Fried fish thick bee hoon soup at a hawker stall ($6)!
Hawker fried fish thick bee hoon soup — thick rice vermicelli in milky fish broth with crispy fried fish shreds and sweet potato leaves. $6.
WFH lunch comfort — fried fish thick bee hoon soup at a hawker stall, $6. The crispy + soupy hybrid. 😋
What was in the orange bowl ($6):
- A nest of thick bee hoon swimming in milky-white fish broth — properly cloudy from prolonged simmering, depth from real fish bones.
- Loaded with shredded fried fish bits — the crispy battered fish broken into smaller pieces, scattered through the bowl so every spoonful has some.
- A generous handful of sweet potato leaves wilted into the broth for the green and earthy bite.
- A side of bright red chilli sauce + dark sweet soya sauce in the corner divider dish.
The shredded-fried-fish style is the underrated alternative to the chunk-style version — the smaller pieces distribute the fish flavour more evenly through the broth, and you get crispy bits in every spoonful instead of having to find them.
Sweet potato leaves are the right green for this dish — earthier than choy sum, holds up better against the fish flavour without going limp.
The milky fish broth has the proper hawker depth — slightly cloudy, slightly creamy from the bones-and-fish-skin simmer, no MSG aftertaste. This is what fish bee hoon should taste like.
A dab of sambal + dark soya into the broth changes the bowl entirely — try a few spoonfuls plain first, then add condiments for the second half.
Total: $6. Hawker pricing.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. Fried fish shreds were generous and stayed crispy through the takeaway, broth had proper milky-fish depth, sweet potato leaves were the right green. Will reorder. 😍👍🏼
