Laksa by Ben's Kitchen

Ben's Kitchen is a well known Sarawak laksa restaurant but due to Covid-19, their business was affected and shop has to be closed down. Nevertheless they have their followers and Sarawak laksa fans in Kuching. 

Soon after we put up our advertising banner in front of the shop in March, we got a call from the entrepreneurs, voicing their interest to rent our stall. Initially they wanted to open a Sarawak laksa stall at our shop but last minute changed their mind on doing chicken rice first. So they are the same person renting our chicken rice stall. To cut the story short, Ben's Kitchen opened up their Sarawak Laksa stall on 1 July. 

Ben is in charge of the laksa stall, he did the cooking by himself. We actually had a taste of his Sarawak laksa a week prior to his official opening. 

His special Sarawak laksa with chicken thigh for RM10. The gravy was nice and creamy, slightly spicy, suitable for those that can't endure spicy laksa. This laksa was only available for 2 days on the last weekend of June as he got delivery order for such. So at the same time, he served the laksa at the shop. 

From 1 July, he started off with serving laksa normal to customers. Slowly adding more varieties like his laksa special and laksa super few days later.  

 

For instance on the 4th, he got order for laksa with big prawns (laksa special) from a walk-in customer. And wow, it sure looked enticing, wasn't it?? I would love to have a bowl of this special. 

On the same day, a regular of his from Sibu came all the way and requested for laksa super! Of course he obliged and proceeded to prepare ingredients in his big heavy porcelain bowl. 

RM58 per bowl, shared by 3.  And the real dish??

That was how it looked like. The customers were pretty happy and enjoyed the laksa very much. 

Stall: Ben's Kitchen

Location: Jia Hao Cafe, Papillon Street Mall (shop is below Level Up Fitness MJC)