Comfort food: mee hoon kuey ($3)!
A comforting bowl of mee hoon kuey: hand-torn flat noodles in clear soup with minced pork, crispy ikan bilis, fried shallots and greens. $3.
Proper comfort in a bowl: mee hoon kuey for $3. π
What we had:
- Mee hoon kuey: hand-torn flat noodles in clear soup with minced pork, crispy ikan bilis, fried shallots, coriander and greens
When you want something familiar and soothing, this is the bowl. Mee hoon kuey is the Hakka hand-torn noodle, and a good one is pure comfort: irregular flat pieces of dough torn by hand and cooked right in the soup, so they come out soft with that lovely uneven, slightly chewy bite.
The soup is the heart of it, a cloudy, savoury broth that tastes of everything piled on top. There was plenty of soft minced pork, a generous heap of crispy fried ikan bilis (anchovies) for that salty, savoury crunch, fried shallots, fresh coriander and a few leafy greens. The anchovies are what make it, lending the whole bowl that deep, moreish savouriness.
Stir in a spoon of the chilli on the side and it wakes right up. Honest, homely, hits-the-spot eating for $3, the kind of bowl you crave on an ordinary day.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. πππΌ Springy hand-torn noodles in a savoury broth with minced pork and crispy ikan bilis. Would re-order.
