Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee

After trying the 91 Fried Kway Teow Mee, Makan Boy and I hopped down to basement level for Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee!

Extremely simple and straightforward business offering.

Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee. A mix of style from two different provinces?

What you see is what you get.

The boss stood out with his lab goggles while he fry his noodles and they have only one serving portion at $3 per plate. And yes... they have the same "One set of chopsticks and spoon per plate" policy as 91 Fried Kway Teow Mee. (O_o)

Spot the... 2 prawns.

There were only 2 small prawns, a few slices of sotong and one small slice of pork belly in the whole plate of noodles. -_-

Burnt elements from the wok.

As seen in the above macro shot, Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee consists of mainly yellow noodles and thin beehoon. The black spots on the noodles are a result of the boss's stir frying technique which gives the noodles a flavour and fragrance we refer to as wok hei, or simply, wok aroma. To impart wok hei, the food must be cooked in a wok over a high flame while being stirred and tossed quickly. This is the reason why you can taste the infusion of the red hot wok and burnt elements in Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee.

They have that X-factor in their flavourful and tasty dry noodles but they should be more generous with their ingredients. Afterall, how can you call it prawn mee when there is only 2 prawns? I definitely still prefer wet versions of fried hokkien prawn mee (with of course more prawns), so this place is a no-no if you are like me.

Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee  
Golden Mile Food Centre
505 Beach Road  
#B1-34  
Singapore 199583
Tel: 62946798
Daily: 11am - 9pm
Closed on Wednesdays

Kim's Famous Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee

What started off in the early 70's as a simple hokkien prawn mee stall at Changi area has now transformed into the well known and popular Kim's Famous Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee at Jalan Eunos. Behind that glass panel at the frying wok, Tan Kue Kim is also very well known for frying noodles in his office wear and rolex watch. They have Kim's Place Seafood just beside the hokkien mee stall offering local seafood dishes like Chilli Crab, Cereal Prawn & Fish Maw Soup as well.

Kim's Famous Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee Stallfront

Populararity from his early days remain till now.

Pretty empty.

We went around 4pm and there wasn't much customers but the waiting time was very long. Turns out there were orders made by phone before us so... have patience.

Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee ($5)

Plenty of crispy pork lard and big rings of yummy squid

The crispy pork lard really adds fragrance and flavour for the noodles plus most stalls no longer add that so I am more than happy to eat it (once in a long while). My only complain is that there could have been more prawns because at one glance it looks more like fried hokkien sotong mee!

I also realized that their version is mostly yellow-populated noodles. Their style for the fried noodles range right in the middle between dry and wet but I would prefer much wetter noodles with more thick beehoon added. Undoubtedly, Kim's Famous Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee is still yummy and definitely one of the top 10 in Singapore!

Kim's Famous Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee
62B Jalan Eunos
Singapore 419510
Tel: 67478766
Daily: 11am - 1am
http://www.kims.com.sg/