Penang assam laksa is arguably the most popular of laksas in Malaysia. (Pinterest pic) It’s not easy to find a dish that can somehow encapsulate the diverse taste buds of Malaysians, but amazingly, laksa seems to do the job just fine. Be it at a fancy hotel buffet or a roadside stall, laksa is one of the homeliest dishes you can find in every corner of Malaysia. However, what a Penangite considers to be laksa might be completely alien to a Johorean, and vice versa. There are so many types of laksa with either subtle or distinctive features depending...