Mee Tuaran, Kota Kinabalu
I'm back here in school. Its been a hectic few days. Had a good holiday though, it was more of a "holiday" holiday rather than a 'holiday' holiday. Stayed mostly in the hotel chillaxing. We had a day trip to Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak in Southeast Asia.
The journey itself is really fun despite me sleeping through most of it. We were supposed to get up at 5 in the morning to rush to Mount Kinabalu to catch the sunrise. *sigh* What an epic fail that was. Haha we left 2 to 3 hours past our targeted time.
On the way, dad noticed along the road this one stall that was briming with people. Being the ever so curious Malaysians (the concept is that when there is a crowd somewhere *especially in the context of restaurants* its worth checking out) we stopped by.
Turned out to be Mee Tuaran! I read about it on some random blog and vaguely mentioned it to my dad the day before. The 'random' town that we stopped by is actually the little town of Tuaran. You'll pass by this town if you're making your way to Kinabalu Park.
You can actually find info on Tuaran Noodles on Wikipedia too.
Tuaran mee, literally known as 'noodle of Tuaran' is a famous hawker dish of Sabah. The noodles is specially made from batter of egg yolk and flour, which gives the aroma of egg when fried. Frying usually takes about 5-10 mins in high heat that leaves a texture of golden crust at the bottom of the noodles. Local vegetables such as sawi are added in during frying. Before serving, the dish usually garnished with slices of charseow, i.e. the Chinese sweetened roast pork, and fried egg rolls.
Perhaps I was really hungry, but I thought that the noodles were really good! Its like a hybrid of Pan Mee added with Wantan Mee added with Kolo Mee. The handmade noodles were very springy and nice to bite.
The journey itself is really fun despite me sleeping through most of it. We were supposed to get up at 5 in the morning to rush to Mount Kinabalu to catch the sunrise. *sigh* What an epic fail that was. Haha we left 2 to 3 hours past our targeted time.
On the way, dad noticed along the road this one stall that was briming with people. Being the ever so curious Malaysians (the concept is that when there is a crowd somewhere *especially in the context of restaurants* its worth checking out) we stopped by.
Turned out to be Mee Tuaran! I read about it on some random blog and vaguely mentioned it to my dad the day before. The 'random' town that we stopped by is actually the little town of Tuaran. You'll pass by this town if you're making your way to Kinabalu Park.
You can actually find info on Tuaran Noodles on Wikipedia too.
Tuaran mee, literally known as 'noodle of Tuaran' is a famous hawker dish of Sabah. The noodles is specially made from batter of egg yolk and flour, which gives the aroma of egg when fried. Frying usually takes about 5-10 mins in high heat that leaves a texture of golden crust at the bottom of the noodles. Local vegetables such as sawi are added in during frying. Before serving, the dish usually garnished with slices of charseow, i.e. the Chinese sweetened roast pork, and fried egg rolls.
Perhaps I was really hungry, but I thought that the noodles were really good! Its like a hybrid of Pan Mee added with Wantan Mee added with Kolo Mee. The handmade noodles were very springy and nice to bite.
As you can see the store is packed to the brim. The boss had to clear a table where they used to cut vegetables just so that we would have a place to sit. So nice of them to do that.
