LINA Fishball Noodles

Faced with many meals of takeout, suddenly the restaurants' delivery menus don't seem very attractive to me. I don't want fancy foods because that those come along with ambience and the whole enjoyment of going out. I'm very sian this month. I'm so sian that I can't even be bothered to pop over to the faeriefolk's homes. Maybe in two weeks I might. But for now, I'll just mostly stay at home in between walking the dog. Hey, this is pretty much the dog's life. Hurhurhur.

I'm happy to clear my work and hibernate — read, do my stretches, jump around outdoors, swim and pop in to pilates and gyro classes (luckily these are still permitted for now), but I'm not excited about food at all, and neither do I feel hungry. Two meals a day are more than enough for me. And I can't have two big meals a day. I just want my dependable granola and yoghurt in the day. And for hot food in the evenings, I want regular plain point-point rice and noodles of sorts. 

Even prior to this lockdown 'Circuit Breaker Lite', the man and I have been getting takeout from LINA Fishball Noodles at the kopitiam at Block 125 Toa Payoh Lorong 1. It's a fairly standard lunch place for us if we can afford the drive up. This kopitiam is oddly packed to the brim all the time, and it isn't often that we get seats. So we usually tapau home anyway. 

I like LINA's noodles and gravy/sauce because it's not exactly bak chor mee and it doesn't go heavy on the vinegar. I'm not a bak chor mee fan because it tends to end up oily and vinegar-ish. I NO LIKE VINEGAR THIS WAY. This stall produces a mixed combination in a version that I actually welcome. Each time I order their food, I also ask it to go super light on oil and lard. 

The man likes the Signature Noodles, with mee pok. I go for the mushroom minced meat noodles, with mee kia. All this time and I forgot to ask if they offer kway teow. Kway teow and all its iterations of flat rice noodles are like... my favorite option of Asian carbs in the world. Hahaha. The fishballs are nondescript. However, the her kiao (鱼饺, minced pork wrapped in a translucent skin made with fish paste) is delicious! I wasn't expecting that. So our order usually contains an extra bowl of her kiao soup.