Food Picks: Seng Coffee Bar, George's Katong Laksa and Just Julia Artisanal Bakes

George's Katong Laksa (left) and Cacio e Pepe Viennese Melts from Just Julia Artisanal Bakes. PHOTOS: TAN HSUEH YUN, JUST JULIA
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I have been ranting to long-suffering friends, and anyone who will listen, about the state of laksa in Singapore. So many versions have lost the richness I associate with this spicy noodle dish. The coconut milk is thin. The rempah has no oomph. There are no cockles.

Where, I wonder, has George's Katong Laksa been all my life?

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