Thursday, June 25, 2009

Jimmy's Recipe Malaysia - part deaux

It has been wet and miserably cold lately and I said to myself this morning, "I should go check out the Laksa at Jimmy's Recipe Malaysia as I promised my blog-readers the last time I would do so." So I merrily put on my combat-print BAPE ensemble (well, it wouldn't be so noticeable just in case the laksa gravy decided to splish-splash onto my clothes), and slung on my YSL (deer)horn mobassa bag and off I went.

Again, like the last time, my order was processed in a flash. A tad too flash if you asked me so much so I suspect all the kitchen did was dashed the noodles through some hot water and then adding the laksa gravy and *gasp* pre-cooked beef. Yes, I ordered the beef laksa and boy was that a mistake or what. The cut of the beef is the worst kind, sinewy and overly cooked, they were tough as the sole of my Ferragamo boots. And yes, I do own a pair of winter Ferragamo boots but I digress. It is clearly a case of lazy kitchen hands, they didn't bother to slice the beef cleanly thus when cooked, the pieces of beef remain strung together - not customer-friendly because you have to fend off the splashing gravy as you struggled to separate the beef pieces.

The funny thing was it did look promising when I first received the bowl of laksa from the service staff but really, the result was quite disappointing given the tough beef, weak gravy and lack-of-kick sambal chilli. The only bright spots were the two pieces of tau-kua (dried bean curd) passing off as tau-pok (deep-fried dried bean curd). The only reason this "passing off" is acceptable is because I do like bean curd regardless of it's form, but tau-kua is so not the authentic way to soak up the laksa. It doesn't quite give you the oozing experience when you bite into it.

Anyway, I know one can (always) insist taste is ultimately subjective but I do know another place where I can get laksa closer to my taste. And I am so not going to tell you.


Jimmy's Recipe Malaysia







JRM's beef laksa








You see what I mean by the beef pieces stringing together?

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