The more "premium" brands are definitely more expensive, but also much more tasty. Korean brands particularly. There are also some good instant laksa packs that are quite good in a pinch if it's not possible to get a real one. A package is basically a meal (500-600 calories) and they're quite filling, never mind the trickery of 2 servings per package (how do you even separate them out?) If you eat one of those as an in-between meals snack (we know fats have cavernous stomachs) it's easy to gain weight on them, but they're no more calorie packed than anything else a fatty would choose to eat instead.