somewhereintime

Laksa soup base from a jar and they charge you for
the  specialty broth, Hmm

somewhereintime

There are some high quality MSG free meat/ fish/shrimp/lobster broth  paste
from Switzland used in  5 stars  hotels,
relatively inexpensive( $30-40 /pound wholesale price) for
convenience. Works out to be $1  per hot pot.I know Laksa paste costs  10-20 cents per pot but they are low quality