Singapore fried bee hoon and mee goreng

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Singapore fried noodles or bee hoon is well known all over the world. In many cities you will find a restaurant or a stall selling the famous Singapore fried noodles. You can find a stall in London airport selling this popular Singapore noodles. Rice vermicelli cooked in garlicky white or the spicier reddish version.

bee (mee) hoon noodles
Bee (mee) hoon
Ingredients may include seafood such as prawns or slices of fish, eggs, chicken and vegetables. Not forgetting cut limau kasturi or small limes for that added zest. Small lime squeezed to noodles is similar to squeezing lemon to salmon.

A plate of fried bee hoon or noodles typically cost $3 to $4.50 depending on if you get them at hawker cntres or air-conditioned food-courts. In some stalls you can even get them for only $2 like at pasar malam. Bee hoon is sometimes also called mee hoon.

Indian style mee goreng
Mee Goreng, Indian Style
Another variant is mee goreng. Goreng is a Malay word for fried. And mee stands for noodles. It is usually sold at Indian or Malay stalls. The Indian version is usually bright red as shown on the photo below. Just like fried bee hoon, you can find mee goreng at hawker centres and food-courts.

The noodles for mee goreng are the thicker yellow noodles instead of the thinner whitish vermicelli used in fried beehoon. And similar to beehoon, the ingredients can include seafood such as slices of fish, prawns, egg, vegetables and slices cucumbers. With sambal or blended chilli or ready-made bottled ketchup or sauce to add zest to the taste. We Singaporeans love spicy food.
Location: Singapore

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