The secret to an authentic kl hokkien mee is the pork fat. A dialect that came when the residents of chinas fujian province migrated to singapore, theres more to hokkien than their famous mee noodles. The food if this is your first visit here, we implore you to go for the hokkien mee at 218 zhong xin hokkien mee. Hokkien mee is one of my all time favourite hawker dishes. Hq located at damansara uptown, once is the pioneer for hokkien mee in this area. Fried bee hoon singapore noodles recipe serious eats. In the last few weeks, weve hooked you up with big ol lists of history, science and food shows you can stream without forking over a dime. When im not doing that, i read comic books and cry about my. Grandma lees fried hokkien mee shermays singapore fine. To date, weve checked out close to 40 places to come up with this top 10 list. Whenever hokkien mee is mentioned, there are a handful of familiar names that usually come up. After a brief retirement, ah hock decided that he missed the smoking wok too much and made a comeback, much to the joy of all his fans.
There are many theories as to the origins of the dish, but what is undisputed is that you cant find this style of hokkien mee in our neighbouring countries, unlike char kway teow where many variations can be found across malaysia. Located at aljunied, swee guan hokkien mee is one of the most popular hokkien mee stalls in singapore. Fried hokkien mee, is a pile of noodles flash stir fried in oil or lard, and flavored with dark soy sauce. The dish commonly referred to as hokkien mee, depending on the locality, can mean either hokkien hae mee or hokkien char mee. Uncover asia added a new photo at singapore fried hokkien mee. Nam sing hokkien fried mee hougang, stall 02, old airport road food centre. Cooked in a fragrant stock, hokkien prawn mee is a delicious noodle dish made from yellow noodles. Hokkien mee kl style food recipes, malaysian cuisine, food. Thick yellow noodles braised in a dark soybased gravy, with nothing more than some cabbage, pork slices and lard, and served with sambal belacan, its one thing that i have to eat whenever i visit kl. With roots in chinas hokkien province, hokkien mee consists of noodles cooked in an extra rich shrimp broth. Shrimp, vegetable oil palm oil, garlic, chicken seasoning powder, fish sauce, monosodium glutamate, salt, white pepper. Nam sing hokkien fried mee does this famous hokkien mee.
Hokkien mee in the claypot i have heard about this fried hokkien mee and the story of the owner. Despite my mother preparing lavish meals with at least four different dishes excluding chinese soup, my siblings and i will still be hungry near bedtime. These qualities put the restaurant at the forefront of the hokkien mee scene. Hokkien mee is a southeast asian dish, popular in indonesian, malaysian, singaporean and thai cuisines, that has its origins in the cuisine of chinas fujian hokkien province. Utilising charcoal, this joint has been dishing out their smoky noodles for over 40 years. There really isnt a lot of competition for nam sing at old airport road. From claypot hokkien mee to charcoal fried mee, weve got the best of. In singapore, our conversations are often peppered with hokkien words. About 20 years ago, there was inflation and with the increase in prices, i decided to add ikin bilis to give back to my customers. During my growing years, sometimes i eat up to two bowls of rice for dinner.
The dish was invented by the founder of kim lian kee the oldest hokkien mee eatery naturally and, in my books, still churns out the besttasting. With a variety of authentic popular fried rice dishes, noodle favorites like. Foursquare uses cookies to provide you with an optimal experience, to personalize ads that you may see, and to help advertisers measure the results of their ad campaigns. Promotions and highlights around singapore food guide. Hokkien prawn noodle soup is a popular local dish made up of hokkien mee thick yellow noodles in a broth of pork bones and prawn stock made from prawn heads and shells, and garnished with bean sprouts, slices of pork and prawn, and kangkong water spinach. My dad does the lard and crackling thing for most of his fried noodles. Heat a wok over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil and swirl to coat. Not the typical hokkien mee found in singapore, this variation is an exciting version that is well loved everywhere as well. Stir in the garlic and sambal oelek and cook for 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Lee eng keat, the owner, has been in and out of the prison for countless times, he spent about 20 years behind bars with a total of 34 strokes of the cane received.
Grandma lees fried hokkien mee stiffried egg noodles with seafood and pork ingredients. Fried hokkien prawn noodles, known locally as hokkien mee, is a dish comprising thick yellow noodles fried in a rich prawn and pork stock. With the opening of yi ji there theoretically is competition. In singapore, the popularity of tze char rose gradually after the postwar. The singapore fried hokkien mee featured here, is a variant of the penang prawn noodles. This is the go to hokkien mee in the hougangserangoon area. Praise the lord for his kindness and this is the story of how he has lead me. It is a dish of thick yellow noodles braised in thick dark soy sauce with pork, squid, fish cake and cabbage as the main ingredients and cubes of pork fat fried until crispy sometimes pork liver is included. Hokkien mee is one of singapores signature hawker dish. Unlike chicken rice which had its origins on hainan island, hokkien mee was born on. Recently, i have been punishing myself with day dreams of malaysian delicacies that i am missing so terribly like the sinfully tasty black kl style hokkien mee.
Blue star fried hokkien mee serves chinese cuisine. Wok fried hokkien mee in fragrance stock fried hokkien prawn noodle. Charcoalfried hokkien mee with 41 years of history. Fried hokkien mee from geylang lorong 29 fried hokkien mee. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in wok over medium heat until shimmering. What to eat 10 mashup cuisines chock full of fusion flavours.
Nowadays, when you order a plate of fried hokkien mee, you can hardly find any squid or prawns in it and the prices are exorbitant. Head on down to singapore fried hokkien mee in whampoa market where you can get just that till as late as 1. Squeeze lime juice over the mee goreng dish before eating. Hokkien hae mee hokkien prawn noodles is commonly served in penang and singapore while hokkien char mee hokkien fried noodles is commonly served in kuala lumpur and the klang valley. Fried hokkien prawn noodles infopedia nlb eresources. The history of hokkien mee started with two brothers, ng seng and ng tong who arrived in singapore in the 40s from xiamen they found work as coolies at the wholesale warehouse at rochor road known as iron factory. Today, fried hokkien mee has become so popular that it can be found at almost any dai chao restaurant. Fried hokkien mee is yummy the key is the prawn broth and a good sambal with the noodle will be too good to resist. Fried hokkien prawn noodles, known locally as hokkien mee, is a dish comprising thick yellow noodles fried in a rich prawn and pork stock and served with chilli and lime on the side. The dish consists of stir fried egg noodles and rice noodles, prawns, vegetables like bell peppers and scallions, herbs and a soy sauce marinade. Cook until mushrooms have softened and are beginning to. Kl hokkien mee recipe this dish is famous for the dark, fragrant sauce that the noodles are braised in.
Hokien street was once the most popular place for eating the dish. Black hokkien mee the meatmen your local cooking channel. Analogous to the makeshift stir fry and noodle stalls in bangkok and dai pai tung in hong kong, the term tze char is a kind of street food culture unique to singapore and malaysia. This simple dish of stirfried noodles boasts a rich prawn stock that keeps fans coming back for more. Preparing the hokkien prawn soup stock from scratch is the most tedious part of the recipe but it is rewarding. Fried black hokkien mee i really miss eating kl hokkien mee. In our recipe, we have used both thick and thin bee hoon rice vermicelli for a. Hokkien prawn noodle soup is a popular local dish made up of hokkien mee.
The name originates from the hokkien people of southern china, many of whom live in southeast asia. A unique ingredient in lim hokkien fried mee is the crispy ikan bilis. Singapore style fried hokkien mee recipe ieatishootipost. Walking distance from soo teck lrt station, the coffee shop is well located with other convenient shops as well, including the upandcoming supermarket, u stars megamart. Fried hokkien mee is a noodle dish originating from fujian, china, where they speak the hokkien dialect. Examples include thai glass noodle salad and cold udon. Blue star fried hokkien mee in hainanese village food. The singapore hae mee is stir fried and has a lighter colour, while the penang variant is cooked in a prawnbased spicy broth. Nam sing is open from morning to afternoon and yi ji is open from evening until close. The key to a good plate of fried hokkien mee is always the stock and blue star fried hokkien mee was rightly moist with the tasty albeit a bit salty stock. Hokkien mee is a stir fried noodle dish from malaysia, a small country in southeast asia bordered by thailand to the north and singapore to the south. History many early accounts of the origins of hokkien prawn noodle soup. Typical examples include chow mein, lo mein, mie goreng, hokkien mee, some varieties of pancit, yakisoba, curry noodles, and pad thai.
The singaporean variant consists of egg noodles and rice noodles stirfried. Read the nam sing hokkien fried mee does this famous hokkien mee live up to the hype. Kuala lumpurs top 7 klstyle fried hokkien mee spots asia. The cooked meat is set aside, and the pork fat left in the pot is used to fry a mixture of ground garlic and shallots until they are fragrant. The use of dark soy sauce gives this tasty noodle dish hokkien mee an.
For people who dont like pork like me, ive found a way to make a decent plate of hokkien mee sans pork. A mixture of yellow noodles and thick rice vermicelli,first fried with eggs until fragrant and braised in rich, flavourful prawn broth, the singapore fried hokkien mee is served semidry and garnished with prawns, squid, sliced pork belly, chives and eaten. But in certain time the quality drop and we start see alot of hokkien mee restaurant open nearby. As i wolfed down the plate of hokkien mee, i noticed how flavorful it tasted with the combination of the noodles, ingredients, stock, lime and belacan. We are quite convinced this is possibly the best hokkien mee. Yes, yes it does discussion from the chowhound restaurants food community. Best hokkien mee in town new straits times malaysia. Put the hokkien noodles in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and soak for 1 minute. My first book of hokkien words sibeynostalgic naiise. It is a popular local dish that has various accounts of its origins. Lim hokkien fried mee this stall adds ikan bilis into.
Lovers of fried hokkien mee would agree with me that the best hokkien mee has to be stirfried with charcoal fire. Its been more than a year since i last visited them and they have implemented. Having tried the former two, i thought id drop by ah wah to see how it fares with the others. Malaysian food, is as you already know, one of my favorite cuisines in the world. His hokkien mee uses thin bee hoon and it is still served with cut chillies. The noodles had a subtle wok hei fragrance, and are flavoured with the prawn and meat stock they were stirfried in. The defining difference being in the use of lots of dark soy sauce, which results in the dark color of the noodles. Hokkien prawn noodle soup infopedia nlb eresources. Each time i go back to malaysia, i will drop by my favourite pj jalan 222 shop restaurant ahwa for their tasty hokkien mee. Lim hokkien fried mee bedok 6 tips from 85 visitors. If you are busy, you can substitute with storebought chicken stock. Hokkien fried noodles is a common dish found in singapore, malaysia and indonesia.
Thin bee hoon and yellow noodles are fried until all the flavourful stock is absorbed, the noodles slightly charred and infused with wok hei fragrance imparted from the high heat of the wok. We do the pork toppings in our pan mee and kon lo mee at home. Learning how to fry ikan bilis from a stall owner, he uses good quality ikan bilis and deep fried them till its crispy and flavoursome. I suppose hakka noodles sounds a lot like hokkien noodles. Hokkien mee traditional malaysian recipe 196 flavors.
Apart from hokkien mee, it offers fried lou shee fun, fried glass noodles, singapore fried vermicelli, fried mee suah, char kway teow and fried noodles with fresh water prawn. Damansara uptown hokkien mee in damansara utama is said to serve the best hokkien mee in pj where the place packs up come night time, with diners tucking into their signature fried noodles coated in black sauce and pork lard. Fried hokkien mee is believed to be invented by ong kim lian, the owner of the now famous kim lian kee at petaling street, in 1927. Some of the more established ones are kim lian kee, damansara uptown and ah wah. Unlike normal hokkien mee that uses yellow noodles and thick bee hoon, the ones here are made using thin bee hoon. Chinese shrimp fried rice din tai fung egg fried rice w prawns recipe duration. We also went to the extent of revisiting several outlets to. Easy malaysian fried hokkien mee noodles 10 ingredients. Chockful of ingredients, some not commonly found such as.
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