Well, this one is part of a discussion board on a facebook group. Just thought to placing it here since some of my friends(you know who) donot have facebook!
I have been in Melbourne for about 7 years now, the first year I arrived, I was staying at a hostel at the corner of Elizabeth and Franklin Street. There was a chinese restaurant nearby which my friends and I frequented.
Anyhow the first time, I walked into the restaurant, it is the famous ROSE GARDEN on elizabeth street by the way, my friends and I who had arrived there sometime in April were hungry and needed food. So we walked in to what became a regular food joint for a few of us to hang in. And perhaps others as well. And we were given a menu. The menu sections are of course divided into Rice and Noodles.
So I scrolled down through the list of rice dishes and noodles. I think I ended up ordering a plate of fried rice that could have been shared among two people. But that is not the point here.
My eyes landed on two words I have never ever seen before prior to my 16 years of existence. “SINGAPORE NOODLES”.
What was that? Did we have our own noodles? I had no idea.
I mused over the thought of eating Singapore noodles. Maybe it was Maggi mee I thought. But I left my thoughts to myself and continued my journey on familiarising myself with Melbourne. (Afterthought, why did I think it was Maggi Mee?)
But those two words came back to haunt me one day when I needed something to eat and I was rather sick of eating the different types of fried rice dishes many of the chinese restaurants served. So, I was back at Rose Garden with a bunch of fellow singaporeans and I tasted my very first Singapore Noodles.
It is basically Bihun, well fried bihun with prawns and some green vegetables, I think I was served cauliflower and broccoli on my dish, I can’t exactly remember but all I remember thinking was, how could I not have ever eaten such a dish before my coming to Australia….
For 16 years I was raised in sunny Singapore, never once have I tasted this dish! It has a weird taste to it, I never wanted to eat it ever again. You know we have mama mee goreng, and bihun around Singapore. You know the orange noodles? Those are fanatastic dishes to eat. But the one I had here was so weird and bizarre!
You know what was the worst part of this dish?
CAPSICUM!!!!!!!!!
Let me know your thoughts, have you had your Singapore Noodles? When did you try it? What did you think of it? And if you’re interested, join: I’m Singaporean but have no idea what Singapore noodle is.
Who in the world puts CAPSICUMS in their NOODLES?
Bizarro bizarro!
