Wanton mee ($5)!
A plate of dry wanton mee: mee pok in sweet-soy chilli sauce with char siew and greens, with wantons in soup on the side. $5.
A reliable hawker lunch we keep coming back to: dry wanton mee at $5. 😋
What we had:
- Wanton mee (dry): mee pok tossed in sweet-soy chilli sauce with char siew and greens, plus wantons in soup and pickled green chilli on the side
Wanton mee lives or dies on the noodles, and these mee pok were cooked just right, that QQ chew with a slight bite, not over-soft or chalky. The sauce coated every strand without pooling at the bottom of the plate, with the chilli paste adding a kick that did not overpower.
The char siew slices were a little thinner today (you get what is cut from the day’s batch), but still had those caramelised edges and a good lean-to-fat balance, that sweet-soy lacquered roast pork being one of the small joys of Cantonese cooking. A handful of choy sum on top added a fresh green note against the heavy sauce.
The side bowl of clear soup with three plump wantons (prawn-and-pork filling, thin skins) is the accompaniment that ties it together, light and savoury between bites of the rich dry mee pok. Some mouthfuls I take with a slice of the tangy pickled green chilli for a sour-spicy lift. At $5 this is honest hawker pricing, where the stall version beats the chains every time.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Springy mee pok in a punchy chilli sauce with lacquered char siew and plump soup wantons. Would re-order.
