Laksa King: Laksa in Melbourne, Flemington VIC (30 April 2010)

Shop 3, 320 Racecourse Road, Flemington VIC 3031

Now moved to: 6-12 Pin Oak Crescent, Flemington VIC 3031

Searching for the best laksa

So where does one go for the best laksa in Melbourne?

For some of the best laksa in Sydney I usually recommend Malay-Chinese Takeaway as a first port of call but when it comes to Melbourne I'm at a total loss where to start. Adrian from Food Rehab commented Laksa King in Flemington as a recommendation for me and Urbanspoon lists it in their top 10 Best Cheap Eats in Melbourne and has better reviews than Laksa Me. When I visited in April they were in the process of moving to a new location around the block and have since completed the move. A very large bowl Prawn crackers ($3) is great value and can easily be shared amongst 4 people to share the love and fat. The generous sized Seafood Curry Laksa ($11.80) comes with ample pieces of king prawn, mussel, calamari and fishcake and has decent depth of flavour although is more curry tasting than Malay-Chinese. It's unusual to find eggplant in the laksa but I quite enjoy its soft texture and how it soaks up the flavour. My Har Mee ($9.90) comes with decent sized prawns and plenty of fishcake slices although I prefer the broth intensity at Malay-Chinese which also comes with slices of pork and crispy pork fat on top. Service was fairly quick, seating is simple and prices fairly reasonable for the serving size.

Review of Laksa King at new location:

• Jeroxie

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Plenty of laksa choices, New location sounds much nicer, Fairly reasonably priced

CONS: Queues when busy

MUST TRY: Finding the best Laksa and Malaysian eatery in Melbourne

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Prawn crackers ($3)

Seafood Curry Laksa: Mixed noodle with king prawn, mussel, calamari and fishcake ($11.80)

Eggplant in the seafood curry laksa

Har Mee: Yellow noodle with prawn, fishcake and egg ($9.90)

Menu

Inside seating

Arcade seating and shop front

Racecourse Road location entrance

New location

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Laksa King: Malaysian, CBD Sydney (16 Sept 2009, 8 May 2012)

41-43 Erskine Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Not as good as hoped

Laksa King looks promising with all the classic Malaysian and Chinese menu items but their Har Mee is unfortunately very weak in taste compared to Malay-Chinese which is one of the better ones around the city. A hit of their homemade chilli sambal makes it a bit better which is one of the hottest chilli sambals I've tried around town — it'll will give your taste buds a run for their money. The chicken rice was a bit on the dry side and the breast version had bones which shouldn't be the case. The soup tasted OK but was very small.

Other places tried for Chicken Rice

Other places tried for Har Mee:

• 25 Jan 2012 - More More Char

• 6 Oct 2010 - Singapore Shiok!*

• 24 Sept 2009 - Laksa House

• 16 Sept 2009 - Laksa King

• 12 Aug 2009 - Jaya Malaysian

• 23 April 2009 - Lee's Malaysian

• 24 March 2009 - Malay-Chinese

• 19 Oct 2008 - KL Kopitiam Malaysian Cuisine

Har Mee $9.20

Hainanese Chicken Rice $9.20

Ginger and chilli sauce

Side soup

Bone factor for the breast chicken rice - shouldn't be?

Revisited: 8 May 2012

Seafood laksa ($12.50 dine in only area) — broth a bit on the light side, some ingredients like fish cake and hokkien noodles a bit firm. Decent sized portion though.

Duck noodle soup ($11.50 dine in only area)

DINE IN ONLY section adds 50 cents to the menu items but you get table service

No shortage of downlights in this place

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