Had this crazy idea to try preparing laksa when I saw Hai's laksa paste at NTUC... GM said that they are not worth trying as he swears by Prima Taste, which has the most authentic taste for such local fare....but somehow, I wanted to try Hai's when I saw that Prima Taste cost double!
So last Thursday, I bought a packet of Hai's laksa paste at NTUC, together with thick beehoon, and fried beancurd...so that I can reproduce nice laksa at home (I hope). The bean sprouts at NTUC didn't look fresh so I had to buy them at the wet market. GM was adamant that I use coconut milk and not fresh milk..so had to get it from NTUC again. As usual, I had to forget some ingredient...and this time it was fishcake!!! In addition, I didn't have time to cook hard boil eggs....so perhaps the authenticity was further reduced.
After pouring in the laksa paste into the pot of boiling water, I had a shock! The laksa gravy was sprouting like lava in a volcano and messed up the whole cooking area....in addition, there was a thick coat of chili oil in the gravy...and I had to scoop it up gently before I threw in the fried beancurd.
Somehow, I would say that the gravy lacked the oomph! Perhaps it was because I only bought 200ml of coconut milk (instead of 250ml as stated in the laksa packaging), perhaps, it was because I added in 850ml of water instead of 800ml (was too lazy to pour out the extra 50ml when I realised that I had misread the instructions on the laksa packaging). So perhaps can't blame the paste, but my precision or lack thereof, which makes GM so mad.
Anyway, for the mess, I think it's better to eat out when one feels like laksa...
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