Laksa a has a light, sourish soup base while the former has a sweet and creamy but sourish base brought about by the addition of coconut cream.

The Siamese Laksa is available in three varieties with a very hot soup – spicy and burning, a sweet and rich gravy with lots of coconut cream and another with chicken instead of fish.