炸鱼片伊面汤 ($5)!
A hawker bowl of yi mein in a clear soup with crispy fried fish slices, ikan bilis and spring onion. $5.
A comforting hawker lunch: 炸鱼片伊面汤 (fried fish yi mein soup) at $5. 😋
What I had:
- Yi mein (fried egg noodles) in a clear soup with crispy fried fish slices, ikan bilis, spring onion and a side of chilli
This bowl is a nice change from the usual sliced-fish soup, because the fish here is fried rather than poached. You get golden, crispy-battered fish slices that stay crunchy at the edges even sitting in the soup, with a soft, just-cooked centre. That crunch against the broth is the whole appeal.
The yi mein is the other treat. These are the springy, pre-fried egg noodles (the “longevity noodles” you get at celebrations), and they have a lovely chewy, slightly spongy texture that soaks up the soup beautifully. The broth itself was clean and light, savoury with a little hit from the crispy ikan bilis scattered on top, and a spoon of the chilli on the side perks it right up.
It is the kind of unfussy, satisfying bowl that quietly delivers: crispy fish, springy noodles, clear comforting soup. At $5 it is honest hawker value, and a slightly different fish-noodle fix.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Crispy fried fish and springy yi mein in a clean, savoury broth, comforting and a little different. Would re-order.
