My father is still staying in Penang and he says Penangites nowadays don't really patronise the Air Itam's market 'assam laksa'. They drive further away to Balik Pulau's market and have the 'assam laksa' there. Funny huh! I wonder why good 'asssam laksa' is always beside the market? If you are in Balik Pulau's market, the same stall sells also Siamese laksa and it's also good.

It is actually " GAJUS " and not "jagus". Gajus is cashew nut in English. I think they meant 'pucuk gajus' and it is a type of ulam where northern Malays adds to the laksa. It is the leafs of the cashew nut tree.So, most probably the laksa is sold by a Malay vendor as the chinese don't use the 'pucuk gajus'.