Foreigners reaction to Malaysian Food! Curry & Asam Laksa + Ais kacang (ABC) 

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there are too many different laksa in malaysia. let me give some info of uniqueness of laksa: 1)Laksa Asam - Laksa Utara - Laksa Penang Laska Asam has a sour and spicy fish broth. Mackeral is mostly used as the broth base. Lemongrass, galangal, and chilli are added to create a defining flavour. It is served with thick rice noodles and fresh condiments such as sliced cucumbers, onions, mint, pineapples, strong and sweet prawn paste, and ginger flower. There are different style of laksa asam in Penang, Kedah, Perlis, Perak and Pahang. The one you eat is Laksa Penang. The Kedah Laksa is quite similar to Penang Laksa but supposed to be a little spicy. Sliced boiled eggs are usually added to the dish. Laksa Perak or Laksa Kuala quite differ because they used wheat flour (usually hand made). The soup is rather lighter than the common laksa taste. Sometimes they also use eel fish or snake fish as ingredients. Perlis Laksa broth used white water fish such as catfish and eel fish as based. 2)Curry Laksa - Curry Noodle - Singapore Laksa It is either served in rice noodles, egg noodles or a mix of both in coconut-based curry broth. Tofu, chicken, shrimp, and bean sprouts are added on top of the dish. It is the same that what you eat in that vlog. 3)Nyonya Laksa - Laksa Lemak - Laksa Melaka Nyonya laksa has a rich coconut-based broth, cooked with chicken bones and prawn shells. This dish from Melaka is known as laksa lemak (fatty laksa). You will have the sweet and spicy taste in every bite and slurp of this mouthwatering dish. It represents one of Peranakan’s recipes and traditions with influences of Malay and Chinese culture. It can be seen similar with Curry Noodle but still different. 4)Laksa Johor Johor Laksa uses spaghetti instead of rice noodles and egg noodles. The condiments are quite similar to the Penang asam laksa. It is served in thick sauce (cooked with coconut milk, fish, dried prawns, fresh herbs and spices) with spicy sambal chilli on the side. Squeeze a bit of lime, mix together, and dig in. It is almost a fusion of Italian pasta and Japanese udon. 5)Laksa Sarawak It has a soup-base of sambal belacan, which contributes to its crimson colouring, adding both coconut milk and sour tamarind, garlic, galangal, lemon grass, topped with omelette strips, chicken strips, peeled boiled prawns, freshly chopped coriander leaves, and optionally lime. Ingredients such as bean sprouts, (sliced) fried tofu or other seafood are not traditional but are sometimes added. 6)Laksam Popular dish from Kelantan. It is served with thicker bite-sized noodles like kueh teow noodles. The mild, tasty and creamy broth is made with mackerel, coconut milk, tamarind, lemongrass, small onions, and slices of dried asam. The broth is white in color. You will get the side of raw vegetables, herbs and sambal chilli just like other laksa. Laksa Ganu or Laksa Kelantan is quite similar to laksam but used the normal white rice noodle. It can be served with raw vegetables like cabbages, bean sprouts, long beans etc.

I just watched you eating food, while I was eating my dinner too 😅 So, now I am curious to see a video where Ivana re-cooks this meal 💪😄

Assam laksa has so many great flavors with the tamarind, fish, lemongrass, mint and pineapple!

Cincau in English is Grass jelly, or leaf jelly or herb jelly, is a jelly-like dessert eaten in East Asia. It is created by using the Platostoma palustre plant and has a mild, slightly bitter taste. It is served chilled, with other toppings such as fruit, or in bubble tea or other drinks. Outside Asia, it is sold in Asian supermarkets. Yummy2.

Wow, Ivana really got good taste! No doubt Ivana can cook Malaysia cuisine.

Fun fact: The late Anthony Bourdain loves Laksa.

Peranakan: According to what I can remember from going to a Peranakan museum in Malacca, a very long time ago, there were a intermarriage between rich Chinese people with local Malaysians. I remember they have pictures of old Peranakans. Lots of gold. Gold jewellery, clothes, etc. This type of marriage gave birth to a new distinct culture that's a mix of the two. The descendants are called 'Peranakan'. I have a Chinese friend who's a Peranakan. When he posts pictures of what he/his family cook and eat at home, they look much more Malay than your ordinary Chinese food. But they eat pork too, so that's different than Malay.

Curry Laksa taste better if you add grounded candle but about 3-4, lengkuas or galangal. The stock can either be made from anchovies or chicken. Other ingredients are dried chilli, shallots, garlic, ginger and lemon grass. I can tell you are a good cook, so you can never go wrong!

ABC =a for air , b for batu, c for campur(mix 2gether) Air batu= icecube

Ivana's taste buds, impressive!

Just a personal view, in my opinion, "laksa" is related to the fish broth where most laksa soups have. Sincerely I have no idea why Singapore's Curry Laksa consider itself as "laksa" while it's pretty much exaggerated curry noodles. Don't get me wrong, I knew curry laksa uses prawn broth/stocks. But for me "laksa" is always about the fish you used. Curry Laksa is like an adopted child trying to integrate itself to be in the family.

Laksa generally have fish-based broth. But Northern style (Kedah/Perlis) uses eel. Perak style uses wheat noodles and telur sarang (bird's nest omelette), Johor style uses spaghetti with thick sauce, East Coast style uses coconut milk in the broth, Sarawak style uses vermicelli with very strong belacan/shrimp paste.

Abc ice the red sauce is rose syrup and the brown is gula melaka White always mix carnation milk and coconut milk

ABC means: A - Air (water) B - Batu (stone) C - Campur (mixed). Literally Air Batu is Ice. So ABC (Air Batu Campur) means Mixed Ice. Some place in Malaysia especially in Penang, ABC is called Ais Kacang (Nutty Ice).

Wow! Ivana’s taste buds are really impressive.

Agreed with what Iva said, fishy, sour and spicy, my favourite too, almost every gals like it...

I prefer Laksa Sarawak. The late Anthony Bourdain had been to Sarawak a few times and was known for his love of Laksa Sarawak.

Curry noodles - garlic, shallots, ginger, lemongrass, belacan(shrimp paste). , dried chilies,, galangal. blend it up and fry in oil. Add into chicken prawn stock. just a random post coming through

Kuala Lumpur Chinese call curry laksa, Penang Chinese call it curry mee. Malay call it mee kari. Sarawak laksa is also curry with coconut milk too, but have a taste of it own. For asam laksa, the name is universal in Malaysia, but in sometimes Penang they call it laksa on. There is another type of laksa in Penang is laksa siam or laksa lemak. East cost of Peninsular Malaysia, there is lakse and laksam, both use fish broth. Johor laksa use spaghetti and the fish broth with coconut milk.

I've been following your channel since the MCO started. You guys are very adventurous at trying out new cousine and trying to cook them at home. My hats off to both of you. Speaking about laksa..I'm from Sarawak so naturally i love Sarawak laksa..but truly it has its very own unique taste using about 20 different types of herbs and spices. On my visit to KL 2 yrs ago, i went to a Sarawak owned restaurant called Dapur Sarawak at Jalan Sarikei just to satisfy my craving for Sarawak laksa. While you are there..you should also try our famous Sarawak layered cake.

Have seen Ah Cheng Laksa a bunch on delivery apps, but haven’t tried it yet

Ais Kacang is commonly used by the Singaporean to describe our version of ABC - Air Batu Campur (direct translation to English is (mixed ice). I believe in Singapore the mixture are not as heavy as our ABC, hence they keep the name Ais Kacang.

Looks like Halo Halo but tastes totally different. No sweet potatoes and fruits but instead beans and peanuts with coconut milk, rose syrup and gula melaka.

Yee Fung Laksa is the place to go in Kota Kinabalu. A variation of curry laksa, quite similar to Sarawak Laksa and yet different. At normal time the shop is always pack with people, locals and tourists alike.

For the Asam Laksa, there is a black sauce (sweetened diluted prawn paste) on the side that you can add on to balance the sour taste. Mix it little by little according to your preference. Same goes with that curry noodle. Usually it will come with a lime and sambal (chili paste with prawn). This will enhance the flavour but it will make it more spicier. Next time, try to find Little Penan at KLCC/Mid Valley. They have the best Asam Laksa and Curry Mee.

We LOVE laksa! So many great varieties

Curry laksa its actually chicken curry...and then u can put cockles..tofu ...fish ball or fish cake..and u can eat with rice or mee hoon or mee kuning or kueh tiaw..but u can only eat asam laksa with mee laksa...yeah asam laksa its sour and i love it...

Excellent! Great review of Malaysian food 👍🏻 stay safe cheers!

Normally when eating asam laksa, you mix that dark shrimp paste with the whole bowl of noodles. That changes the balance of the flavour quite a bit.

Laksa Sarawak is totally different frim laksa in West Malaysia... chicken n prawn stock are use.Try it.

Wowww u eat at ah cheng laksa sunway pyramid shopping mall..hehehhe..curry laksa is awesome Asam laksa also nice...I like it

the laksa noodle is made from grind rice. It was soft actually, not chewy. I think it chewy because normally in the cafe, they use dry noodles and then boil it. If you go to kampung (village) especially Kelantan, Terengganu - they use homemade laksa noodle which is tastes better and soft.

Hope you will come to sarawak soon and try all the delicious food here. The taste of foods are different in different part of sarawak.

Ivana has a good analysis of the food. 👍

My favourite is Johor laksa....its so creamy and covers the fish smell perfectly. Many Malays use spaghetti as it suits the thick but soupy sauce, normal egg noodle absorbs the broth too much causing to expand and have weird texture that spoil the dish. You should try it in your laksa adventure.

Love the cockles in the curry laksa and curry mee!

ABC is Air Batu Campur. Also Known as Ais Kacang. Ais kacang, literally meaning "bean ice" is a Malaysian dessert which is also common in Singapore and Brunei. Traditionally, an ice shaving machine is used to churn out the shaved ice used in the dessert, originally hand cranked but now more often motorised.

to add more info about Laksa Johor,it also can be made using Fresh Dorab Wolf Herring and Spanish mackerels.

The prawn paste (black sauce) is THE ingredient that completes the Assam laksa. Should try it.

Ivana is a genius!

Taufu is bread. Fish cake is noodles. 🤔🍜..... 😄. Ivana is a real foodie, figuring out correctly every time. Asam laksa is a favourite of many Malaysians.

Nyonya is fusion chinese and malay food using local ingredients. used to be exclusive to peranakan people in Melaka who probably made the recipe, but their foods are widely adapted and taken up by the Malays as it uses local spices and herbs more familiar to the Malays,

Fish is a main ingredient in all laksa type either sour or 'lemak' type. Each state have their own unique flavour.

That ABC means Air Batu Campur... Ice Shredded with mix fruit, Beans, Corn and so on... Btw Happy MCO in Malaysia.. Take care...

Assam laksa, curry laksa, laksa kedah, laksa johore, laksam kelantan, all are yummy dishes

The asam laksa is sour because of the mango, tamarind and pineapple. ABC is Ais Batu Campur or Ais Kacang in Penang.

Mamak & Indian is different. Mostly local indian Religion is Hindu (Non Muslim) & Mamak is a term to call the South Indian Muslims in Peninsular Malaysia. Actually the Malayalam Muslims from Kerala were originally called Kaka. But because majority of Indian Muslims in Peninsular Malaysia are from the state of Tamil Nadu, the term Mamak is used for all southern Indian Muslims including those from Kerala.

Laksa Assam/Penang - Boiled the fish (mackerel, sardines, but i prefer parang), then take the meat off the bones and skin ( mash it up), keep some of the water u boiled the fish in ... boiled daun kesum, chilli, shrimp paste,tamarind, shallotsand ginger torch, and add the fish.... serve with mint leaves, lime,onions, lettuce (frisee or cos), pineapples, sliced chillies, sliced daun kesum, sliced and sliced ginger torch (bunga kantan) also petis (shrimp brain paste similar to the one in the rojak buah sauce) ... used rice laksa noodles (sold dried), Laksa Johor - essentially the same ingredient but have coconut milk and a curry based, the noodles are usually spaghetti and serve with sambal belacan, daun kesum, bunga kantan, lobak asin (salt pickled radish/daikon), sliced long beans, lime Nyonya Laksa - is similar to curry mee with sliced chicken and seafood in it

Support bro Nice Laksa slurp

I'm impressed by your wife/girlfriend taste buds.

Peranakan = Malay + Chinese (Chinese descendants mostly in Melaka that infuse Malay Traditions in their daily life. ) Mamak = Malay + India Nyonya = Married female Peranakan Baba = Married Male Peranakan Types of Laksa; Laksa Sarawak Laksa Penang Laksa Johor Laksa Terengganu

I love curry laksa 🙌🙌love the taste , tofu Chicken bean 😍😍

You can buy package curry and assam paste from any super market,I prefer 田师傅Thien Sifu，Curry chicken and rendang paste is so authentic and nice,easy to cook

Well.. in sarawak we have laksa sarawak and i assure you will love them once you get to taste them.. try laksa sarawak

guy you should try sarawak laksa, if you live at subang jaya, try finding a shop called sarawak bowl, try our kolo mee, sarawak laksa, mee jawa, if you wanr the adress of the shop just buzz me here

Once u tried all the laksa, then u know naturally which will suit your current mood and craving. There are days we looking for something sour n fishy, there goes Asam Laksa. There are time like rainy days u will look for rich n creamy curry laksa. And then special day u want something distinctive and comforting, u get Laksa Sarawak. Hahha, i am all for laksa sarawak too. You can visit shops in KL like Dayang Sarawak or Dapur Sarawak to get glimpse of Borneo meals.

For me i have been ordering asam laksa and tell them to add some curry laksa broth to it... 😬🤗, was up in penang when i had me first lemak asam laksa. And i like it...

One of my favourite place to get a fix of Sarawak Laksa or Mee Kolok is 'Mama Ting' in SS2, Petaling Jaya. But many would've probably recommended you Dayang Sarawak or Dapur Sarawak since they're both halal restaurants. Shouldn't be that far from Sunway area. But they're usually open until 2.30pm so gotta be there early.

Okay now I'm craving for Asam Laksa at 3 AM 😭😭😭

the desert ABC stands for Air Batu Campur - direct translation for "Water Stone Mix" which is actually "Mix Ice (shaving)" 🤣

it a fishcake and abc ( air batu campur ) shiving ice mix

Correct me if im wrong. I thought cincau is made from seaweed. So cooling on hot sunny day.

Curry no ginger ingredients ya google malaysian cooking vlog. Curry chicken also have chinese curry,Malaya curry,indian curry,nyonya curry, the taste totally different.

The curry noodles is taste good with mixed noodles. Yellow noodles and rice vermicelli.

Mamak means Indian Muslim (a mamak restaurant may differ to say an indian banana leaf restaurant) Whereas Peranakan/BabaNyonya culture are often found in the straits settlement Penang-Melaka-Singapore which are the intermarriages of Chinese-Malay families that have developed their own unique cultural identities over centuries. Though i'd say Ah Cheng Laksa would probably only be barely scratching the surface for a genuine Laksa experience. I find the ones in Penang still wins hands down.

I more prefer Sarawak Laksa. The Best Laksa Ever!! I miss it so much. Im from kl, but i like To try borneo Food. I already try all laksa in every states in Malaysia. But, The best one for me is still Sarawak Laksa 👍👍👍👍👍

my fav asam laksa, laksa johor and laksa cook by my mom 😆😆

Amazing video👍👍 Hi~ We are Korean and Malaysian couple🇰🇷🇲🇾Nice to meet you🤗

My favorite laksa penang.

For me, the best laksa is Sarawak Laksa. Yummy2.

Peranakan people originated from when Chinese men migrated to Malaysia and married Malay women. Peranakan cuisine is pretty much the same as Nyonya cuisine. One of the best places to try Peranakan/Nyonya cuisine, is Melaka.

We will never ever having something with cherry flavour. Yuksss. Cherry will just remind of us Malaysian about CHILDRENS COUGH SYRUPS.

You guys should try Yee Fung Laksa here in Kota Kinabalu Sabah near Gaya Street. So yummy ! 🤤😋

I really hope you will try the Laksa Sarawak..

I like both Assam Laksa (Laksa Utara) n Laksa Lemak (Laksa Nyonya/Peranakan). My favourite however is Laksa Johor.

My favorite laksa......I'm getting hungry

Malaysia have many type of laksa all regions is different way of cooking and ingredients... then best is sarawak laksa highly recommended to try but is hard to find

14:31 Ivana was correct to mix it first. ABC = Air Batu Campur literally mean Mixed Ice

ABC is "Ayer Batu Cendol" or ice cendol (cendol is that green colored rice flour stuff) in the dessert. Peranakan or Nyonya or Nyonya Baba or Bibik usually relates to the culture of the Straits born Chinese ( Chinese born in Malaysia n Singapore in the early 20th century) who has adopted the local Malay customs and language and infused them with their own Chinese roots. This includes their way of dressing, speaking and even cooking which has typical Malay influence... 😊 Cheers from 🇸🇬

My mouth is salivating thinking of the sour taste of assam laksa. Assam is meant to be appetising. But my favourite laksa is Sarawak laksa! By the way, have you guys tried fruit Rojak? Usually sold in truck/carts parked at the side of the shoplots. It's something special in KL I think. We don't have the same here in east msia

You have to try the "fishy" laksa in Penang, it is very good. especially at ayer itam

I suggest you guys watch "KL Foodie" videos in fb to find interesting places to eat in KL. No guarantees all shops are open during covid though.

You guys need to try those traditional laksa not at a chain restaurant in a shopping mall..try the unnamed stall at stall at Rukun 4 happy garden KL, google this and get the laksa on weekends...ah Cheng is not only generic, it’s bad generic...you would be better off getting laksa at a random Foodcourt or madam kwan

Watching this makes me hungry.. Have to find it tomorrow..

ABC has meaning Wich is A: AIS B: Batu C: campur AIS Batu campur

You must try grill portugese stingray fish at Jalan Alor or petaling street

Ivana so cute from day to day in malaysia ahahaha...

The word "Laksa" was adapted from old Persian word called "laksha". It means "slippery".

ABC stands for Ais Batu Campur loosely translated as mix shaved ice.

woman..always like the ASAM...always...curry number 2...

If you had a chance to visit Melaka, you can try Nyonya Asam Laksa @ Jonker88, Jonker Street Melaka. Everytime i travel to Melaka, i never missed having their Laksa 😋

We have many different types of laksa in different states, laksa penang(asam) laksa johor, laksa kedah, laksa sarawak etc. You can find them in KL/selangor but not as good as having in their respective states. For me laksa sarawak, there is one at taman desa jalan klang lama called charlies cafe.

To have more choice of the Sarawak layered cake, visit Mira Cake House in Jalan Enggang, Keramat. You can taste the differnt types of layered cakes.

Same food may be called differently in different states.. Laksa in KL is called Curry mee in Penang.

Asam Laksa : Its just not for non-fish people (Try to challenge yourselves to differentiate between Laksa Dishes and Soup and Curry Noodles of Malaysia) They look the same but different. Noodles : Mee Rebus, Mee Udang(go try this), all Mee Kari, all Soup mee, Mee Soto etc etc Laksa : Asam, Curry, Peranakan, Sarawak, Pahang, Johor etc etc

Actually peanuts and all other 'random' stuff in ABC (translates to Mixed Shaved Ice) is a great counter balance to the just sweet flavor.. A bit salty n sweet corn, salty n fatty peanuts, cincau (made from seaweed), and all other ingredients. You can have fun while eating by just mix and match several flavor, or just one at the time or mix everything up! Some place even have lots more ingredients.. I'm a bit late in this comments section. However great contents, good job man.

10/10 IVANA SCORED THE INGREDIENTS

i would prefer my ABC shaved iced to melt first by mixing everything and become liquidy b4 slurping up...

I like asam laksa..but i'm craving that abc u eaten my adik