The Best Dishes Everyone Should Try in Melbourne Best Dishes Everyone Should Try in Melbourne

strips of egg, fish cake, chicken, prawns and bean sprouts. Vegetarians are also catered for, with vegetable Sarawak laksa a popular choice on the menu. BYO bib. Roti Road Footscray, Highpoint Serving traditional Malaysian cuisine in Footscray and Highpoint homes, Roti Road dishes out some of the best hawker-style Malay cuisine in Melbourne. It’s hardly a surprise that the curry laksa packs a heavy-handed, kick-ass punch of ground spices and creamy coconut. Proudly serving dishes refined by generations of families, curry laksa is served with vegetables, chicken or indulgent seafood. Wash it down with a traditional three-colour milk tea, kopi o ice (a sweet Malaysian coffee), or a delectable Oreo bubble tea. Guess which one we want. Ayam Chef South Melbourne Expect street style food in a distinctly un-street style setting at South Melbourne’s Ayam Chef. Locally designed wall murals, timber feature walls and stretching, lively communal tables punctuate this laid-back, sleek space. The dinner menu is divided into share-style and hawker delights. The messy, splattering nature of curry laksa means it is sentenced to the not-share- friendly section of the menu. More spicy soup for us, we say! Laksa King Flemington, Cheltenham A Malaysian food institution, Flemington’s Laksa King has rightfully earned his crown. Featuring a handful of traditional and modern curry laksa options like shredded roasted duck and tender beef (the anarchy!), this insanely affordable hotspot also offers an eight-course, $29.50 per head banquet deal. Before you freak out, it's worth noting that the banquet menu includes Laksa King’s chicken curry laksa of course. This is next level cheap eating. Chef Lagenda Flemington, Deer Park Laksa King might have a kingly following, but its next-door neighbour Chef Legenda is slowly ‘n surely collecting its own Laksa-loving army. The born and bred Malaysian head chef knows what authentic Malaysian cuisine looks like—it’s the steaming hot bowl in front of you. Filled generously with shrimp, fish cake and chicken, Chef Lagenda’s signature curry laksa is the only good thing about Melbourne winter. Fish-based, sour assam laksa is also available from this traditional eatery. Madam Kwong’s Nyonya Box Hill

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