kelantan lane khaik sng kio food centre - less known fc (3)



soo chin, my former colleague at monk's hill, was the one who introduced me to the sungei road laksa stall that is found in this food centre at 31 kelantan lane. at that time, a bowl of laksa cost $1.50. today, it is $2 a bowl.

the word 'laksa' is said to have come from the sanskrit word meaning 'many', referring to the many ingredients that go into the making of this dish.

the many ingredients include fresh cockles, slices of fish cake, beehoon noodles in coconut milk and seasoned with garlic, chillies, belacan, lemongrass, galangal root and tumeric.

the unique thing about this laksa stall is that they serve the laksa in a porcelain bowl - which is the traditional way of serving laksa - and provide you with a porcelain spoon only. that's the unique thing. no chopsticks or fork to go with the spoon. the gravy is brewed over a charcoal fire.

the other stall here that is supposed to be good is the one selling ngor hiang - '5 spices'. ngor hiang is deep fried stuffed marinated 5 spice meat with beancurd skin.

the kelantan lane food centre is just behind the jalan berseh food centre.