Fried Hokkien Mee @ Geylang review

Its time to for the next food review....

I am a noodle lover..hee. Given the chance, I will like to try all kinds of noodles available!!! This time, my friend had recommended me this Fried Hokkien Mee (福建炒麺) in Geylang Lorong 29. To make good Fried Hokkien Mee is not easy. The most important ingredient is the prawn stock used to flavor the noodles. Besides that are the lard, sambal chilli, lime and pork.

Name of stall: Swee Guan Hokkien Mee
Place: Geylang Lorong 29 Coffee shop

This stall in hide inside a corner coffeeshop along Geylang Lorong 29. There are other food stalls available like satay and fish noodle soup. The Hokkien mee is not cheap though, one plate cost $4. I was expecting to be a decent big plate... but when it arrive 15mins later... the portion is pathetic. It is smaller than a normal $3 hawker center Hokkien mee.

The amount of noodles is sadly little. However, the amount of squid ring and prawn are relatively more than the normal Hokkien mee elsewhere. Important thing is, the prawn is not smelly and its relatively fresh. It is a sin for some hawker to sell Hokkien mee using stale and smelly prawn, and not to mention that I even eaten mushy prawn before in some other stalls. Yucks!!

It smells really good after mixing in the sambal chilli and lime juice. First taste is not bad, very tasty and nice. This dish, however, is not for people with high blood pressure and heart problems. As it contains VERY GENEROUS amount of fried pork lard. No wonder it is so tasty. There is so much lard pieces inside that you will definitely able to bite a few pieces for every mouthful of noodles you are eating.

As I always says... Tasty food is usually not very healthy!!!

However, after eating a few mouthful, I had found a negative point. The chef apparently use such a high and powerful stove fire that I actually can taste the burnt ash note in the noodles. It is different from the usual 'wok taste' that you found in most 'zi cha' food. It is kinda of overcooked to me, but my friend found it acceptable. Most probably he has already accustomed to this burnt taste as he eats it frequently. I actually found a few pieces of burnt noodle.

Obviously, the portion is too small to fill my young and healthy stomach. So I had ordered some pork satay from stall next to the Hokkien mee. It seem quite famous though as it has quite a few appearance in those TCS food hunt show. In short, quite a good Chinese style pork satay, not forgetting the more pieces lard can be found again!!

Conclusion: Tasty gravy with generous amount of lard, squid and prawn. The portion is small for a healthy young male. Burnt taste kinda offensive if you don't like.

I will give 3.5 stars.