Stunned…

It was New Year’s Day so I had my longevity noodles (mee sua)…

…before I left the house to pick my friend from Singapore and his friends at the hotel.

He had been asking me about those giant prawn noodles that he had seen in my blog and also Huai Bin’s and seemed very anxious to eat that…despite the prices. I have not been to that original place in town for a long long time – it was RM35 when Huai Bin went in 2013 and I do not know how true it is but I heard that it has increased further since. If I’m not wrong, there is a fixed/standard price, never mind if the prawns are smaller or bigger and when I went long long ago, they were not all that big plus we only got 1½ prawns…or three halves that gave the impression that there were three prawns. I am not saying that things are still the same now though as I have not been there for ages – if you are curious, you can always drop by and find out for yourself.

But what I do know for sure is that these days, people are going to this place…

…instead – at the shops to the left of the Lanang Road/Aman Road roundabout if you are driving from town.

I have seen many of my Facebook friends, especially those returning home from Singapore or abroad, coming here for the much coveted prawn noodles and flaunting their photographs on Facebook…but of course, I never bothered to come and check this place out myself – at those prices, poor old pensioners like me can jolly well live without it, that’s for sure.

All I knew then was what I heard on the grapevine – that there were three sizes here – RM70 for L (large), RM50 for M (medium) and RM25 for S (small) and when we asked ourselves that day, the information from the horse’s mouth was that there were only two – RM50 for L (large) and RM30 for S (small). It’s amazing how information may get distorted in transition.

I just ordered the Foochow noodle soup…

…for myself as I was still very full from the mee sua that I had earlier plus I did not think I would want the much coveted version of the same thing with the prawns added.

 The ladies ordered the S (small) while my friend went for the L (large) and after a long wait, this was served…

Everyone got all excited at the sight of it and was marvelling at how cheap that was – less than SGD20.00 (RM50.00)…

…and how they could get their own version of the prawn noodles with big tiger prawns for SGD50.00 in Singapore but needless to say, those would pale miserably in comparison to these giants.

While everyone was busy singing their praises and taking photographs, this…

…was served and all of us were stunned and our jaws fell wide open!!!

Now, that one earlier was, in fact, S (small) and only around SGD11.50 (RM30.00), while THIS…

…was the L (large)! Seeing is believing, they say, but they just could not believe their eyes.

Of course, they were delicious and the broth was so very sweet and nice. Normally, we would never buy these prawns this size if ever they’re available at the market. For one thing, they would be mighty expensive and for another, they say the flesh/meat would be too hard. I tried a bit and found that it wasn’t really and was actually very nice…like lobster meat, just a whole lot nicer in taste. Another reason is that the head would be too big and the body would be small – this one that my friend had, the body was big as well and in fact, many love the head especially when there is the thick creamy paste-like stuff in it, People say that is where the cholesterol is but what’s bad for us is usually the best. Hehehehehehehe!!!!

Everyone left this place feeling absolutely happy and very very satisfied…(to be continued)