Curry laksa on ‘ultimate’ list

Famous stall: Chin (right) preparing bowls of curry laksa as customers place their orders at his stall. (Far left) A bowl of Chin’s curry laksa.

KUALA LUMPUR: A crowd was patiently lining up at a stall in Madras Lane, waiting to sink their teeth into a bowl of curry laksa that has been ranked No.2 on Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Eatlist of 500 best eating experiences, beating sushi from Tokyo and the chilli crab from Singapore.

The wet market in a back alley of Petaling Street has three stalls selling the spicy dish, replete with tofu, cockles, vermicelli and noodles in coconut milk-based curry.