ROXY LAKSA

Preserving the Heritage

Mr Lim Kok Seng started selling laksa at Roxy Theatre  back in 1952 and went on to spend the next 26 years selling laksa with his son Mr Lim Eng Hock, till the cinema was finally closed in 1978. They then shifted to the East Coast Lagoon Food Centre which opened in 1979 and continued to sell his laksa there. Third generation Mike Lim started working with his dad after NS in 1981 and continued the business at East Coast Lagoon Food Centre until their eventual move to Timbre+ in 2016.

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The move might surprise many of his regulars for whom Roxy Laksa is the main reason to visit East Coast Lagoon Food Centre.  The move came about because Mike wanted to preserve the legacy of Roxy Laksa when his own kids were not interested to take over.

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Chef Willin Low had been a long time customer of Roxy Laksa and the thought of not being able to have his favourite bowl of laksa was too much for him.

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Roxy Laksa is cooked with a home-made rempah, added using coconut milk which is squeezed freshly every day, added with fresh sea prawns and not cockles.