Depot Road Zhen Shan Mei Claypot Laksa

Perhaps its the raining weather again and i always have the most intense feeling to eat something hot and spicy during this weather. This time round and upon strong recommendation by my friend, we decided to try out the claypot laksa.

This claypot laksa is located in alexandra food centre and i believe it is also the only one in this area that sell solely laksa only. It has quite a strategic location (somewhere in the middle of first row), so it is not exactly that difficult trying to locate it. Some more, queues are often seen in front of this store, so it is pretty hard to miss it. :)

The queue was still alright when we arrived at the store. But still, we took more than 15 mintues before we can get the pipping hot laksa on our hands. Guess, it really takes patience to try out good food. :P

I pretty like their idea of using the claypots instead of the normal bowls to hold the laksa. Using the claypots certainly helps to maintain the laksa temperature till the very last drop. However, diners must pay extra caution with the claypot due to its extreme temperature even at its rim.

They offer two types of bee hoon for their laksa, typically the thin and the thick ones. Most of time, diners will select the thick bee hoon as it seems to be the most appropriate thing to pair up with the laksa. I prefer their thick bee hoon too due to its smooth texture that will allow me to eat it without much effort. Their laksa also comes in various size to accomodate different eaters. Personnally, i feel that the quantity for the small sized laksa is abit little so i tend to order the medium sized laksa most of the time.

This laksa have pretty much the same ingredients that one may find in other laksa. This includes the tak poks, fish cakes, prawns and chicken shreds. I do not really fancy their prawns as i feel that its meat is too soft for my liking and it lack of the fresh taste.Honestly, i feel that if they have more ingredients or if they allow us to customize the ingredients, it would make the laksa taste even better.

To make a good laksa, i think its gravy is certainly the most important of all. As for "Zhen Shan Mei" laksa gravy, i can say that its pretty good. Unlike those watery kind, it has a pretty thick and rich texture which i totally loved it. Surprisingly, it is not too hard to digest it despite its thick texture. Beside its thickness, it also have a slight sweetness after taste. Believe this is the result of using good ingredients while preparing the gravy.

Overall, i feel that the laksa here is pretty average. Perhaps they can come out with different varieties of laksa to attract more customers. But still, for the special thick gravy, i may simply drop by and have their laksa again. :)