Not for everybody…

My sister gave me a pack before that was vegetarian which meant that there was no lard inside and when I told her, she gave me another pack without the word “vegetarian“…

…which of course means that this is not for everybody, if you can catch the drift!

I finally got to try it when my missus finished off the last packet in the previous pack – I did not want to open a new one when one was still unfinished.

I took a packet and cooked it and I also fried an egg to go with it…

It was all right – I thought the fragrance of the lard and shallot oil was somewhat mild, not as strong as I would have liked it to be.

That was why when I cooked the second packet, I decided to add some Bovril…

…and a bit of soy sauce instead.

Yes, there is a sachet of fried shallots in this one…

…and I mixed half of it with the oil together with some chopped spring onions from our garden (and sprinkled the rest on top of the noodles prior to serving).

I put away the other sachet, the one with the chio cheng (light soy sauce) for use some other day. That would not be necessary at this point in time as it would be salty enough already, I’m sure.

Yes, it…

…was very nice. I loved the taste and no, it was not too mild nor too salty, just right but I did not like the QQ texture of the noodles nor the taste.

It took a long time to boil – just like the old school mee kua (mee sanggul) at one time but it lacked the latter’s fragrance and taste. I think I should just go and buy a kilo of kampua mee or mee pok or a bag of mee sanggul to cook my Bovril mee instead of wasting these this way. I’m pretty sure it would be nicer with those noodles.

Incidentally, these instant noodles are not so well marketed but they told me one can get them at Farley or Kim Hock Supermarket or Doremart (including the branch at Sg Merah).