As a Thai, I approved this recipe. He did every technique right with good understanding. He's better than many professional chefs those pretend to know Asian cooking technique. Keep doing it Andong !
I can say Laksa literally changed my life. It was my first love since Singapore and Malaysia, where I made my first steps ever in Asia and it jumped my interest in foreign food. Laksa is why I started cooking.
I say we petition a family with a great Laksa recipe to come to America, and in each state, plant a Laksa restaurant so that we CAN make it as popular and more so than Ramen and Pho. WE over here in the US just don't have enough exposure to it. I know I WANT IT!
omg why have i seen chefpk on so much unrelated videos also yall as a fan, i think chefpk makes some of the best anime food videos around, check him out!
My family is from Montreal, and the ultimate cold weather soup for us has always been French onion soup. The trick is using really good quality crusty bread, really good cheese, and red wine in the broth.
You look EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD in the thumbnail Andong while you’re adoring your bowl of soup. It’s really true that when someone’s really into something, you’ll see their face light up.
as a Malay person who eats laksa regularly and a new subscriber to your channel, I think you did a pretty great job trying to adapt the flavours using ingredients you can get more easily in Germany! Keep up the good work!
Aiyo, no war yet lor. As a German who lived in SG for 10 years I prefer Singapore Laksa, one of my all time favorites. Man, how I miss the food. Wanna go back oredi.
There are lots of coconut based laksa in whole Malaysia. Sarawak laksa, Johor laksa, Northern Region of Malaysia have "laksa kuah lemak", Terengganu/East Coast "Laksam"
Soup Season made me join your Patreon right now. Gonna be honest though: I'll turn 40 in less than a year but a dozen "balls" within the first minutes made me giggle like 13. Might have influenced my decision! Edit: Cilantro ist king!
I was hoping for a laksa episode, but never thought today's the day lol As someone from Sarawak, I maintain that Sarawakian laksa is the best, sambal belacan base all the way
As someone who lives in Chennai, I maintain that Roti Canai is neither what we here would call a roti nor influenced by Chennai. But it's fucking delicious either way
Es ist so schön, als ebenfalls kochbegeisterter Mensch aus Moabit deine Videos zu schauen. Gleiche Lieblingsgerichte, gleicher Asiamarkt beim Einkauf, die gleichen Grünflächen zum Picknicken. Love it!
In Malaysia we got many type of laksa. each recipe different from each state Laksa kedah - rice noodle with fish lime broth laksa penang - got two version theres one similar to kedah and another one is yellow mee with curry Laksa Perak - spaghetti with a seafood broth (squid, prawn, crab and any seafood you can find) Laksa Melaka - or some call it laksa nyonya. similar with the laksa u make just usually they put more coconut milk and prawn. Laksa Johor - Spaghetti with a fish sour broth with coconut milk Laksam Kelantan - homemade rice noodle with a creamy coconut milk thick fish broth Laksa Serawak - shrimp paste soup with bee hoon(thin rice noodle)
I'm from Singapore where tom kha and varieties of laksa are readily available.... and I think this is a very respectable cheat version. totally try it! great vid, andong!!!
Man. I'm so glad you're doing this. I love soup. LOVE soup. And I feel like no one takes it serious enough as a category of food. People just seem to think soup is what you make when you're running out of things or are trying to use leftover ingredients up. The most complex flavour I've ever tasted was in a soup, it was an Italian seafood soup, Brodetto.
In my country, lemongrass is sold in little glass jar with a single stem per jar. Really expensive and then you have to get rid of a lot of it because it is to hard to use. Galangal, dashi stock and coconut milk not in cans are also unobtainable.
Thank you for Soup Series. I've worked a a Japanese restaurant for soo long that closed and now I'll always be 'chasing that' good soup and food. Much needed I was hoping you would do this. And this is going to be a success.
Look, cilantro tastes like soap to me. However, I don't mind that much. In fact, I don't mind the taste of soap either...I wonder what that says about me. Anyway, I think what I am trying to say is; we should experiment with soap as a cooking ingredient?
@@PriyankitaPant did you read my comment? It's a genetic issue, some of us have different wiring up there that makes chopped cilantro smell bad and taste worse.
yes, lemongrass, also kaffir lime leaves and thai chili freezes really well. i always have them in the freezer and they keep for very long time. happy SE Asian cooking!
Love your rempah! May I suggest using oil instead of water to loosen it up, adding a touch of sugar to balance it out, and frying the paste longer until it's dark red and the oil has clearly separated out 🙂
Hey Andong, greetings from Germany. I did this last year and boy... you killed it. It was so amazing. You can't tell me that there is any soup which is even close to this. Thank you so much!
It really made me think of Kah Soi, also a coconut based soup in the North of Thailand. The special garnish there is pickled green cabbage and some fried wheat noodles for texture.
I always found that the leaves have almost no flavour when compared to the stems (maybe 30% of the flavour}, so to me leaves are just basically for garnish.
@@_BigSoap_ genetics has nothing to do with food, food is culture, so you just can not say something tastes like soap, because that is how it is to you, you have to say that is how you understand this flavor because of your lack of culture.
Gotta say, the production value of your videos is amazing! You can really see an improvement over time (Not to say your old videos were bad, they just got even better)
It actually depends on the genetics! Thought it’s simply a matter of taste but the soapy taste is genetically predisposed. I for example love coriander and could eat it with highkey everything but it doesn’t taste soapy to me at all
@@juu9827 yes i heard of that as well because i couldnt understand my friends that eat everything with coriander! I also know people who describe tue smell as Soapy but can eat it. How would you describe the taste?
Never got tired of the pepper grinder slap Andong style! Also,I have been looking for a best but easy recipe for Laksa , thank you Andong! Cilantro is super fragrant and tasty, plus the crispy texture of the stem, yum
Coriander being either classified as delicious or soapy is based on one gene in humans. There is a study about this which came out recently. This means there is almost no in between wether people like it or not.
Ya my mother can't stand it and tastes soap. I can definitely see how the taste is vaguely soapy, but I still enjoy it in a lot of dishes. It can be overdone pretty easily though, which for me can ruin the meal.
usually if its a bit older and less fresh, or in larger quantities does it annoy me, but more often than not it's bright, fresh and herbal instead of soapy, astringent and metallic.
@@forgottenfries it's not a real flavour, i believe it's the "flavor" of food sensitivity/allergy. Hot chili peppers have capsaicin which is a general skin irritant, but that irritation is also interpreted as a flavor in food.
@@forgottenfries Some people are genetically more sensitive to the aldehydes in cilantro, which literally tastes like dishwasher soap. Imagine putting a spoonful of Dreft in your mouth. Me and some of my relatives have this gene so I try to avoid cilantro in my food whenever I can since it's ruins the whole dish.
Me too, I wish it didn’t as I think if you have different genetics it is supposed to be delicious but it absolutely tastes like washing up liquid to me 🙁
Oh I am so excited about the fish balls! About two years ago I bought a antique fish ball street vendor container from a thrift store! It’s from Thailand. I have always wanted to have a party and put fish balls in that thing!
As A Malaysian, I'm really deeply appreciate when you used laksa as one of your coconut based soup. The way you cook it well I can say almost accurate to what we Malaysian do. Almost. It just that try to varies the spices for "rempah" or curry paste after this. You'll be mindblown. One more thing, try to make "Johor Laksa". This laksa used spaghetti as to eat with the soup
As a Northern Malaysian, laksa is life! And your take on it is great because from those ingredients & cooking I can tell that the taste is amazing. It makes me wanna try making it and that's saying something. I'm not a fussy eater but when it comes to laksa I'm very picky.
if it's fresh and in reasonable quantity, then yes. But every now and then i find it to be offputting and overwhelming. sometimes one sprig can taint a dish too much, but I'll still eat it. I'm not allergic to the degree that one leaf can ruin a dish.
I think the issue is that it has a very strong and characteristic smell. In large quantities, this can be overwhelming and therefore seem "soapy". That being said, it can also be true for many spices like anis, lemongrass and ginger. Those who complain about it are mostly people who generally don't like their spices and have easily overwhelmed taste nerves. I'm not one of them, so just give me the cilantro!
Maybe try laksa leaf if you can find it, its supposed to not trigger the sensation at least for some people who find cilantro tastes like soap, though funnily enough as someone who doesnt find cilantro tastes like soap... It tastes kinda like soap, its like cilantro but id say more lemony and slightly less bright
That looks so good! One of my favourite parts of most Laksa I've had is when they mix rice noodles AND thicker ramen type noodles. Adds a great texture!
Hm. Komme selbst aus dem Norden. Menge und Vielfalt des Fischangebots an den deutschen Küsten sind doch wirklich ziemlich bescheiden, wenn man das mit anderen Küstenregionen auf der Welt vergleicht.
hey man, danke für die coole Soup-series, hab die Linsen Suppe nachgekocht - klasse und einfach. Diese wird schwierig in Komponentenbeschaffung aber bin echt gespannt :) und im Ernst, du kannst als Russe die Serie gar nicht ohne die ganzen russischen Suppen enden, wäre ja ein Verbrechen! ;P spasibo za otlichnie i ochen kachestvennie video! :)
As a Thai, I approved this recipe. He did every technique right with good understanding. He's better than many professional chefs those pretend to know Asian cooking technique.
Keep doing it Andong !
Thai gang
China No.1
@@oleehuuoli9932 West Taiwan,you're in the wrong place.
He enriched our Thai cuisine ... or fused it into a fusion cuisine or whatever, but I think it is a good idea and must taste good.
Lies! He`s a heretic! He fused Thai and Malay food, where does he think he is Songkhla? JK obvs
I can say Laksa literally changed my life. It was my first love since Singapore and Malaysia, where I made my first steps ever in Asia and it jumped my interest in foreign food. Laksa is why I started cooking.
tell us more!
That was thai Massaman Curry for me
Here I am getting ready for bed and Andong here makes my stomach rumble with these great soups
same
Same, I'm thinking to prepare it now 😂
Same haha
Hahaha I was just thinking the same!
"rempah" is just the Malay word for spice, it doesn't imply anything about needing to be a paste!
True. This should be a top comment so people dont misunderstood the meaning of rempah
Yeah, like masala in the Indian subcontinent just means spice, could be dry, wet or can even mean cooked spice
True
Laksa is soo underrated compared to Ramen and Pho
so true
asparagus soup !!!
broccoli/potato soup
I say we petition a family with a great Laksa recipe to come to America, and in each state, plant a Laksa restaurant so that we CAN make it as popular and more so than Ramen and Pho.
WE over here in the US just don't have enough exposure to it.
I know I WANT IT!
@@skyrere Laksa is all over Australia, especially Sydney, so I don't see why it can't be successful in the US..
14:09 Chris Broad makes an Appearance
Abroad in Berlin
Oh my goodness Chef you like Andong too 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
omg why have i seen chefpk on so much unrelated videos
also yall as a fan, i think chefpk makes some of the best anime food videos around, check him out!
more like Andong in japan
I was looking for that hahaha
Two Andong videos, one so close to the other?
You're spoiling us, my man!
My family is from Montreal, and the ultimate cold weather soup for us has always been French onion soup. The trick is using really good quality crusty bread, really good cheese, and red wine in the broth.
For us its pea soup! Soup au pois!
the broth should be also a good one, but the worst mistake is actually burned bitter onions - if they are fine, you cant actually ruin this soup :)
Split pea soup with ham. 🥰
My family is from St. John and for us it was always Bean and ham soup.
TH-cam: Wanna learn how to make laksa broth?
Me: Yes.
09:35 why does it sound like “red curry pubes”
Was looking for this comment
Because he's been talking about balls for the whole video untill this point. :D
djinn-zhah, Agin-gah.
daywalker groin soup
Because he's saying red curry cubes with a German accent. i feel like you are just mishearing it.
@@BloodSprite-tan i heard it as well
I LOVE THIS SERIES. I CANT WAIT TO MAKE SOME OF THESE SOUPS.
You look EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD in the thumbnail Andong while you’re adoring your bowl of soup. It’s really true that when someone’s really into something, you’ll see their face light up.
Not only is my name Tom, I also absolutely love the soup. Easily my favourite asian soup ever, it's the best.
as a Malay person who eats laksa regularly and a new subscriber to your channel, I think you did a pretty great job trying to adapt the flavours using ingredients you can get more easily in Germany! Keep up the good work!
The people that say cilantro tastes like soap to them actually have a specific genetic marker that effects taste.
Here is an article from Britannica about it www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people
@@witkofhf thank you
💔 I weep for them.
Beta energy
@@alphafish4756 😂 your name is lit
Made it....flippin’ delicious!! Thanks for introducing me to this Andong!
As a singaporean with a malaysian mother, i am gonna hunker down for the subsequent laksa wars in the comments.
What wars? I see none
not yet, but you can never be too sure...
Aiyo, no war yet lor. As a German who lived in SG for 10 years I prefer Singapore Laksa, one of my all time favorites. Man, how I miss the food. Wanna go back oredi.
Sarawak laksa is the truth
There are lots of coconut based laksa in whole Malaysia. Sarawak laksa, Johor laksa, Northern Region of Malaysia have "laksa kuah lemak", Terengganu/East Coast "Laksam"
Soup Season made me join your Patreon right now. Gonna be honest though: I'll turn 40 in less than a year but a dozen "balls" within the first minutes made me giggle like 13. Might have influenced my decision!
Edit: Cilantro ist king!
I was hoping for a laksa episode, but never thought today's the day lol
As someone from Sarawak, I maintain that Sarawakian laksa is the best, sambal belacan base all the way
Sarawak laksa +1
As someone who lives in Chennai, I maintain that Roti Canai is neither what we here would call a roti nor influenced by Chennai.
But it's fucking delicious either way
As someone from Borneo, i kinda related to this comment
Sarawak Laksa and Johor Laksa are the best. For my taste buds at least
im from the asam laksa region but damn i have to agree sarawak laksa is superior
6:18 All this talk about balls, I was wondering when you would break XD
Definitely team cilantro is soap extract.
I've heard it's about 25%.
@@DuelScreen 14% and mostly of European descend
I made your Turkish lentil soup a few days ago, it turned out excellent, and this one today was even better. Thank you for the inspiration!
14:10 and my mind: Huh, is Chris Abroad from Abroad in Japan going to show up? :D
Thought the same thing - Was waiting for him to land with a parachute or something!
The lime is usually added at the end in Malaysia.
lime juice can turn bitter when cooked
Would love to see your take on "bilo bilo": a Filipino soup, dessert.
Main ingredients are: coconut milk, tapioca (balls) and mochi.
As someone who makes Tom kha and soups in general I can appreciate this series.
I just imagined Andong and Chef John collab - MSG and cayenne all over the place
Es ist so schön, als ebenfalls kochbegeisterter Mensch aus Moabit deine Videos zu schauen. Gleiche Lieblingsgerichte, gleicher Asiamarkt beim Einkauf, die gleichen Grünflächen zum Picknicken. Love it!
I really like your enthusiasm and content man, keep it up.
I love your new type of editing and the way you talk about food
Anfangs fand ich Korianderblätter auch furchtbar nach Seife schmeckend, mittlerweile mag ich sie echt gern 👍
Andong is VERY VERY knowledgeable in what he does considering that he does not come from either culture so i respect him for that
In Malaysia we got many type of laksa. each recipe different from each state
Laksa kedah - rice noodle with fish lime broth
laksa penang - got two version theres one similar to kedah and another one is yellow mee with curry
Laksa Perak - spaghetti with a seafood broth (squid, prawn, crab and any seafood you can find)
Laksa Melaka - or some call it laksa nyonya. similar with the laksa u make just usually they put more coconut milk and prawn.
Laksa Johor - Spaghetti with a fish sour broth with coconut milk
Laksam Kelantan - homemade rice noodle with a creamy coconut milk thick fish broth
Laksa Serawak - shrimp paste soup with bee hoon(thin rice noodle)
I'm from Singapore where tom kha and varieties of laksa are readily available.... and I think this is a very respectable cheat version. totally try it! great vid, andong!!!
Oh man it's 4:20am in malaysia and I'm hungry af now
Same dude. I just woke up at 1am earlier and hungry
4:20? Nice. I'll drink to that bro
Loooove the diverse cuisine that is always on this channel! Seriously the best!
I don't know if it makes a difference, but my mum always adds oil instead of water into her rempah. Then you could use less oil when frying the paste.
Just made this for dinner and it was so good! Thanks again!
Hahaha.. vor 10 min eine "Tom Kha Gai" mir als abendessen gekocht und grad am schlürfen
I really like the change of style in this video. I like the chill vibe I get from this
That 80´s music when you went outside is just hilarious 😂 😂
When I was a kid, yes, cilantro tasted like soap. But now it's really great in many dishes.
I can’t wait to make this! And top it with ALL the cilantro.
Man. I'm so glad you're doing this.
I love soup. LOVE soup. And I feel like no one takes it serious enough as a category of food. People just seem to think soup is what you make when you're running out of things or are trying to use leftover ingredients up.
The most complex flavour I've ever tasted was in a soup, it was an Italian seafood soup, Brodetto.
Forget about galangal, I can't even find lemongrass for cooking in the South of Italy 🤣🤣🤣
In my country, lemongrass is sold in little glass jar with a single stem per jar. Really expensive and then you have to get rid of a lot of it because it is to hard to use. Galangal, dashi stock and coconut milk not in cans are also unobtainable.
buy lemongrass and galangal powder online 😉
@@TEEZS10 Please, do you have a link to a good seller?
Gaia Mannino amazon has options
I love cilantro and agree that it adds a flavor element to spicy cream soups that must be there to make the soup its best.
6:18 Your No. 1 Troll (Clara) is going to torment you for a long time! What have you done! LOL 😂😂
Thank you for Soup Series. I've worked a a Japanese restaurant for soo long that closed and now I'll always be 'chasing that' good soup and food. Much needed I was hoping you would do this. And this is going to be a success.
The way he tasted the soup, dropped em chopsticks like they HOT, then blasted SUCCESS!! just Legendary
I only recently discovered your channel, but I have been binging your videos massively. Near enough my favourite food tuber at this point!
Look, cilantro tastes like soap to me. However, I don't mind that much. In fact, I don't mind the taste of soap either...I wonder what that says about me. Anyway, I think what I am trying to say is; we should experiment with soap as a cooking ingredient?
hahhhh
It's a genetic issue. I suffered my 2 week work stay in Colombia because every food smelled and tasted like soap, so I had to look it up.
Cilantro doesn’t smell like soap. You’re Soap probably smells likes cilantro.
@@PriyankitaPant did you read my comment? It's a genetic issue, some of us have different wiring up there that makes chopped cilantro smell bad and taste worse.
Actually, soap is the byproduct of cooking experiments...
yes, lemongrass, also kaffir lime leaves and thai chili freezes really well. i always have them in the freezer and they keep for very long time. happy SE Asian cooking!
Cilantro is life.
Not if it tastes like soap to you, believe me.
@@Puddleford Nope
A life without cilantro is possible, but pointless.
Nope
@@Puddleford not our fault you lost the the coriander gene tasting lottery.
Love your rempah! May I suggest using oil instead of water to loosen it up, adding a touch of sugar to balance it out, and frying the paste longer until it's dark red and the oil has clearly separated out 🙂
Next episode of soup season: Snert the perfect soup for a cold winter afternoon
I second this, although I know a lot of fellow Dutchies that couldn't care less for this pea soup.
@@ian4683 I could eat it every week 😍
My husband and kids are not really a fan of it. But well more for me then 😄
Hey Andong, greetings from Germany. I did this last year and boy... you killed it. It was so amazing. You can't tell me that there is any soup which is even close to this. Thank you so much!
Video idea: kannst du ein Video über flan/Pudding around the world machen Würde mich Mega freuen
You can freeze both galangal and ginger and they work perfectly this also works for lemongrass
Ask your neighbors to east how to make żurek. Top 10 soups in my opinion.
Starapolski!
Laksa is love
Planning to prepare Laksa from scratch
rly hope there was a spare bowl for that cameraman ;D
It really made me think of Kah Soi, also a coconut based soup in the North of Thailand. The special garnish there is pickled green cabbage and some fried wheat noodles for texture.
Yes, coriander leaves taste like soap, but some dishes are nothing without them. Gotta have 'em.
You know nothing about flavor
@@paulatorres142 it's about genetics...
I always found that the leaves have almost no flavour when compared to the stems (maybe 30% of the flavour}, so to me leaves are just basically for garnish.
@@_BigSoap_ genetics has nothing to do with food, food is culture, so you just can not say something tastes like soap, because that is how it is to you, you have to say that is how you understand this flavor because of your lack of culture.
@@paulatorres142 No there is literally a specific gene people have the make coriander leaves taste like soap to some people.
I've been told that kaffir lime leaves do freeze and thaw quite nicely and so far I've done that with no complaints
Cilantro is tasty when freshly served but tastes like soap when it's reheated
it always tastes like soap to me :/
@@annagallinat7788 Some people have genes that make it taste like that. Can't really do anything about it. 🤷♂️
that's interesting, i never noticed that about reheating, for me it's when it gets old and isn't fresh anymore, or if it's too much.
and when it's wilted and soggy ugh. Only best when fresh
Amazing video ! cant wait to see French onion soup and Ciorba from romania one day 🙌! and Coriander has the best flavor 👏
Game: every time Andong says umami get a drink
Lol...we'd be drunk before the end of the video
The soundtrack that both you and Abroad in Japan use trips me out. Whever i hear it, i expect Chris to pop out
Ideas: Frühlingssuppe, Erbsensuppe, Kartoffelsuppe, Ochsenschwanzsuppe, Aalsuppe, Soljanka
Gotta say, the production value of your videos is amazing! You can really see an improvement over time (Not to say your old videos were bad, they just got even better)
Cilantro (coriander) is the Devils Herb, tastes like metallic soap. (Even the smell triggers me)
I feel u. I despise it
Did you know there is a day in Honor of hating cilantro?😂
It actually depends on the genetics! Thought it’s simply a matter of taste but the soapy taste is genetically predisposed.
I for example love coriander and could eat it with highkey everything but it doesn’t taste soapy to me at all
@@juu9827 yes i heard of that as well because i couldnt understand my friends that eat everything with coriander!
I also know people who describe tue smell as Soapy but can eat it.
How would you describe the taste?
Never got tired of the pepper grinder slap Andong style!
Also,I have been looking for a best but easy recipe for Laksa , thank you Andong!
Cilantro is super fragrant and tasty, plus the crispy texture of the stem, yum
Coriander being either classified as delicious or soapy is based on one gene in humans. There is a study about this which came out recently. This means there is almost no in between wether people like it or not.
Just like Durian
Thank you
Ya my mother can't stand it and tastes soap. I can definitely see how the taste is vaguely soapy, but I still enjoy it in a lot of dishes. It can be overdone pretty easily though, which for me can ruin the meal.
I used to not like it at all but I'm okay with it in certain dishes now sooo i guess i'm in the middle about it
You do a great job explaining and showcasing Asian food!! Thank you for the detailed demonstration.
I'm one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes like soap.
usually if its a bit older and less fresh, or in larger quantities does it annoy me, but more often than not it's bright, fresh and herbal instead of soapy, astringent and metallic.
HOW ?! i mean, describe the "soapyness" cuz, i dont taste it and im curious to how you get that taste
@@forgottenfries it's not a real flavour, i believe it's the "flavor" of food sensitivity/allergy. Hot chili peppers have capsaicin which is a general skin irritant, but that irritation is also interpreted as a flavor in food.
@@forgottenfries Some people are genetically more sensitive to the aldehydes in cilantro, which literally tastes like dishwasher soap. Imagine putting a spoonful of Dreft in your mouth. Me and some of my relatives have this gene so I try to avoid cilantro in my food whenever I can since it's ruins the whole dish.
Me too, I wish it didn’t as I think if you have different genetics it is supposed to be delicious but it absolutely tastes like washing up liquid to me 🙁
Oh I am so excited about the fish balls! About two years ago I bought a antique fish ball street vendor container from a thrift store! It’s from Thailand. I have always wanted to have a party and put fish balls in that thing!
I was thinking; "why is he adding button mushrooms? They have no taste!". And now I know.
Yeah those button mushrooms are a great way to keep your weight down
As A Malaysian, I'm really deeply appreciate when you used laksa as one of your coconut based soup. The way you cook it well I can say almost accurate to what we Malaysian do. Almost. It just that try to varies the spices for "rempah" or curry paste after this. You'll be mindblown. One more thing, try to make "Johor Laksa". This laksa used spaghetti as to eat with the soup
Me who literally eating some Laksa rn: wait wut
As a Northern Malaysian, laksa is life! And your take on it is great because from those ingredients & cooking I can tell that the taste is amazing. It makes me wanna try making it and that's saying something. I'm not a fussy eater but when it comes to laksa I'm very picky.
Cilantro tastes like soap. You just happen to like eating soap.
Also mushrooms are good actually.
Cilantro just tastes fresh and delicious!
Press like if cilantro does NOT taste to soap
if it's fresh and in reasonable quantity, then yes. But every now and then i find it to be offputting and overwhelming. sometimes one sprig can taint a dish too much, but I'll still eat it. I'm not allergic to the degree that one leaf can ruin a dish.
I think the issue is that it has a very strong and characteristic smell. In large quantities, this can be overwhelming and therefore seem "soapy". That being said, it can also be true for many spices like anis, lemongrass and ginger. Those who complain about it are mostly people who generally don't like their spices and have easily overwhelmed taste nerves.
I'm not one of them, so just give me the cilantro!
During my stay on Borneo I've eaten laksa every single day. Really an amazing dish
I wish I could enjoy cilantro but can't change my genetics 😔
Maybe try laksa leaf if you can find it, its supposed to not trigger the sensation at least for some people who find cilantro tastes like soap, though funnily enough as someone who doesnt find cilantro tastes like soap... It tastes kinda like soap, its like cilantro but id say more lemony and slightly less bright
@@WadWizard thanks for the suggestion. I can enjoy cilantro in Mexican dishes, but it stands out in an unpleasant way in Asian food for me. 🎉🤗💕
That looks so good! One of my favourite parts of most Laksa I've had is when they mix rice noodles AND thicker ramen type noodles. Adds a great texture!
Andong: "we don't have the amount of seafood in Germany as in South East Asia"
Northern Germany: "am I a joke to you?"
Did you mean Netherland? Some people call them Swamp Germany.
Hm. Komme selbst aus dem Norden. Menge und Vielfalt des Fischangebots an den deutschen Küsten sind doch wirklich ziemlich bescheiden, wenn man das mit anderen Küstenregionen auf der Welt vergleicht.
BTW, this sense of humor is fantastic.
Did he seriously just say “red curry pubes?” 😂
I heard that too! Thought I was crazy.
My mouth has been watering since I read the video title. This is my favourite soup in the world!
yes, cilantro tastes like soap to me, ruins most south asian cuisine for me :(
Yes, Cilantro tastes like soap to me. I'm also a supertaster so that's weird.
Yes me too! Like perfumed soap🤢
Dude I'm South Asian with the same genes it's hell
Another great dish in this vein is Moqueca Baiana fish stew from Brazil. The first time I had it, it reminded me so much of Tom kha.
Completely expected to hear Chris Broad show up after 14:00..
I know right!!
Your excitement about the soup, and your reactions to good food, is worth EVERYTHING! Making me happy in 2020. Thank you!😆
Cilantro actually for me tastes like... coriander!!
You get a ton of lime leafs for like ~2€ in Kaufland in Germany. I was totally thrilled when I found them. They make any curry 1000000x better.
Especially since kaffir lime has a very distinct flavour, not comparable with regular lime
cilantro = the devils soap lettuce, I can tolerate a bit but a bunch of of it? NOPE
hey man, danke für die coole Soup-series, hab die Linsen Suppe nachgekocht - klasse und einfach. Diese wird schwierig in Komponentenbeschaffung aber bin echt gespannt :) und im Ernst, du kannst als Russe die Serie gar nicht ohne die ganzen russischen Suppen enden, wäre ja ein Verbrechen! ;P spasibo za otlichnie i ochen kachestvennie video! :)
me and my dad both think cilantro tastes like soap/ wet concrete, there is a high chance that this disparity is actually genetic though
It really is genetic. They even narrowed down the specific gene.
Cilantro will literally blow out my taste buds for the whole dish... it's exactly like a bar of perfumed soap in my mouth!!