Whew! The weekend is over... what a weekend indeed. Let me tell you what I've been doing in as small a nutshell as possible.
Friday I was at Jia Meei's birthday party at this Indonesian restaurant in a Kampung off Penchala Link.
Jia Meei's old now.... think she turned like 60 that day. Happy 60th Birthday Jia Meei!
Project 365: Day 61, 17th April 2009
Saturday morning came and I headed back to Penang just for a night to see my parents. I haven't been back to Penang in a long time. My parents wished that I could stay longer but I have just got way too much work to do in KL to extend my stay.
*sigh*
Anyway I went with Princess to Batu Feringgi last night to walk around and I accidentally stepped on her slipper while she was just lifting up her foot to take another step.
I successfully tore her slipper into two.
Princess looked down at her slipper for a while looking a little sad.
Project 365: Day 62, 18th April 2009
Then she looked up at me and her face changed from sad to the stare of a glaring witch. I could almost feel everyone around me backing away trying to stay away from what Princess was going to do to me for tearing her slipper.
I could've sworn I saw lightning light up the sky behind her while she gave me that glare. I barely survived Saturday night.
Sunday morning came and I was already packing to head back to KL. Before I left Penang my mum prepared something my family refers to as Mee Fan Koh for me for lunch. I don't know if anyone else has this but in hokkien they call it "Mee Hun Kuey".
Project 365: Day 63, 19th April 2009
It's basically flour in pork-based soup. I used to eat this almost every Sunday since I was a little boy. Nothing like mum's cooking! :)
Ooo! I'm not sure if the dish is the same thing, but in Hakka there's one called Lai Wok Pan (pulled wok noodles).
ReplyDeleteBasically anchovy soup with mushrooms, dried shrimp, garlic, and this veggie that I donno the name (translated from canto = small tree veggie).
My favourite dish. :DD Must add lime one!
Mee Hun Kuey = Pan Mee 'Mit'.
ReplyDeleteCantonese calls it Pan Mee
Hakka calls it Lai Wok Pan
and Hokkien calls it Mee Hun Kuey.
I think it's all d same thing. Probably with minor variations.
Right??
ahhh i miss grandma's mee hun kuey >______<
ReplyDeletehmm there're lotsa names for this yummy flour thingy but mee hun kuey still sounds the most sincere! =p
electronicfly: yea i used to have it quite often as a kid, we call it "man foon ban" in hakka.. for me at least :)
ReplyDeletemy mum used to make the same thing... but she complains now that it is hard work. i tried to make it myself once, but failed miserably :(
ReplyDeleteHolly crap!
ReplyDeleteI love that dish!
I would pay any price to eat a hand-knead Mee Hun Kuey in KL.
Tim, if you manage to find one in KL, do let me know okay?
Remember, it has to be hand-knead! Not some mechnical roller kneaded dough..
Damn I'm hungry now..
Hehe...
boss....... can ask yr mum for recipe ar?
ReplyDeleteelectronic:Oooh where can I find it? I don't think I'm going to even try cooking that.. might end up with a disaster
ReplyDeletemayz: really? the pan mee I always eat in KL always feels different but I guess the noodles are made of the same thing.. still feels different texture-wise though
sze: OOOH another fan! WOOHOOO!!
jean: man foon ban! where to find ar? are there any hawker stalls in Klang Valley that serve this?
cheryl: hehehe i used to make it too... like just use hands and make into many pieces. quite a lot of work especially if you want to make it really thin
benjamin: hahahaha okok if u find one then let me know too ok!
boss lepton: ahhaha can! then you cook for me ar?
That's the same as pan mee!
ReplyDeleteThe peel type of pan mee. =D
Mmm...I crave for Malaysian food. T_T
did you just say pork?
ReplyDeleteSLURPSS
blur: hehhe yeah the soup is a little different than that actually :)
ReplyDeleteky: ahhaha yah :) me like too
ME WANT MEE HOON KUEH TOO! :'(
ReplyDeleteI wonder what happened that night... O_O
ReplyDeletecan can, recipe plzzz
ReplyDeletei know her slippers! from nose wan!
ReplyDeleteOMG !! How ler after that? I mean after you successfully tear off her shoe *LOL*
ReplyDeleteMy also still have it occasionally at home. But ours is with ikan bilis based soup lar.
ReplyDeleteMy also still have it occasionally at home. But ours is with ikan bilis based soup lar.
ReplyDeleteits called pan mee la uncle...
ReplyDeleteso... did princess kill you? :D
ReplyDeleteyaya..mee hoon kuey and pan mee is the same thing but i tot ppl in Penang never heard of mee hoon kuey. Serious! All my friends from Penang stare at me like im from Mars when i told them about mee hoon kuey!
ReplyDeleteclaire: ah, yea! i'd make it now and then but quality is rather inconsistent T______T
ReplyDeletetim: don't know of any being sold outside, cos i eat it at home hahaha.. eating it with freshly cut chili padi in soy sauce is da bomb! :D
thank you tim! if i'm 60 you and jj should be 70 years old!
ReplyDeleteMy mum & sis makes the best mee hoon kuey :D The texture is springy!
ReplyDeleteThere's few stalls in Pg that makes quite okay mee hoon kuey :)