Mee hoon kuey (RM$7)!
A bowl of mee hoon kuey on a Malaysia trip: hand-torn flat noodles in anchovy soup with minced pork, a meatball, egg, crispy ikan bilis and greens. RM$7.
A comforting lunch across the border on our Malaysia trip, a bowl of mee hoon kuey for RM$7 (around SGD$2.40). ๐
What we had:
- Mee hoon kuey: hand-torn flat noodles in anchovy soup with minced pork, a meatball, egg, black fungus, crispy ikan bilis, fried shallots and leafy greens
Mee hoon kuey (้บต็ฒ็ฒฟ) is the Hakka hand-torn noodle, and a good bowl is pure comfort. The noodles are torn by hand into irregular flat pieces and cooked straight in the soup, so they come out soft with that lovely uneven, slightly chewy bite.
The soup is the heart of it, a cloudy anchovy (ikan bilis) broth that is savoury and deeply flavoured, with a heap of crispy fried ikan bilis on top adding crunch and an extra hit of that salty-sweet anchovy depth. Tumbled in were soft minced pork, a bouncy meatball, ribbons of egg, slices of black fungus, fried shallots and a good handful of leafy greens.
Everything in one warming, homely bowl. At RM$7 it was lovely value, and that hand-torn texture is something you just do not get from machine noodles. The kind of simple, soulful food that makes a trip across the causeway worth it.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. ๐๐๐ผ Springy hand-torn noodles in a savoury anchovy soup with all the trimmings. Would re-visit.
