I like to eat this bowl of seafood noodle (MYR6.50 nett) at a hawker stall and would always ask for it to be served with mee sua but the broth has a slightly sweet taste that I do not quite like. Recently I observe how the seller cooks the noodle and notice that he carefully adds a bit of a special mixture of dark liquid into the broth. Today when I ordered this item, I asked the seller not to put in the dark liquid and he said to me that the broth would be like plain water, without any taste but I insisted so he did as I requested and the slightly sweet taste wasn't there anymore and I like this mee sua dish even more.
Tasty plump prawns with mee sua
Update: 18 June 2016 Saturday - the seller decided not to sell this seafood noodle anymore and just concentrate on selling pork noodles so more photos to remember this by.
I had mee sua with prawns before, very versatile but usually we would have it with tradition red wine and ginger chicken soup - that is the only way you can get it here at the coffee shops and restaurants, or dry-fried, that's all.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to try the dry-fried ones.
DeleteWhat a luxurious mee sua! :)
ReplyDeleteI'll happily eat this for RM 6.50. The prawns are huge and I like clear broth seafood noodles. Interesting, you mean the dark liquid is not soy sauce but a sweet sauce?
It is a sweet soy sauce mixed with some other secret ingredients.
DeleteI can see you really like mee sua...probably for its properties of not oily, bland and soft? ;D
ReplyDeleteYou are right, yes I do because it is soft.
Deletehmmm, i wonder what is in the dark sauce that he adds into the soup.. seems like his "secret weapon" isn't liked by all the customers huh?? :p
ReplyDeleteThe base is a sweet soy sauce. He mixes other secret ingredients in it.
DeleteMaybe it is the wine? Anyway, as long as you like it this way, I am sure he will oblige..
ReplyDeleteIt is not wine. I can tell if it is.
Deletethe noodles soup looks really plain, like 'ching tong' (clear soup)
ReplyDeleteIt is ching tong after my request. :)
Deletei love miswa (Mee Suah).. my mom has this dish where he put meat balls in it and another dish with sardines..
ReplyDeleteFrom the sound of them, I like the dishes your mom prepares using miswa.
DeleteAs long as the customer is happy. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope he has this in mind. :)
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