The star here was the cockles. The cockles were so fresh and oh so big, plump and juicy!! Shiok lah. It is hard to get such big cockles these days. Really glad that I got to try this laksa at last after so many years! Do give it a try if you are around the area!
If you are someone who prefers a stronger taste in Laksa, Guang Fa Laksa is definitely an underrated gem.
For old-school laksa peppered with cockles, Guang Fa Laksa dishes out bowls of savoury goodness from 7.30am in the morning! Read more.
Recommended by The Dead Cockroach. The gravy was rich and thick, almost milky with tinge of sourness, but not overly lemak or spicy. You could taste the dredges in the gravy, which gave it additional texture and flavour and a 真材实料 feel. This was a very drinkable gravy, and a very likeable laksa, that was tasty and stayed firmly in the middle ground. I enjoyed this quite a bit.
I didn't feel this gravy had sufficient character. Nothing particularly pronounced.
I love the slurpy thick bee hoon with the laksa broth. Shiok!