Happy Chef Seafood Noodle House

Happy Chef Seafood Noodle House

Shop F3, Sussex Centre, 401 Sussex Street Haymarket

Laksa, How I've been won over by your golden charm, where would I be without you? Oh right, a lot less thirsty.

Happy Chef Seafood Noodle House

Happy Chef Seafood Noodle House, one of the most prominent in the war as to where Sydney's best laksa resides, is one of the first places I think of when looking for a satisfyingly large yet cheap meal on the south side of the Harbour Bridge. Breakfast? Lunch? Brunch? Who cares, in fact on this occasion and like most, it's 10:30am and I couldn't be happier to engage my skill in the fine art of slurping noodles in a fiery broth of coconut milk, chilli and hoards of hidden protein. It's only been recent that I've really started to grasp the fact that there is something strangely pleasant in eating a giant bowl of laksa for breakfast, but it's now that I start to wonder where it's been all my life. Take a backseat, fruit 'n muesli, this golden child is riding shotgun.

Chicken Laksa, circa $9.00

My usual staple here is the BBQ pork laksa with flat egg noodles for it's generous portions of tender sliced pork and creamy fried tofu. Today however I'm going for the Spicy Beef laksa and it's easily no disappointment. The beef is is melt-in-your-mouth and I literally watch it fall beneath the grasp of an ill-placed chopstick. My partner in crime, opts for the chicken laksa and whilst the bird looks a little pale, I assure you it's no less than flavourful and delicious, more so when coated in that sweet yellow nectar beneath.

Spicy Beef Laksa, circa $9.50

"Generosity" and Happy Chef go together like a fat man and deep-fried cheesecake, where circa $9.00 nets you a bowl of laksa so big that you oughta watch carefully where you tread, one small slip and you're in the drink, drowned in a bowl of hell-fire and coconut milk. Please janitor, stop buffing those tiles already!

Nonsense aside, the soup is big. What's even better is that you get to choose from 4 types of noodles in an abundant array of clear, satay or laksa style soup and within 5-7 minutes your boiling cauldron of sheer happiness is ready to consume. Thats ample amount of time to head over to the lone (and conspicuously licensed) drink stall on the opposite side of the floor to purchase the largest drink you can find, make that 2.

At the end of the day, the Chef might not be so happy, but I sure am. The sheer value and great taste easily has me coming back on a monthly basis, time and time again for a mammoth and hearty bowl of that Malaysian Soupy Goodness, or MSG for short.

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