Comments on: Recipe : Penang Hokkien Mee (Mee Yoke/Har Meen)

By: BN

BN — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:37:46 +0000

Hi I tried your recipe recently but unable to get the ‘fishy’ smell like you mentioned in my har meen. Have you found any way to deal with that yet?? eheheh

By: Malaysia Best » Recipe : Quick & easy sambal prawns

Malaysia Best » Recipe : Quick & easy sambal prawns — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:33:09 +0000

[...] Cooking Island’s owner, Lawrence and his wife Elina asked me to try out this bottle of prawn noodle paste when I told them about making Hokkien Mee. I didn’t use the paste for my Hokkien Mee as I wanted to try doing them from scratch. So, I have a whole bottle of this paste to try out with other recipes. [...]

By: lilian

lilian — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:41:54 +0000

Jon – LOL, I didn’t notice that. But who knows, those may be the secret ingredients that makes the hawker fare so much different from our home cooked version. Hahaha. Tks for dropping by anyway!

By: Malaysia Best » Is it a myth or truth that they put plastics into crispy fried shallots?

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:19:44 +0000

[...] In my post about Penang Hokkien Mee, a few people also told me they had heard of this claim. Some said they use drinking straws. [...]

By: Jon Chan

Jon Chan — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:58:15 +0000

Thanks for the link to Kuidaore’s recipe.But, she uses cloves, star anise and cinnamon for her Hokkien Mee! Your readers should correct me if I am wrong re these spices.
I think many Singaporeans are really way out in left field where cooking, especially hawker food is concerned.