Like a plate of Hainanese chicken rice, Hokkien mee provokes a fierce discussion for many Singaporeans as to which stall fries up the best version. I'm neither interested in lard nor pork or the seafood in the Hokkien mee. Also, the prawns and prawn stock kill me. Therefore my all-time favorite Hokkien mee is the vegetarian version from Gokul. They always provide two types of sambal- perfectly spicy.
The man and I don't do well without spices in our daily meals. It's not the chilli we desire. It's the mesh of flavors in the layers of spices that our tastebuds welcome. For these reasons, Indian, Thai and Indonesian/Malay and Mexican food rank high on our preferred cuisines. We love Gokul's food and on a weekly basis, will either eat there or tapau home. Had a crazy craving for spices and their food the night. Gokul offers a really good version of chicken rice and nasi lemak on the weekends; they might sell out by dinner. But tonight, I simply wanted Hokkien mee. Also requested for a portion of sambal bindhi.
The man trotted out to Gokul at Upper Dickson Road to grab a few food items, sufficient for dinner and our lunch the next day. Cooked a small cup of plain basmati rice to go with all those. There were dhal palak and mutton mysore. We love how the mutton mysore is done with fried soy chunks and not gluten. It's so delicious.
The spicy food totally hit a spot on this cool rainy night. We didn't even need to turn on the air-conditioning or close the doors and windows to avoid being bitten by moxies. They seemed to have gone into hibernation. The Hokkien mee is such a simple fry up done right with lots of vegetables. Mmmm. The sambal belachan and sambal belado added so much kick to it. It was a lot of carbs though. I could only eat half for dinner. Packed away the other half for the next day's lunch.
The man and I don't do well without spices in our daily meals. It's not the chilli we desire. It's the mesh of flavors in the layers of spices that our tastebuds welcome. For these reasons, Indian, Thai and Indonesian/Malay and Mexican food rank high on our preferred cuisines. We love Gokul's food and on a weekly basis, will either eat there or tapau home. Had a crazy craving for spices and their food the night. Gokul offers a really good version of chicken rice and nasi lemak on the weekends; they might sell out by dinner. But tonight, I simply wanted Hokkien mee. Also requested for a portion of sambal bindhi.
The man trotted out to Gokul at Upper Dickson Road to grab a few food items, sufficient for dinner and our lunch the next day. Cooked a small cup of plain basmati rice to go with all those. There were dhal palak and mutton mysore. We love how the mutton mysore is done with fried soy chunks and not gluten. It's so delicious.
The spicy food totally hit a spot on this cool rainy night. We didn't even need to turn on the air-conditioning or close the doors and windows to avoid being bitten by moxies. They seemed to have gone into hibernation. The Hokkien mee is such a simple fry up done right with lots of vegetables. Mmmm. The sambal belachan and sambal belado added so much kick to it. It was a lot of carbs though. I could only eat half for dinner. Packed away the other half for the next day's lunch.
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