Lala Laksa Kopitiam in Bau: Sarawak Laksa with Crispy Chicken Skin

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A short drive from Kuching to Bau changes the laksa question from where to find a familiar bowl to what can make that bowl belong to a new town. At Lala Laksa Kopitiam in Seringgok Commercial Centre, the answer is crispy chicken skin, developed from owner Nur Nabila Norazni's habit of eating fried chicken with laksa and refined after friends tested the combination.

Source — New Sarawak Tribune

The stall began as Lala Laksa Gold at Café 98 and grew into a full kopitiam after support from diners in Bau and visitors from Kuching and Miri. This is a local breakfast business bringing the Kuching-style morning ritual closer to Bau, with its own texture-led signature rather than a generic noodle-shop topping.

Source — New Sarawak Tribune

The signature bowl pairs creamy, savoury Sarawak laksa broth with crisp chicken skin. I would start there to understand the shop's identity; regular laksa, mee kolok, nasi ayam penyet and kaya butter toast make the kopitiam easier for a mixed group, but the chicken-skin version is the reason to detour. The feature describes the Muslim-owned shop's laksa as halal.

Lala Laksa Kopitiam
Seringgok Commercial Centre, Bau, Sarawak
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Go for the laksa chicken skin when you want a texture contrast and a Bau breakfast stop with a specific origin story. If you prefer a traditional bowl, order regular laksa; that is the clearer trade-off than treating every item on the expanded menu as equally central.