板面 ($3)!

Thursday hawker — 板面 (pan mee) at $3. Budget Hakka hand-pulled flat noodles.

At $3 foundational budget tier — increasingly rare across 2019.

Pan mee (板面) — Malaysian-Hakka hand-pulled flat noodle dish. Hand-torn dough pieces boiled into broth. Proper Hakka migration heritage.

Standard preparation:

• Wheat flour + water dough
• Hand-pulled into irregular flat pieces
• Boiled into clear anchovy broth
• Minced pork + sliced fish + leafy greens

The hand-pulled noodle tradition deserves preservation appreciation. The artisanal labour doesn’t scale to franchise pricing — each visit supports proper heritage business model.

Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid budget pan mee. Would re-order.

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