Sliced fish mee sua soup at a hawker stall ($6)!
Hawker sliced fish mee sua soup — thin wheat noodles in clear fish broth with fresh sliced fish, seaweed, fried egg lace, coriander and lettuce. $6.
Light lunch — sliced fish mee sua soup at a hawker stall, $6. Skinny noodles in clear fish broth, comfort soup energy. 😋
What was in the yellow bowl ($6):
- A nest of thin mee sua (wheat vermicelli) in clear fish broth.
- Generous slices of fresh batang fish scattered through the bowl.
- A handful of dried seaweed (zicai) — that signature dark crumbly mound in the centre, contributing the umami sea note.
- Pieces of fried egg lace (蛋皮) floating on top — wispy thin egg ribbons.
- A generous mound of fresh coriander for the herbal punch.
- A few lettuce leaves for the green.
- A scatter of fried shallots for the salty crispy top notes.
Mee sua + fish is the lighter alternative to thick bee hoon — the strings of thin wheat noodles let the broth flavour come through cleaner. Better when you want something that won’t fill you up too much.
The seaweed (zicai) is the underrated ingredient — it adds another umami layer to the fish broth, like a slow-release umami bomb. Stirs into the broth and gives every spoonful its own depth.
Egg lace ribbons add the silken texture — they’re not the same as scrambled egg bits (more refined, made by drizzling thin egg through hot oil).
Total: $6. Hawker pricing.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. Fish was generous and fresh, broth had real depth (seaweed + fish bones), mee sua was the right thinness. Will reorder. 😍👍🏼
