什锦生面 ($5)!
A plate of crispy egg noodles in egg gravy with mixed toppings: prawns, sliced pork, fishcake and kailan in a silky sauce. $5.
A comforting hawker lunch with BB: 什锦生面 (assorted noodles) for $5, done in the crispy-noodle-and-egg-gravy style. 😋
What we had:
- 什锦生面: crispy fried egg noodles smothered in a silky egg gravy with prawns, sliced pork, fishcake and kailan
This was the wat tan sang mee style, where the egg noodles are fried crisp into a golden nest, then drowned in a silky, egg-thickened gravy that softens them as they sit. The fun is the contrast: the bits still poking out of the sauce stay crunchy while the noodles underneath turn slippery and soaked through.
The “什锦” (assorted) part means you get a bit of everything piled on: sweet prawns, slices of tender pork, springy fishcake and a few stalks of kailan for green, all swimming in that savoury brown gravy run through with ribbons of egg. Instead of choosing between one topping or another, you get the lot in one plate.
A spoon of the cut chilli on the side adds a sharp little lift. It is rich, comforting, slurpy eating, the kind of saucy noodle plate you crave on a quiet day. Good value at $5.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Crispy noodles in silky egg gravy loaded with prawns, pork and fishcake. Would re-order.
