Giant Noodles (From Pack To Chic)

Kit is the noodle man in the household. He eats instant noodles at five times the rate I do, so he knows his stuff. Recently, because I could not find the No Frills brand of curry noodles in Giant where I shop (by convenience, not by choice, because I am truly, truly, a Tesco lover), I padded the noodle pantry with Giant mee goreng as well as No Frills chicken flavoured instant noodles.

The humble noodles.

Kit said they were passable, but the flavouring sachets weren't as tasty as other brands. He specifically mentioned Nusantara. He volunteered to make me a portion, and he possibly spoilt all further mee goreng for me, since he turned this humble packet of freeze dried food into a really pretty meal.

All dressed up!

True photographer that he is, Kit prepared the noodles to resemble a restaurant dish. He topped the instant fried noodles with a fried egg, sliced up Taiwanese pork sausage and swirled tomato ketchup on them, and chopped up some daun kadok from our garden. The result was a really Asian-infused meal. If the flavour sachets did not quite live up to expectation, this combination did. The ketchup heightened the spiciness of the flavouring, while the peppery, herby taste of the kadok leaves gave the dish a whole new, authentically Asian taste and feel.

It's amazing what one can do when one understands flavours and how they work with each other!