57 East Coast Road

57 East Coast Road

I’m not sure how orig­i­nal the Orig­i­nal Katong Laksa also known as Marine Parade Laksa is. But it’s not bad, and goes down pretty well with a piece of otak.

There are lots of other places along this road at which to dine, but some­how me, brown and the rest of the office end up here come din­ner time, either for the laksa or the econ­omy rice, even though the fare at the rice stall really doesn’t vary much from day to day. Maybe it’s the under­stated com­fort of rou­tine. Or something.

But if you’re in the area, come sit down at this lit­tle cof­fee shop with the Orig­i­nal Katong Laksa also known as Marine Parade Laksa, and I’m telling you not just because the fella that runs the joint is my Army buddy Alvin. There’s also the kopi aun­tie who remem­bers what your usual bev­er­age is just after two vis­its, and a new “mod­ern west­ern food” stall that serves pretty decent fare cheaply.

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  • http://www.toomanythoughts.org/blog/ Tym

    Fyi Dadi’s on East Coast Road (near Mar­shall Road) has excel­lent nasi padang and epok epok.

  • http://www.toomanythoughts.org/blog/ Tym

    Fyi Dadi’s on East Coast Road (near Mar­shall Road) has excel­lent nasi padang and epok epok.

  • http://www.sonikbyte.com Sonikbyte

    oh that aun­tie. I recog­nise that place! it’s the one beside the over­head bridge rite?
    Haha last time the joint was owned by my friend who sell chi­nese roti prata. Biz at that loca­tion is bad… that’s why it change a cou­ple of owners…

  • http://www.sonikbyte.com Sonikbyte

    oh that aun­tie. I recog­nise that place! it’s the one beside the over­head bridge rite?
    Haha last time the joint was owned by my friend who sell chi­nese roti prata. Biz at that loca­tion is bad… that’s why it change a cou­ple of owners…

  • Rayster

    Is it tat bad? I dun think so leh…maybe your fren didnt man­aged it well? I have been there a cou­ple of times and it was pretty crowded..

    The laksa was yummy. The west­ern food very nice oso.…

  • Rayster

    Is it tat bad? I dun think so leh…maybe your fren didnt man­aged it well? I have been there a cou­ple of times and it was pretty crowded..

    The laksa was yummy. The west­ern food very nice oso.…

  • http://www.sonikbyte.com Sonikbyte

    THere’s lotsa ‘passerby’ down there esp there’s a pub beside it if i still remem­ber. Hmmm i duno about the west­ern food but that laksa aun­tie move to that kopi­tiam not too long ago too.

  • http://www.sonikbyte.com Sonikbyte

    THere’s lotsa ‘passerby’ down there esp there’s a pub beside it if i still remem­ber. Hmmm i duno about the west­ern food but that laksa aun­tie move to that kopi­tiam not too long ago too.

  • Koal­aBear

    As far as I know, the Marine Parade Laksa is sup­posed to be the orig­i­nal one since my mom said we’ve had it since a long time back when there wasn’t any other competitors.

  • Koal­aBear

    As far as I know, the Marine Parade Laksa is sup­posed to be the orig­i­nal one since my mom said we’ve had it since a long time back when there wasn’t any other competitors.

  • mas

    i live around there but im not sure if its orig­i­nal. but out of the 3 stalls. i dont like that one the most. they have all the coconut bits float­ing around. you should try 328. that one is GOOD!

  • mas

    i live around there but im not sure if its orig­i­nal. but out of the 3 stalls. i dont like that one the most. they have all the coconut bits float­ing around. you should try 328. that one is GOOD!

  • Old­Timer

    No. 57 is the real orig­i­nal Katong Laksa. They began at No. 49 many years ago and moved to No. 57 in 1998.

    See fol­low­ing write up taken from http://wineanddine.asiaone.com.sg/news/features/20060108_004.html

    The Katong Laksa saga began in 1963 when broth­ers Ng Juat Swee and Ng Chwee Seng started sell­ing laksa at the cof­fee shop at No. 49.

    The stall, then called Marine Parade Laksa, was very pop­u­lar and, till the early 1990s, was the only one sell­ing the noo­dles in the area. Mrs Teo was the land­lord of the cof­fee shop.

    In 1998, the broth­ers moved out when the land­lord wanted to raise their rent, and took a two-year hia­tus. The stall was taken over by a food stall helper from Clementi, Ms Nancy Lim, now 42. She named it 328 Laksa.

    After about a year, Mrs Teo wanted to take over the stall her­self, so Ms Lim moved across the road to No. 51.

    Mean­while, three other laksa stalls popped up. The sons of the orig­i­nal Katong Laksa Ng broth­ers restarted the busi­ness at No. 57, and two other stalls opened up at Nos. 45 and 47. And so laksa fans found them­selves hav­ing to decide between the noo­dles at Nos. 45, 47, 49, 51 and 57.

    In 1999, Sun­day Plus, the pre­de­ces­sor of LifeStyle, ran a story on the feud. It included a review of the stalls by food con­sul­tant Vio­let Oon.

    She rated stall No. 47 the worst. A week after the report, the owner, Madam Ah Ang, reported that busi­ness had dropped by half. She closed her shop about three years ago.

    The other stall own­ers could not recall when No. 45 closed down, but guessed it was between 2001 and 2003.

    Today, only three out of the five stalls remain: No. 57 Katong Laksa, the orig­i­nal run by the Ng fam­ily; Ms Lim’s 328 Katong Laksa which is now at No. 53; and No. 49 Katong Laksa, which belongs to Mrs Teo.”

  • Old­Timer

    No. 57 is the real orig­i­nal Katong Laksa. They began at No. 49 many years ago and moved to No. 57 in 1998.

    See fol­low­ing write up taken from http://wineanddine.asiaone.com.sg/news/features/20060108_004.html

    The Katong Laksa saga began in 1963 when broth­ers Ng Juat Swee and Ng Chwee Seng started sell­ing laksa at the cof­fee shop at No. 49.

    The stall, then called Marine Parade Laksa, was very pop­u­lar and, till the early 1990s, was the only one sell­ing the noo­dles in the area. Mrs Teo was the land­lord of the cof­fee shop.

    In 1998, the broth­ers moved out when the land­lord wanted to raise their rent, and took a two-year hia­tus. The stall was taken over by a food stall helper from Clementi, Ms Nancy Lim, now 42. She named it 328 Laksa.

    After about a year, Mrs Teo wanted to take over the stall her­self, so Ms Lim moved across the road to No. 51.

    Mean­while, three other laksa stalls popped up. The sons of the orig­i­nal Katong Laksa Ng broth­ers restarted the busi­ness at No. 57, and two other stalls opened up at Nos. 45 and 47. And so laksa fans found them­selves hav­ing to decide between the noo­dles at Nos. 45, 47, 49, 51 and 57.

    In 1999, Sun­day Plus, the pre­de­ces­sor of LifeStyle, ran a story on the feud. It included a review of the stalls by food con­sul­tant Vio­let Oon.

    She rated stall No. 47 the worst. A week after the report, the owner, Madam Ah Ang, reported that busi­ness had dropped by half. She closed her shop about three years ago.

    The other stall own­ers could not recall when No. 45 closed down, but guessed it was between 2001 and 2003.

    Today, only three out of the five stalls remain: No. 57 Katong Laksa, the orig­i­nal run by the Ng fam­ily; Ms Lim’s 328 Katong Laksa which is now at No. 53; and No. 49 Katong Laksa, which belongs to Mrs Teo.”

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    Cool bananas, guys!

  • Nev­er­Say­Die

    Don’t cry you peo­ple, the food will always be there on the table, just eat them all up, ok? Be good Johnny.

    Who say koala is a bear?

    Koala is not a bear. It is a tree-climbing ani­mal like mon­key, etc.

    Is mon­key also a bear to you? Think, you Singaporean.

  • Nev­er­Say­Die

    Don’t cry you peo­ple, the food will always be there on the table, just eat them all up, ok? Be good Johnny.

    Who say koala is a bear?

    Koala is not a bear. It is a tree-climbing ani­mal like mon­key, etc.

    Is mon­key also a bear to you? Think, you Singaporean.

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