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Bo Laksa King Bubbles & Bits
Categories: Food Tea Rooms Restaurants Burmese Restaurants Malaysian Tea Rooms, Burmese, Malaysian [Edit]
2546 E Hastings StVancouver, BC V5K 1Z3
Neighbourhood: Hastings-Sunrise
(604) 568-4593
- Hours:
Tue-Fri, Sun 11 am - 3 pm
Tue-Sat 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Sat 11:30 am - 3 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
31 reviews for Bo Laksa King Bubbles & Bits
Review Highlights
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"The split pea fritters added texture to the broth as well." In 3 reviews -
"Their roti is fantastic as well." In 9 reviews -
"The papaya salad was quite tasty as well and plentiful." In 3 reviews
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31 reviews in English
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Review from Kevin L.
Burnaby, BC
2/7/2012
Great, decent food at a decent price. We call it a true gem in the city! It's quite authentic and one of our party was born in Malaysia, so the south east Asian flavours were excellent. The spiciness can be a bit intimidating for some who are not used to the intense nature, and it can occasionally be hit and miss as to the strength so be forewarned.
All in all, check it out and see our video review! Who need pictures when you have video!
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Review from Megan S.
2/20/2012
My weekly craving for rendang beef remains, even after the death of Seri Malaysia. In an attempt to expand our horizons we tried Bubbles and Bits, but ended up ordering many of the same dishes that we used to order at Seri.
The rendang beef was a huge disappointment - 1.5 stars at best. The flavours lacked depth and brightness and the beef was as tough as shoe leather. The roti was OK, so was the eggplant and basil. The only standout dish that I would order again was the laksa - really great flavours and I loved the fried tofu.
I'll come back to try some of the Burmese specialties, but my hunt for a new favourite Malaysian restaurant remains...if you (yes, YOU!) have suggestions, I'm listening!Listed in: Hastings Sunrise - the best…
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Review from Andrew S.
Vancouver, BC
2/18/2012
Our friday nights at home are spent with a bottle or two of red, a show and hopefully Malaysian or Sushi. So we were devastated at the news last week of Seri Malaysia closing on Hastings. Taking a peek around the neighborhood we found this highly recommended restaurant and thought we'd give it a try.
By my 2 star rating it's safe to say we were disappointed. We did take out, staff was great, service was on time (another commercial drive thai place likes to say 20 minutes when they mean 50) pricing was decent. Though we were told upon arrival that the prices in their menus differ from reality. That's Busch league as far as i'm concerned.
The restaurant is an old converted Frenchie's with little to no conversion. Overall I don't expect much from south asian eateries because I'm aware some of the best food comes from the most modest interiors But this was just 'janky', as I say.
Got the food home and had an overall 'Meh'. Started with the roti and curry sauce. The roti was some of the BEST ive had, different, done in a kind of swirl with almost raw doughy goodness on the inside but the curry was watery and lacked flavor. Next we had the laksa. the portion was cheap, two pieces of meat, three pieces of tofu and a couple shrimp. overall it just didnt stand out. the randeng beef was a massive let down. the beef was dry and hard as a rock. it was depressing to eat such a poorly stewed piece of beef. That's not an asian specialty. That is a world wide staple and if you cant stew beef i don't know why you cook anything let alone run a restaurant. Next was the eggplant which was good. Nothing much to report. It was eggplant in sauce and it was good.
two stars. deal with it. -
Review from Quinn O.
Vancouver, BC
1/22/2012
My friend Jordan's been raving about this place, but despite the fact that my sister also lives in Hastings-Sunrise, I'm not often compelled to bus that far (I mean, it's practically Burnaby). I had tickets to a Vancouver Giants game a couple weeks ago though, so that seemed like a good opportunity to try this place out.
Long story short, this is my new favourite place for cheap eats in Vancouver. We ordered enough to comfortably feed three and it was $15/person.
The roti canai is amazing and the pork belly curry and drunken beef were both excellent as well, but the pickled tea leaf salad was the real surprise. It might sound a bit unusual to some people, but it's more than worth trying.
If I lived closer, I'd be here at least once a week. -
Review from Wendy Y.
Curry Laksa is solid here and the quality has always been consistent. The coconut curry soup base is fragrant but not heavy. The vermicelli is always cooked just right (not too hard nor soft). The lime wedge, green bean sprouts, sliced jalapeno, a whole egg, and the assorted seafood bits and chicken chunks make this bowl of curry goodness a true comfort food.
Roti is crispy and always served warm. The small bowl of liquid red curry is just out of this world.
Indonesian fried rice is also another must try. I find it slightly on the salty side because of the fish paste and other bold spices. I like how there is a good mix of soft and crunchy textures. The soft would obviously be the rice, and the crunch would be from deep fried shallots (I presume?). Regardless, this is a beautiful dish.
I tried Mohinga, a Burmese dish, which is rice noodle in fish broth and it was um...an adventure which I probably wouldn't want to repeat. I personally find this dish very fishy even though the lime wedge helped a little. This is definitely a stretch from my comfort zone. The experience was fun though.Listed in: Malaysian/Singaporean/Vie…
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Review from Yelp R.
Greater Vancouver Regional District, BC
5/10/2012
Love this place! Very affordable, small, low-key, quiet -with utterly delicious food!!! Can't remember what the menu items I've tried were called, but I love the hot green milky honey tea, the pastry with condensed milk for dessert, and all the main dishes that I've tried so far. Would have been five stars but it's cash only, which is a drag -I always forget and have to walk to the bank and back after my meal.
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Review from Stephanie C.
Vancouver, BC
3/27/2012
I decided to try this place since my favourite Seri Malaysia decided not to renew their lease :( A member of the group was from SE Asia, and I've been numerous southeast Asian countries, and l I can say was that it was extremely disappointing... I was not impressed by any of the 5 dishes we ordered from here, even the Bubble Tea was awful. I definitely will not be back, and hope that you will save yourself some money by avoiding Bo Laksa.
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Review from Deja S.
Vancouver, BC
12/28/2011
I am a big fan of their pad thai. Craving it so much I had to come back for it again. I also had the eggplant and basil dish, pretty tasty, and the roti for dessert. The roti sounds so simple, but it's very yummy.
During one meal we got two dirty dishes (one cup had lipstick all over the rim), so watch out.
I tried the laksa with both fat noodles and vermicelli. I think, it's better with the fatter ones. The vermicelli is too similar to spaghetti, it's like Asian meets Italian. -
Review from Dee D.
Burnaby, BC
12/29/2011
The Roti Canai is a flaky, chewy fried pancake. In the middle of both was a curry chicken dipping sauce that was a little watery for a curry sauce but had some what a good flavour to it. Anyway, it didn't really matter, we were happy that roti was ridiculously big and hot! We ordered the large which consists of two roti - the small has only one. In retrospect, we could've just shared one but we both enjoyed our own.
Now onto the Laksa. Our laksa came out before our roti - but it wasn't a long wait in between. According to the menu, the laksa consists of tiger prawn, fish ball, tofu puff, hardboiled egg, chicken and house-made coconut curry broth. My laksa came in an enormous bowl of shrimp (not tiger prawn), sliced fish balls, tofu puffs, a hardboiled egg and beef. I was kind of disappointed that it was just shrimp - but I was happy I got beef instead of chicken as the beef was very tasty. There was also some bean sprouts, sliced purple onion, sliced jalapeno pepper, basil and lime added on the top of it.
I liked the perfectly balanced flavour of the soup, it wasn't too spicy which is perfect for most people. I love spicy dishes, but this is perfect for people who want a good kick without having to drink ten glasses of water.
Speaking of drinks, we also ordered drinks - if you order a milk or iced tea, it's $2 rather than $3.95 if you stay in... [read the rest on gastrofork.ca]! -
Review from Elaine V.
Vancouver, BC
1/4/2012
Oh Bo's....how I love thee!
I've been to Bo Laksa around 5 or 6 times now since it opened, and I've ALWAYS left the restaurant stuffed!
If you can eat spicy foods, then you must start off your meal with the Spicy Squid Salad. Their Nasi Goreng is the most flavourful and delicious fried rice I've ever eaten, and you can just tell that the dish is cooked with "Wok Hei". Their Roti Canai is always fresh & flaky and you must order the sweet version that comes smothered with condensed milk. It's a guilt-inducing dish, and you may have to hit the gym afterwards to burn off the calories, but it's SO WORTH IT. The Laksa is good, but interestingly enough, I'm not as crazy about it as I am about the other dishes that Bo's serves!
I docked one star off because of their terrible tasting bubble tea. The pearls that I got with my Burmese Chai Tea were bland, gooey, and tasted like they were leftover from the day before. I don't even acknowledge the "Bubbles and Bits" portion of the restaurant name. To me, it's just "BO LAKSA KING". Who's with me? -
Review from Vincci L.
Laksa goodness!!
After hearing and reading so much about this place, I was finally able to try it out. A small cafe set up, with simple decor.
Of course, I had to try the laksa with vermicelli noodles. After ten minutes or so, the aroma of a curry coconut broth floated through the air.
A heaping bowl of goodness: a flavourful coconut curry broth, with bean sporuts, tofu, chicken, prawns, and an egg. Every slurp was delicious; I wanted more noodles just so I can savour it more.
I can't wait to come back to try out their other dishes: mee goreng, rendang beef, nasi lemak.....Listed in: 30 Day Yelp Challenge., Laksa Love.
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Review from Rick C.
10/19/2011 7 photos
We stopped by Bo Laksa King to feed our hunger pangs with some Malaysian/Indonesian goodness.
I had the signature laksa noodle soup (very top) with yellow thick noodles (vermicelli also available) and it was really good. Not bad at all and very filling for just eight bones. The soup was hot and tasty with plenty of fixings including shrimp, egg, and meaty goodness.
The Mi Goreng was a pretty large portion and delicious loooking. The papaya salad was quite tasty as well and plentiful.
The roti was just okay. I was very satisfied with the meal overall and we were all filled up for dinner. The joint also serves bubble tea drinks and such. I'd gladly go back if in the area. -
Review from Patrick P.
Vancouver, BC
2/25/2012
Don't waste your time or $$$ at this place! Food was expensive and NOT so tasty.
We ordered Mee Goreng, Curry Chicken, Roti Canai, Laksa and Beef Rendang. Here are the following problems with these dishes.
Beef Rendang: Sold Out
Roti Canai: Roti was frozen from like T&T and the sauce was runny not tasteless.
Mee Goreng: Very sweet (MSG tasting) and not much other taste. There were more bean sprouts than noodles (you might get more noodles from a package of instant noodles) and as for the chicken, you will need a microscope to find them.
Curry Chicken: curry sauce was very thin and don't have much favour. We had 3 very boney pieces of chicken (looked like they took all the meat from the chicken and used them elsewhere). There wasn't even any cheap potatoes on the curry. We had an onion and cucumber salad with our curry and it was a tablespoon size serving. You will get better Curry Chicken from food courts.
Laska: Lots of raw onions, jalapeno and bean sprouts. Soup was coconut water tasting and can't taste any other favour in it (no spices, no chicken tasting). The chicken looked like it was stolen from our Curry Chicken (not shredded at all). We got 2 tofu puffs, 1 shrimp, 1 fish ball (cut in half)l, 1 egg and a bit of chicken. Missing lots of cilantro, dried shrimp paste, fried shallots,...
I think this place is very good at making fake Malaysia food. Avoid this place like the plauge. Oh ya, I think most of our food was reheated via the microwave 'cuz that's what we mostly heard instead of the clinking of pots and pans...
How do I put a NEGATIVE start on this place? -
Review from Roni L.
Vancouver, BC
10/20/2011 1 Check-in Here
I had been here before when fellow foodie, Vincent N. took me. The food was pretty good then, but as the name was Bo LAKSA, I felt I should review it until I had the laksa.
Fast forward about a year later and I read Andy's review on Bo Laksa (http://www.andyeatsalo...) and decided to go on a whim as I thought I could use some coconut broth today.
The place was small, the furniture isn't high end, but who cares when the food is quite good. The Laksa was very good, not the best I've had, but pretty up there.
It comes with bean sprouts, prawns, beef, hard boiled egg, slice of lime, red onion, yellow noodles (or you can choose vermicelli), and a fish ball. The broth was good, not too rich, and definitely not light. Good flavor.
Enjoyed the lunch. -
Review from Matt H.
Vancouver, BC
9/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
The only Burmese restaurant to my knowledge in Vancouver. After being a regular at Burmese Kitchen in SF, I was craving an authentic bowl of Mohinga (fish noodle soup) and a tea leaf salad.
The soup is served with cilantro, chili and byakaw (yellow split pea fritters). A nice crunch which gets added to the top. Nice flavor, it fills you up nicely. Don't expect to find pieces of fish in the soup -- it's more of a fish broth.
I loved the tea leaf salad. It's made with tea leaves which only grow on the south coast of Burma. One of the more unique dishes available in Vancouver. It's made with garlic, pickled tea leaves (key ingredient), dried shrimp, toasted sesame seeds, yellow beans, peanuts and tomato slices. Great combination of ingredients, tastes and textures all the while feeling healthy. Highly recommend you try it. -
Review from Ryan L.
Vancouver, BC
Updated - 1/10/2012
Still going to leave it at four stars. But 1. avoid the fish cakes--they are rubbery and tasteless. 2. they should have other vegetables other than extra bean sprouts and raw onions to throw in the laksa if you order it without meat. On the positive side from my last experience, their eggplant dish is very tasty.
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12/17/2011
Pad thai was actually quite addictive, better than I expected from past reviews. The green mango… Read more »
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Review from Jordan H.
8/24/2011 1 Check-in Here
Awesome pad thai. Actual tamarind sauce, no ketchup. The laksa is spiced just right and doesn't leave me with a heavy gut like a lot of laksa in town does. Their roti is fantastic as well.
I've been trying to get the Mohinga (does anywhere else in Vancouver have this?) for a while but it's always sold out. Must be good. -
Review from Fonny C.
Vancouver, BC
12/13/2010 1 Check-in Here
Finally found the best place for laksa! I love laksa but it is hard to find the authentic kind. Usually they're made with pre-made mixtures or just too coconut milk added. Bo's laksa was sooo flavourful and I didn't have that heavy feeling afterwards. The roti canai, omg, what can I say, just melt in your mouth yumminess. I can't believe I have not found this place sooner. The server was super nice and was more than happy to accomodate my no-meat request on the laksa. When it arrived, I found they've added loads of veggies in my bowl.
I have to go back until I've tried every menu item there is and then do it all over again! -
Review from Johnson C.
Vancouver, BC
Updated - 1/5/2011 1 Check-in Here
Hmm - reading over my original review - I think I really wanted to like this place and I probably gave it a strong 'benefit-of-the-doubt'. Local and exotic and run by ambitious and earnest crew - what's not to like?
Probably one of the better bubble tea places in the area, but on return visits, I'm finding I'm getting less and less enamoured with Bo Laksa.
Tried the beef rendang and pork curry - the rendang was fragrant and tasty, but the beef was overcooked and chewy. The pork was good, but the curry was a bit too watery and bland for my liking. Combining the pork and the rendang would have probably blew my socks off - but it's probably not fair to mentally reconstitute best parts of the each dish together.
Not to say it was bad - it was still solid, but it didn't have the 'wow' factor that I remembered. Reading over some of the other reviews, is it a case of being anti-conformist: "I used to like them before they got popular"?Listed in: East Van Eateries
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8/11/2010
After hearing some glowing reviews on Bo Laksa King's original location -- a hole-in-the-wall… Read more »
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Review from Margeo M.
Vancouver, BC
9/23/2011
I had a hot tip about this restaurant that I live 3 blocks away from, and never paid any attention to, so I went and checked it out the other day. It was totally mind blowing, the food was cheap but not creepy, everything had its own distinct taste, the spices tasted fresh and were done amazingly, all the servings were pretty large. I literally had my mouth hanging open in awe on several occasions during the meal, that's something. I will be back many a time!
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Review from Edward L.
I came here with a buddy based on a tip from GourmetFury, and must say I was not disappointed.
The place was definitely a bit dingy on the inside, much like those hole-in-the-type stalls seen in SE Asia, right down to the missing tiles. This was a good sign. The place was decently clean, and the western-style music was a nice touch.
We ordered the Laksa, Beef Rendang, and Pad Thai.
This is definitely the best laksa I've had outside of Malaysia. Unlike most places out there, the soup was not watered down and noticeably thicker, but not coated in oil. The ingredients were fresh, and most importantly, it tasted AUTHENTIC. This alone is worth a visit to the place.
The Beef Rendang was very spicy (my buddy couldn't really handle it haha) but not too oily. The beef itself was interesting. In terms of texture / dryness, it was drier than Chinese-style beef brisket, but not as dry as beef jerky. But again, it tasted AUTHENTIC. The tiny cucumber salad came with this dish definitely helped break up the flavour as the spiciness really was something. Recommended.
So this place could pull off the Malay dishes, but could it pull off, something from Thailand?
The Pad Thai (advertised as "authentic Thai street food") is the reason I didn't give this place 5 stars. Maybe I had my hopes up after the first 2 dishes, but this one wasn't spicy enough, and was missing a certain kick that I remembered from the food stands of Khaosan Road. It was a nice attempt, but unfortunately continues my streak of being unable to find authentic Pad Thai in Vancouver.
For drinks, my buddy had a (fresh) mango slush, and I had a (fresh) sour mango slush. My buddy mentioned the mango slush was very tasty, and I would say the same for my sour mango. You could definitely pick out little chunks of ground up sour mango, and I liked how it wasn't too sweet like 90% of the places out there. You could actually taste the fruit. The only thing that threw me off was that my drink looked a bit on the fluorescent (green) side, so maybe they added a bit of colouring into it.
Would I come back? Yes. They know their Malay food. I talked to the owner and he's from Burma, but lived/worked in Malaysia and Thailand for a few years.
Next time, I'm going to try their Tom Yum soup. Haven't found a good one on this side of the world either.. -
Review from Simon K.
Going in late at night with a couple of friends to have our late night meal after the game, I decided to come back after I've had their food on the weekend for takeout, and my star rating has gone up for this place. Why, you ask has my opinion changed, probably because of the non-rush approach of going in the last couple of times compared to my last review, and getting a chance at more of a variety of things on the menu.
Having ordered the Nasi-Goreng (fried rice) from another place last week, and for it being pretty bland, I had to redeem my taste buds and come here for a try, and I was impressed. Even for take out, opening the box, it looked as good and garnished as it would look on a plate, and it was savoury, not dry (as they use freshly cooked rice, and not day-old rice!) and it was spicy, but one where you just wanted to keep eating the next bite. That was my take out experience, and also the fact that the couple working here is always so nice and accomodating even while you wait, offering water, and at times asking you how your day is going, and giving honest opinions on what their favorite dishes are on the menu.
Also, coming here yesterday, and being the only table in the restaurant around 10 PM, getting a chance to sit down, and talk to the couple again, as my other friend comes here a lot, so we all eventually got to know the dishes that came out, and now I know, the owner's name is "Bo", his wife calls him "Bobo". This is the first time I had a chance to eat the Roti, and it is the best I have had around town, two thumbs up on this dish, and it can be filling, as you think of other places with this dish, this one is exactly like a top notch pastry, light, fluffy, and big. The wife told us that they work on these every 2 - 3 days, and make about a batch of 100, in house, and the sauce used is not the peanut sauce you are used to, but a burmese style sauce.
Also on this night, I was able to get a taste of the "street-style" pad-thai, and it was not like your usual tomato-ketchup based pad-thai like your normal conventional places. Filled with flavour and bite, this dish was one of the stars of the table, savoury flavour, firm noodles, covered with chunks of beancurd, beansprouts, peanuts. and on the side ~ chilli flakes to add to the spice!
Also, some other notes that we learned from this last visit: "Bo" actually pre-makes all the soup and ingredients for the Joyce location before he comes to open shop at Hastings. And also, because his name is on the other store, the menu is limited at Joyce, due to the fact he cannot prepare everything (fried rice, etc.) and does not want to tarnish his excellent cooking. Always a pleasure coming here, it has definitely moved up on my list.Listed in: Favorite Food Places, Coconut Curry - Thai/Malay it…
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9/16/2010
Everytime I pull up on my Yelp application, what shows around my area, is this place. I'm always… Read more »
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Review from Linda C.
Vancouver, BC
5/12/2011
I love the food here and the people are pretty great too.
The roti, the eggplant dish, the butter chicken, the noodles . . . I'm going back soon to try some more. -
Review from Jasmine T.
Burnaby, BC
9/13/2010
Yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy. A bunch of my friends rave about this place, so we went with one to try it. When we walked in, I was convinced my friend had tricked us and took us to a bubble tea snack place for dinner. We each ordered a drink... I got a mango slush with pearls, my friend got a lychee slush and my fiance got a mango smoothie. They don't normally make that, but they did for him. That's service.
We ordered three dishes to share: a green mango salad, the butter chicken and drunken beef. I love how spicy the green mango salad is. It was an unexpected fire. I am so glad I got the mango slush. It brought me to tears it was so spicy. We ate the whole thing. I am not a big fan of dried shrimps, but I tolerated them in the salad. The mango was crisp and went well with the dressing... it reminded me of when I was a kid and would get green mangoes and bagoong (salty shrimp paste)... soooooo gooodah!
The butter chicken was spicy. I thought that would be the theme of the night. It came with rice, naan and a cooling cucumber salad. The butter chicken wasn't as smooth as butter chicken normally is, but the flavour was spot on. We scraped the bowl with the naan to get every last bit of sauce.
I thought the drunken beef was only okay. The beef was kind of tough and the broth it was in was very heavy on the thai basil. BUT... it cooled my mouth down. My mouth was on fire from the salad and this totally took the heat away.
The chef came out and made sure everything was okay. He also came and gave us a dessert... I'm not sure what it was... he mentioned durham and semolina. It was a nice cake... not very sweet. So yummy.Listed in: Wonderful Surprises
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Review from Masaki L.
Richmond, BC
My wife and I went there last night due to a lot of compliments we've been hearing. But turned out we're a little disappointed.
First of all, we didn't notice it's Malaysian + Burmese until we got there. And that's why their meat has a strong taste of Indian herbs, which both of us don't prefer (it's just too strong that we don't like it's smell and taste). We were expecting more Malaysian style though.
Despite the herbs:
LAMB SATAY- was too dry and overcooked, the satay sauce with relatively bigger chunk of peanuts was quite yummy though.
LAKSA- was okay, well, just too strong of an Indian taste rather than Malaysian one.
ROTI- was so-so, honestly Seri is much better, which a little more crispy on the outside and better texture inside, and a thicker sauce.
MOHINGAR (Fish broth, onions garlic, ginger, lemon grass and tender core of banana stem, served with thin rice noodle, hard boiled eggs, and split pea fritters)- was actually the best among all dishes we've ordered. We rarely see this in many other restaurants and in fact it's pretty yummy with the above ingredients.
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Review from Marc D.
Vancouver, BC
12/29/2010 4 photos
* Bo's expansion Burmese and other S.E. Asian offerings *
Bo, of Bo Laksa King's Famous Laksa & Wraps (http://www.yelp.ca/biz...) has expanded to offer more a full service restaurant experience at this location.
He has a much more extensive menu at this location, as there is a full restaurant kitchen. He is now offering a variety of Southeast Asian cuisine including everything from laksa to pad thai to nasi goreng to satays to butter chicken.
Today we tried the laksa and mohingar.
The laksa (http://www.yelp.ca/use... and http://www.yelp.ca/use...) was similar (although not entirely) to the one he offers at his original location, but served in a real bowl instead of the disposable plastic at the other location. It had a good dose of chili oil to heat things up, a generous amount of very tender chicken, a whole boiled egg, several shrimp, bean sprouts, nice fish balls, tofu puffs, and cilantro. I was disappointed to not find any daun laksa (laksa leaf) in it like at the other location. The noodles were also just vermicelli instead of the nice mix provided at the other location. Overall I preferred the laksa at the original location the last time I was there. But now I'm a bit worried that he may have changed the recipe there too. Don't get me wrong, this was very tasty, but it wasn't at the same quality as the one at the other location.
The mohingar (http://www.yelp.ca/use... and http://www.yelp.ca/use...) surprisingly didn't have any whole pieces of fish in it. This was the first time I've had mohingar without fish. The fish broth was flavourful with nice overtones of lemongrass, ginger, and garlic. The banana stem core was nice and tender. The split pea fritters added texture to the broth as well. Unfortunately the noodles were a bit overcooked, so by the end of the dish they were really falling apart. And seriously, where was the fish?!?!?!?! That was a surprise. Perhaps this is a different style that doesn't include fish normally? Anyhoo......
While this location was good, I think they are trying to do too many things on the menu, and perhaps the individual items are suffering a bit. I now have to return to the other location and see if it is still as good as I remember it. I hope it is, but I am a bit fearful that with this expansion things may have changed at the original location as well.Listed in: Vanoodle, Something fishy (hopefully…, Vancouver…
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Review from Dia L.
11/14/2011
Roti chani, beef rendang, burmese tea, pad thai, green papaya salad, fermented tea leaves salad is usually what I order for myself... if I like you I might share : ) Usually do take out or dinner, heard great combos at lunch. Will make time and try out their lunch menu. Did I mention Satays (beef, lamb and chicken) with a peanut sauce and laksa?
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Review from L K.
Vancouver, BC
3/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
Came here on a Friday night to check out what the buzz was all about in this hole in the wall joint that Vancouver Magazine and Urbanspoon was talking about.
Small Bubble tea type of restaurant with about 20 seats in the whole restaurant. Slightly slow service and very casual atmosphere. Only 1 or 2 servers at one time. I think one guy behind the bubble tea counter only makes bubble tea, and maybe another person in the kitchen cooking up all the good food and 1 or 2 actual servers who also triple as hosts/ bussers, and waiters. Anyways....for the food. We had the Laksa, Nasi Gorang, Roti, Curry Pork and Green Papaya salad.
Salad: Other than a bit spicy for my taste, it was very flavorful with the lime/citrus dressing. Slightly smaller portion than I anticipated.
Laksa: Wonderful as advertised, packed with good flavor and ingredients.
Nasi Goreng: super duper good. Not a piece of rice left on the plate.
Roti: 4 large pieces for $6.99, very hot and tasty, but slightly overpriced I thought.
Curry Pork: Its actually braised pork belly. If you have no problem with the fatty portion, then this plate is good stuff. Not mind blowing, but very good with white rice.
Overall, really good laska and Tasty Nasi Goreng (basics that should be non-fail). Should probably wear something you dont mind smelling like South Asian food afterwards as ventilation is not as good. But overall, good experience and looking forward to coming back soon. -
Review from Nathan L.
Vancouver, BC
4/14/2010
A great, new little bubble bubble tea place with free WiFi and reasonably priced drinks. It's run by the friendly owner and open more than any other place on this street that I've found.
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Review from Leroy L.
8/25/2010 2 Check-ins Here
My partner and I just happened to spot Bo Laksa King Bubbles & Bits as we were driving home. I remembered bookmarking the original Bo Laksa King on Joyce, so we thought we would give it a try. We shared a Laksa(of course!) and the Roti Wrap. The Laksa($7.50) was unbelievable, served with Yellow Buckwheat Noodles, Shrimp, Chicken Fish Balls, Tofu Puffs, Hard Boiled Egg, and garnished with Red Onions, Coriander, a Lime Wedge. Beware of the spice level! It was HOT, HOT, HOT, but oh so GOOD, GOOD, GOOD! The Roti Wrap($4.50) was wrapped in a Tortilla and not a Roti. It was delicious with the Chicken, Curry, and Vegetable filling, but would have been even better in a real Roti. The great thing about this location is that they also serve Bubble Tea, so we finished off our meal with a Taro Slush($3.50). It tasted great and the price was right, but best of all it cooled down the spice from the food. The decor at BLKB&B is by no means fancy, but would rival any other Bubble Tea joint around. I really liked how friendly and welcoming the servers were. It really makes a difference! I'm excited to come back to sample more of their offerings.
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Review from Jordan P.
Vancouver, BC
4/29/2010 4 photos
this is the best bubble tea place I've been to, it has a nice atmosphere, nice music, nice theme, and also a free wifi. excellent service from a nice owner. great place to leave your stress outside the door. I have been visiting bubbles and bits since it first opened up!...
