Our very proud Malaysian Food – Curry Laksa is Listed No. 2 by Lonely Planet
The Malay Mail reported that the travel guide, Lonely Planet has just ranked our curry laksa in particularly the ones sold in Kuala Lumpur at Madras Lane as the number TWO in the master list of 500 most authentic bucket-list culinary experiences all over the world.
No joke and it’s real!!
The Lonely Planet has evaluated and ranked it based on the criteria mentioned below:
- Taste
- Cultural Importance
- The ambience of the location
Our curry laksa has compete with a lot of good food from Sushi, Beef Brisket, Dim Sum and many strong competitor but we are ranked 2nd, which something that all Malaysian should be proud of!
If you’re not familiar, the curry laksa that’s recommended by Lonely Planet is sold at an alley (Madras Lane) just off Petaling Street in the bustling KL city. I believe many Malaysian are not even know about this yummilicious curry laksa hidden in the KL city
Here are the other countries that made it among the top ten of the 500 most authentic culinary experiences, apart from our national treasure, the KL curry laksa:
- Pintxos in San Sebastian, Spain
- Curry Laksa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sushi in Tokyo, Japan
- Beef brisket in Texas, USA
- Som tum in Bangkok, Thailand
- Smorrebrod in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Crayfish in Kaikoura, New Zealand
- Bibimbap in Seoul, South Korea
- Pizza Margherita in Naples, Italy
- Dim sum in Hong Kong
Wow, really stiff competition and can’t believe that we beat sushi and dim sum!!!
But if you talk about food, it’s very individual. Curry Laksa might not be tempting to some people. Anyway Let us know what other Malaysian food that you think should have made it into the list!