I can’t put my finger on it…

This brand of instant noodles, mi goreng (fried noodles)…

…needs no introduction but they state it very clearly on the pack/packet that it’s special…

My missus bought a pack so one morning, I decided to give it a try. I have not had/bought it for a long time so I am not sure if this wrapper is brand new or it has been like that for a while now.

Inside, you can find the noodles as usual but this is special…

There is the sachet with three compartments where they give you the shallot oil, the dark soy sauce and the chili sauce and while you will usually get just the seasoning in the other sachet, this one has an extra compartment with the bawang goreng (fried onions).

I emptied the contents of the sachets into a plate…

…and I was intrigued by the look of the fried onions. They looked like crushed peanut (kacang tumbuk) to me.

I boiled the noodles till cooked/soft and tossed them with everything in the plate. In the meantime, I took one of the sausages…

…that I bought sometime ago but for reasons unknown, my girl had not bothered to eat them for breakfast. Normally, she would be so into these things but of course, she had the (more expensive) gourmet ones that the mum bought for her to enjoy – I guess she wanted to finish those first.

I fried the sausage lightly in a non-stick pan and an egg as well to go with the noodles…

I spread the white thinly in the pan and folded it over the yolk, still nice and runny, to serve so it would not take up so much space and bury everything underneath it.

Yes, I did enjoy it and it did taste a little bit different from the usual, just a little bit. In fact, it was so little that I could hardly detect it so I would not say it was so overwhelmingly special to make it stand out a cut above the rest. It’s not expensive – RM3.80 for a pack of 5 but considering that the regular and this other Indonesian brand are only RM3.00 a pack, I would just settle for those instead. After all, they are nice too.