Laksa
Laksa is a popular tasty dish that originated from the Peranakan, an inter-marriage between the Chinese and Malay cultures which gave rise to the fusion of flavours from the ingredients used, thus this dish is very popular with both Chinese and Malay alike, and of course to the many tourists or visitors to this island who have got hooked on it. It is a rich spicy coconut-based noodles soup, the ingredients which may include bean sprouts, tofu (taupok), cockles, slices of chicken and egg. It is usually topped with a spoonful of sambal belacan , a fermented shrimp and chilli paste, and daun kesum or laksa leaf for the added zest. Cockles' laksa is the more common type of laksa but there are other options such as those containing prawns. Laksa There are also variants of laksa such as asam and Penanag laksa. Penang is a state in northern Malaysia, with quite a high concentration of Chinese and Peranakan. Both are sourish fish-based noodle soup that usually contains slices of cucumber,