I come from the southern state of Johor, and have been eating this “Hei Mee” (Hokkien) which is fried prawn noodles, for years and years. I absolutely love it, but have not found it in Kuala Lumpur yet. Maybe someone knows of a stall selling this somewhere?
The noodles used are usually a mix of the tubular yellow fresh noodles and mee hoon (vermicelli). It is stir-fried with garlic, egg, prawns, some slivers of char siew (barbequed pork) and tauge (bean sprouts). What makes it unique is that it is quite wet as some prawn/meat broth is added to the cooking process. It is not like a char kuey teow which is fried till dry and a little burnt.
A good hei mee will be not too wet and not too dry but just right. It is served usually with some sambal and lime. You squeeze the lime over the noodles to add a tangy taste to it and I love adding lots of sambal (chilli paste) to it.
I noticed that it is also available in Singapore, so I’m not sure if its a Southern noodle dish. I’m also not sure which Chinese dialect it belongs to but rest assured, it is absolutely scrumptious! I’m drooling already just remembering it.
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Judging from the description of the ingredients, I have a feeling this is Sing Chow Mai (Singapore Fried Beehoon)
PB says: It isn’t Sing Chow Mai. That one is dry with tomato sauce added. Sing Chow Mai might be a bastardized version of this though
Damn I miss eating this
you are both wrong, the sing Chao Mai u have in are bastardized version of the orignal one … here in KL most fry with ketchup sauce
but the ori wan uses Lee and Perrine sauce … thats how the original ones are fried with …
Okay, I will try to fry this one day
Ooh! Hei Mee! *drools* There used to be this stall in our wee hometown where you had to queue up and wait patiently for this old man to fry up the most heavenly hei mee in the whole world. No idea if it’s still there though. And yep, can’t find the same in KL.
PB says: I don’t think its there anymore. Now i get my fix at the old market