Sarawak laksa paste6/3/2023 ![]() Then, I fried some omelette and sliced it very very thinly and I also pounded some sambal belacan (dried prawn paste dip) to go with the laksa… When the gravy was ready, I sieved it to remove the residue and added santan (coconut milk) to it, plus two cubes of ikan bilis (dried anchovies) stock, turning off the fire once I had brought it back to boil. In the meantime, my missus and I could cut the tofu pok (fried bean curd puffs) into thin strips – I bought RM1 of those and got 7 of them, chop the daun sup (Chinese celery), soak the bihun (rice vermicelli) to soften and blanch the taugeh (bean sprouts), RM2 of the ones sold with the tails removed. After that, I added another 2 litres of water to the stock and emptied the contents of the packet of laksa paste into it and brought it back to boil, leaving it to simmer for 30 minutes. I also boiled the heads and shell of the prawns in the stock for 10-15 minutes and then removed them. ![]() I added the water that she used to boil them to the aforementioned prawn stock as well. I grabbed one and my missus used it to make fish balls… When I went to the market that morning, I saw someone I knew filleting fish, the mother of one of ex-students – bay kar/ ikan tenggiri (mackerel) no less and selling at only RM20 for one big bag of it. I had blogged about it here but anyway, to go through all that again, in case anyone would like to cook his or her own, first, I peeled and deveined the prawns (1 kg) and boiled them in 1 litre of water, keeping the stock and putting the crustaceans aside to be served with the laksa later… Needless to say, it was a whole lot of work preparing everything… ![]() …and that was exactly what I did last Friday so I could cook for my girl who would be coming home that very afternoon. However, I told her that there wasn’t any need for her to go through all that trouble as I had seen it at a supermarket here and I could just go and grab a pack (RM10.90) myself… I found out that her hubby was in the Sarawak laksa paste business and she even offered to send me a packet to try. Isn’t that nice? Something like that show on TV at one time, Jejak Kasih. Anyway, back to my long-lost friend, we managed to get in touch with each other after all these years via Facebook. Sibu was in the 3rd and today, it has been divided into the Sibu, Sarikei, Kapit and Mukah Divisions. Here in Sarawak, we have divisions that are made up of several districts – there were only five then and they all went by numbers. …for the 3rd Division Drama Festival for Schools. But unlike most who get the belachan-based laksa paste from a small handful of suppliers from the Hornbill state, Justin decided to make this artisanal product from scratch!□ Not easy leh.We were schoolmates, 1970 to 1971, and we were even in a play together… But he decided to be a hawker, selling Sarawak-style noodles from a tiny stall below a HDB block. Justin used to sell kitchen equipments, I think he said dishwashers. Thanks for the IG feature and we are humbled by it!Ī good excuse for ah pek to go for a little lunch adventure to check out a new Sarawak laksa stall at Block 150 Bishan Street 11. "A" for the effort!□ It is a start to a promising career in F&B□ ![]() But unlike most who get the belachan-based laksa paste from a small handful of suppliers from the Hornbill state, Justin decided to make this artisanal product from scratch!□ Not easy leh. All thanks to the biomed cluster plus helping hands from tech including machinery & equipments□ Baik! Upward revisions to prelim Q3 GDP on the way! □□□Ī good excuse for ah pek to go for a little lunch adventure to check out a new Sarawak laksa stall at Block 150 Bishan Street 11. Market participants in S'pore ignored the news of a significantly better than expected manufacturing data for September. With the HK market tutup today for a public holiday & the futures also in retreat, some trader kaki2 said the markets "sudah mati today lah!"□□ Here in the Little Red Dot, the STI also down on low volume. A wet morning and a sea of red for Asian equities.
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