{"id":10957,"date":"2019-01-12T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/?p=10957"},"modified":"2019-01-14T00:44:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T16:44:59","slug":"mee-tai-mak-soup-chinese-silver-needle-noodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/?p=10957","title":{"rendered":"Bee Tai Mak Soup (Chinese Silver Needle Noodles)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I used to dislike eating silver needle noodles a lot when I was young. Whenever I fell sick, my mum would buy a packet of these for me to eat because that’s what sick people should eat when they have no appetite, or so she says. My mum definitely had good intentions, but these soup noodles tasted almost always very bland and plain and would make me feel worse and even more deprived. I therefore grew up associating this dish with sickness, fever, vomit, lack of appetite and all the emotions that one would feel when one falls sick. That’s how much I used to dislike this dish.<\/p>\n

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There used to be a rumour that went around revealing the evil deeds of some hawkers and how they actually resorted to using mice’s tails in place of this noodle to cook the dish. Following that, people began to call this dish ‘lao2 shu2 fen3’ which is a literal translation of ‘mice’s tail’. My dislike for this dish quickly went from dislike to fear to that of disgust.<\/p>\n

Naturally, all these inclinations and thoughts that developed with my growing up years dissipated during my adulthood and I no longer have such negative vibes toward the silver needle noodles. I still don’t eat it that much, but I am beginning to see the multitude of possibilities of using this dish to create a variety of nice homely dishes for my family. Starting with this one here.<\/p>\n

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