This is one prawn mee that did not get into the good books of HungryGoWhere. I'm including it here so that there's a documented example of what prawn mee should NOT taste like.
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| The least likely to succeed: Hock Seng 2's prawn mee. |
While it may look pretty good (my partner is a food photography specialist, so of course it does!)it definitely does not live up to its looks. At RM5.50 this version of Penang prawn mee had way too much chili in its stock. This made the soup close to undrinkable. One slurp, even if it was an inadvertent one, taken when eating the noodles from the spoon, resulted in a choking frenzy and left me with a raw, parched throat. The chili ratio in the stock was certainly off, and it was further demonstrated in the chili paste which accompanied the dish. The chili was so hot, yet completely lacking the sweet pungency of shrimp paste (belacan) or the saving fragrance of fried shallots.
While the condiments were good enough - sliced pork, fish cake, egg, kangkong, bean sprouts - the sum of any prawn mee lies in the soup, and this was an epic fail.
Hock Seng 2
Jalan
SS2/66, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
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