I was thinking I never did this exactly, but then I remembered I did take a trip to Kuching, Malaysia specifically to eat the incredible laksa in the place where it originated. I fell in love with this silky, umami, noodle soup (soup is really the wrong word here) in Singapore and have some every time I pass through - as in two day ago! Use the ieathawker website/app for the best of cheap Singapore food. Kuching is a wonderful small city and the laksa was splendid. To be specific, I am referring to Katong Laksa and not the darker,sour-fished based Asam laksa of northern Malaysia. Asam laksa is good, but Katong is heavenly.