This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what we’re eating, drinking, and buying. Here, Urmila Ramakrishnan writes about the spice kits that make cozy weeknight meals attainable in record time.

Malaysia is known to have some of the best food in the world. But Malaysian cuisine is a complex cultural beast. There’s the ...

No shade to turkey sandwiches, but I’m much more likely to crave this Malaysian-style curry laksa soup the day after Thanksgiving. Zesty, spicy, and bound to awaken my palate, the coconut milk-based ...

328 Katong Laksa is renowned for its rich, creamy coconut broth, infused with shrimp, spices, and a touch of heat. This new instant noodle version captures the essence of the traditional dish, ...

I remember the first time I tried chicken laksa. I was in the hospital in Darwin, Australia, and had been for two weeks. After jumping off the wrong rock (and into the wrong rock) at Litchfield ...

Tucked away in a corner of the Seksyen 14’s Medan Ria food court sits a noodle stall, still and pristine. Behind the noodle stall sits an 82 year-old man, eager for the lunch crowd to arrive. The ...

The recipe for laksa, the absurdly but understandably popular noodle soup eaten across Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, is versatile; it may change every few miles, kind of like Appalachian barbecue ...

Darwin is a city obsessed. Here in this town on Australia's northern edge, laksa is the meal of choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner, weekday or weekend, a staple everywhere from food courts and ...