Fried Hokkien mee ($7)!
A Golden Mile plate of fried Hokkien mee: yellow noodles and bee hoon braised in prawn stock with prawns, squid and egg, with sambal and lime. $7.
Lunch at Golden Mile: fried Hokkien mee for $7. 🦐😋
What was on the plate:
- Hokkien mee: yellow noodles and bee hoon braised in prawn stock with prawns, squid rings, scrambled egg, pork bits and bean sprouts, with sambal and a lime wedge
This is the Singapore wet-fried style, the in-between texture where the noodles braise in a seafood stock rather than being dry-fried, so they come out moist and glistening. The prawn stock is the test, and this one had real depth from long-simmered shells and bones, with a slight smoky char from the wok.
Tumbled through were a couple of sweet prawns, tender squid rings, soft egg and bean sprouts for crunch. As always with Hokkien mee, the doctoring is half the fun: squeeze the lime over as soon as it lands, stir in the sambal to taste, and the acid and chilli cut straight through the richness and bring the whole plate together.
At $7 in the Golden Mile area it sits in the mid hawker tier, a bit more than a basic plate but with generous seafood and good wok work. A comforting, well-made plate.
Overall: 4.2 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Prawn-stock noodles with good wok hei, sweet prawns and squid, brightened with lime and sambal. Would re-order.
