#bee hoon

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Walked a few blocks over to the 24-hour coffee shop to buy dinner both mum and myself. Ordered the Singapore Fried Noodles (星洲米粉) takeaway from the tze char (煮炒) stall. The stir-fried rice vermicelli or bee hoon as it is commonly known over here in Southeast Asia comes with egg, shrimps, char siu, bean sprouts and a lime to add a refreshing burst of acidity.

As for me, I went with the Salted Egg Pork Ribs Rice (咸蛋排骨王饭) bento which featured several pieces of caramelized boneless pork in a salted egg yolk sauce. The bright yellow sauce clinging onto the outer layer of the succulent meat imparted a savoury sweet taste with the curry leaves giving hint of citrusy flavour.

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Crab Bee Hoon

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Grandma’s “Te Kar” Bee Hoon

- pig’s trotters bee hoon 

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Both my sis and I went with Economy Rice (菜饭) since we get to pick some of the choicest dishes the seller has. For sis, I chose okra stir-fry, fried cereal fish nuggets plus sweet & sour pork. My own pack, I selected gai lan (芥兰) stir-fry, stewed chicken and a large piece of sweet & sour pork chop.

Mum asked for Singapore Fried Noodles (星洲米粉) from the tzi char stall. Hers is a rice vermicelli stir-fry with char siu, prawns, egg and bean sprouts. The lime you squeeze over the bee hoon before eating but mum never did that as she doesn’t like the citrusy flavour.

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Mum wasn’t feeling well today so I went out to buy takeaways for our late breakfast. Bought her Sliced Fish Bee Hoon Soup (鱼片米粉汤) which comes packed in a two-part container. The rice vermicelli sits on the top bowl with the soup in the bottom container. When you are ready to eat, pour the noodles into the soup below so it doesn’t get soggy. The golden-brown thing you see here is egg floss.

For my morning meal, I went with Vegetarian Rice (斋饭). Now for the non-meat proteins, I chose my favourite curry mock mutton with potato, a big piece of stewed bean curd skin and a crispy mixed vegetables fritter to go with the white rice.

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Got this takeaway box of Singapore Fried Noodles (星洲米粉) from the Tze Char stall (煮炒) near our place. It is bee hoon or rice vermicelli stir-fry with a host of ingredients like egg, char siu, bean sprouts and shredded cabbage plus a lime to squeeze some acidity over the noodles.

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This Singapore Fried Noodles (星洲米粉) from the tze char (煮炒) is for mum. Basically, a rice vermicelli noodles stir-fried with shrimps, char siu, eggs, bean sprouts and cabbages with a lime to add some acidity and citrus fragrant.

I am a rice person so Economy Rice (菜饭) is my go-to option. Got some stewed potato slices, egg tofu with a piece of steamed fish fillet. I love my fish simply steamed with a drizzle of shallot and ginger oil for added fragrant.

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Mum’s Singapore Fried Noodles (星洲米粉) bought from the tze char (煮炒) stall across the street. The bee hoon or rice vermicelli came with plenty of ingredients like shrimps, char siu cubes, bean sprouts, cabbage, egg and a lime to squeeze over the noodles.

I went with the simpler option of Economy Rice (菜饭) picking the dishes I like. A crispy and crunchy spread of savoury sweet ikan bilis (dried anchovies) and peanuts covered three-quarter of the box. Underneath it, stewed potato slices sit on the white rice. On the right a piece of steamed fish fillet with spring onions, julienned gingers and drizzled with shallot oil.