it's so cool being able to see this... we're in Kedah Malaysia and we're taking
you on a behind-the-scenes tour of an epic kitchen, I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena
and we're Chasing a Plate, we hope you're hungry, let's eat!
today it is all about laksa kedah, laksa is a noodle soup dish which is really popular here in
Malaysia and nearly every state has its own version, we've come to a special
restaurant Zakaria Laksa Teluk Kechai which makes their own noodles
every morning before service let's go and find out how they do it
we're starting lunch today in the kitchen watching the laksa Kedah noodles
and the broth getting made, so the fish is sitting there getting ground up over
here you've got these huge pots where the broth is all boiling away so it's a
sardine based broth and the most spectacular thing is the noodle dough
getting made in these ginormous woks with huge fires underneath them just
heating them up they are the biggest woks I have ever seen and there's these
huge balls of rice flour, like a rice dough which is being cooked in the
water which will then be made into the noodles or the mee for the laksa the
smells in this kitchen are incredible because you've got all the fish from the
fish broth, you've got the fire so the wood fires
are burning, the roof is all black from years and years of those fires burning
and watching this process being done is amazing it's so neat to be in this
kitchen seeing this happening
the guys are making the noodles now so they're popping the big balls of dough into the press
and then the press is just pushing them through the noodle sieve
and the noodles are dropping into a cauldron of really hot boiling
bubbling water to cook, once the noodles have cooked for a few minutes in that hot
water the guy ladles them out with a sieve and then he washes the noodles
in cold water so they stop cooking and to get rid of the starch and then he
pops them aside this is some incredibly interesting
we've got our bowls of laksa in front of us and boy does it look good
let me talk you through what it's made up of so of course you've got these
beautiful rice noodles that we watched being made, there's,
it's in a broth the broth is actually quite clear and it's a fish broth but
you can see that actually the fish is all ladled out on top so it's quite flaky
there's some chilli, sliced green chilli in there there's this local herb which is
daun kesom and which is laksa leaf, then there's grated or shredded cucumber
there's a dollop of this coconut sambal, there's a wedge of lime which I'm going
to squeeze all over it and then this fruit or slice of fruit here is asam
keping which is quite a sour fruit and it's from a tree that's native to
Malaysia, I'm going to pour that lime juice all over the top to give it a
sour hit and then of course I'm going to add some egg so there's a whole little bowl
of boiled eggs on the table here so I'm just going to crack one open and then
add it to my amazing looking laksa, alright I'm gonna give this broth a go
see what it tastes like, mmm oh wow that squirt of lime has given it a really fresh
zing and it's got a really beautiful mellow fish flavour, the fish favour's quite
strong after watching those noodles being made I've got to give them a go
what I'm gonna do is just mix everything up make sure all the flavours are
mingling and then try those noodles look at them they're like rounded noodles and they look
really slippery let's go mmmm whoa those are really special, they're chewy they have a
real texture, bite a lot of the laksa noodles that we've tried in the past in
Kedah style are quite um they don't have any bite so they just slip down the throat
these are almost, these are cooked al dente
Wow these are amazing these are some of the best rice noodles I have ever eaten
in a laksa, they are absolutely incredible and being able to watch them
make it really makes this bowl of noodles or laksa, super special because
you know how much hard work has gone into making this
time to dive in and try
this laksa Kedah I'm gonna try a bit of this broth by itself first because as
Sheena spoke about it's very very thin so you can see the fish is kind of in its
own, own sort of topping and in the broth itself underneath is very thin so I've
mixed in all of that coconut sambal or kelapa sambal so that's the orange
let's just try that soupy thin broth
haha oh my god wow that is a burst of flavour, the sardine flavour is very strong
let's have a little bit more oh wow it tastes beautifully of sardines
that coconut sambal has just filled it with a weird sort of creaminess even
though it's not creamy at all it has a creamy texture that's incredible
I'm gonna try some of this this topping so with the fish the daun kesom the
herb, there is some cucumber in there just a little bit of cucumber and a little
chilli look at that little green chilli in there
so let's just try that by itself to see how the flavour is
Oh
the herb has a really beautiful rounded herby flavour, the chilli that tiny piece
really hit hard when I bit into it that added a beautiful spice
now I gotta try it all let's grab some of this egg yolk look at that so creamy
some of these noodles, let's get that down whoa I can't even pick them up okay
I've got a bit of everything on both, both spoon and fork
this is unreal, wow you can almost taste the effort that's
gone into making it when we were in that kitchen it was so, so hot and they're working
so hard to get those noodles made and they are phenomenally good I agree with
everything Sheena said they are the just the best rice noodles I've ever had, the
texture is completely different to a normal rice noodle which like Sheena
said can be very slippery, let's try some more
I'm lost for words this is so good so like I said they can be very slippery
but these have bite they're almost like having a fresh pasta
so not a dry pasta a freshly made pasta which is often a bit chunkier and
definitely has a bit more texture, wow this is good and then you've got these
cucumbers and onions in there so they're adding some crunch and some liveliness,
unbelievable absolutely unbelievable bowl of laksa
it was such a special
experience watching those guys in the kitchen making the noodles that we're
eating right now let us know in the comments below what's the coolest
kitchen experience you've ever seen where, when, what was the food, we wanna
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like this one coming your way but back to this bowl of epicness, it is just mindblowing
honestly I'm gotta go for another spoonful of this broth
it is just, like it just puts a smile on my face everything goes together so well
the noodles are really bouncy, the limes really zingy, the egg is so creamy, the
broth is delicate but full of that fish flavour, the herbs and the fresh
vegetables just add a bit of crunch and liven up the palate this is a must eat
these little banana leaf triangle packages are on the table too now I
think this is pulut sambal so pulut is sticky rice and sambal is a chilli
sauce yes look at that so it looks like a coconut based
sambal and then you can see that beautiful shiny sticky rice so it's just
because it's sticky rice it's one easy little package let's just pop that in
huh wow, it's quite sticky the sambal's amazing
it's got a little bit of fishiness ,a lot of coconut, the sticky rice is soft but
very sticky and it just comes off perfectly as one little bite that is
absolutely brilliant I just I had that as a finish after the laksa so that
beautiful flavour of the laksa pop one of those in that just rounded off the savoury
side of this meal so so well
we're finishing with a dessert called dadih so traditionally it was
made with buffalo milk so sort of like a yoghurt but nowadays it's often made with agar
agar just because that's a lot cheaper I don't know which this is but let's give
it a go ooooo, ooooo, look at that wow it's so silky and wobbly
ohh it tastes like a thick yoghurt but it's also very silky so just slipped
down my throat, has a little bit of tartness like that, that comes with you
yoghurt but it is quite sweet as well that's like the perfect milk pudding, oh I
could just down this in one go that is just the perfect ending to this amazing
meal
wow so many wows, wow! That was one laska well worth travelling for Laksa Kedah
at Zakaria Laksa Teluk Kechai is a win if you enjoyed this video don't
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