Mee Goreng Mamak =
Fried Noodle Mamak
one of the most popular main dishes from
any typical Mamak store
replaced the fresh yellow noodle with
spaghetti I found in the kitchen since
I somehow suddenly thought of
frying some spaghetti for dinner
we gonna most probably
end up at mamak store anyway
so let’s duplicate some mamak flavour at home
results?
spaghetti is definitely more springy in terms of texture
taste-wise, you can’t tell the difference, as
it absorbs the flavour as good as yellow noodle
- Preboil some spaghetti
- In a strainer, run the hot spaghetti under cold water
- Drain it
- Fry an egg (I used two), scrambled, set it aside
- Reheat the frying pan, with some oil
- Scoop in some Sambal (chili) paste
- Here comes the drained noodle
- Also some beansprout, shredded celery, green chilies
- Green chili is essential for the “mamak”ish flavour
- Then the fried egg and some fried anchovies
- Lastly some raw bean sprout
the bean sprout is purposely left for the last
for the raw and crunchy flavour
p.s.
my dad said (complained in a proper way)
the noodle is too springy
well, that’s what I like
should have thought of that
in the afternoon
I actually wanted to cook something
he said just leave it
probably he doesn’t have much faith in me
and suggested me to pack something
from the vegetarian store
around the corner
well..
absolutely no!!
that’s too boring
to his surprise
I suggested Bah Kut The instead
a.k.a. pork bone soup
served with yam rice
which he ate to his heart’s content
and blurp..
I had such large portion of pork
which is more than
what I could have eaten in a month
for the intermediate level
I should be learning how to
make the chili paste from scratch
that being the secret weapon