Ramen laksa for lunch on a rainy Friday!

Rainy Friday TGIF lunch — Prima Taste Singapore laksa ramen at home. The pantry default for any rainy day when we want a hot bowl with minimal effort.

We made:

• Prima Taste Singapore laksa ramen (instant)
• Soft-boiled egg
• Sliced fishcake (pan-fried)
• Peeled prawns (from the freezer)
• Beansprouts
• Chopped scallion
• Half the chilli pouch

Prima Taste’s Singapore laksa ramen is the world-ranked instant noodle — Ramen Rater has put it in the top 3 globally for multiple years running. The reason is consistent: proper paste sauce pouches with actual coconut, lemongrass, candlenut and chilli, instead of the dehydrated powder packets that most other brands rely on.

The cook is the standard 2-pot operation. Noodles boiled in one pot, drained at 3 minutes. Laksa paste fried in oil in another pot, bloomed, then coconut milk and stock added, simmered briefly.

Toppings turn the instant noodle into a proper bowl. Soft-boiled egg (6.5 minutes from cold water), sliced fishcake (pan-fried for a slight char), peeled prawns from the freezer (blanched in the broth at the end), beansprouts for crunch, chopped scallion for green.

Chilli pouch is the customisable upgrade. We add about half for proper heat that complements the coconut richness without overwhelming.

The rainy Friday rhythm justifies the rich coconut-curry broth. When the weather outside is grey and the air is cool from the rain, a hot bowl of laksa is the kind of meal that warms from the inside out. The broth temperature stays piping hot for the whole bowl, and the chilli adds a slow build of heat that makes the cool air outside feel cooler.

By August we’d cooked this bowl probably 10+ times since lockdown started. The familiarity was the comfort — we knew exactly how the broth would taste, exactly how the noodles would cook, exactly how the toppings would lay on top.

Some pantry staples earn their permanent slot.

Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Excellent rainy Friday laksa — pantry staple locked in.

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