炸鱼幼面 / Fried fish thin noodles ($3.50)!
A hawker bowl of thin noodles in a clear soup with fried shallots and greens, served with a side of crispy fried fish. $3.50.
A clean, comforting hawker lunch: 炸鱼幼面 (fried fish thin noodles), $3.50. 😋
What I had:
- Thin noodles in a clear soup with fried shallots, spring onion and bok choy
- A side bowl of crispy fried fish
I like this one because the fish comes crispy on the side rather than soggy in the soup. The fried fish pieces are battered and deep-fried until golden and crunchy, so they keep their crisp shell with a soft, flaky centre, and you dip or add them as you eat rather than letting them go limp in the broth.
The noodle bowl itself is the gentle, soothing part: fine thin noodles in a light, clear broth, fragrant from a good scatter of fried shallots, with tender bok choy and spring onion through it. It is the kind of clean, peppery soup that feels restorative, not heavy. A spoon of chilli on the side perks it up if you like a kick.
Eating the crispy fish alongside the slurpable noodle soup gives you the best of both, crunch and comfort in one meal. And at $3.50, it is honest, everyday hawker value that is getting harder to find.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Crispy fried fish with a clean, shallot-fragrant noodle soup, comforting and great value. Would re-order.
