I’ve been on a hawker food journey of late. There has been the black fried carrot cake (chai tow kway), XO fried carrot cake, prawn noodle soup and from a long time ago – minced meat noodle (bak chor mee). It’s no secret that I’m missing home, and it’s just evident with the food that I’ve been cooking recently! My ultimate source of comfort, besides the mr of course. (:
One other thing that I miss is wanton noodles. Especially the ones my grandma makes during our lunar birthdays. Her wontons are the bomb! hehe And when we head back for our holidays, wanton noodles would be one of the first things on our food-list that we wanna have after we’ve touched down. Fei Fei wanton noodles is one place we can’t miss, and let me tell you. Their bowl of noodles is magical. Looks simple, but tastes so good! Just talking about it is making me want a bowl now!
I came home craving for some wanton noodles from work one day and went to get some wanton wrappers to make some. If you know me well enough, you know that I love spontaneity! When I think of a dish, I’ll head to the markets and get the necessary ingredients and will whip it up and serve it for dinner. hehe Not much of a weekly planner, I have to admit!
Usually, my grandma only has mince pork in her wantons. But I like to add a bit more ingredients to mine, and stuff it to it’s maximum. Whoops! hehe Well, just can’t help myself. hehe Need textures for the extra bite! So just before I share my recipe, just a heads up that making the wantons is quite labour intensive. Especially if you’re making it for the first time. So do make this when you have ample time to prep and do know that all your effort would be worth it! hehe And also, the sauces for the noodles could always be altered to your own taste! I might prefer my noodles a little on the salty side hehe
Wantons Noodle (an original recipe of FoodMadeWithLove)
Egg noodles
8 slices of fish cake
a bunch of choy sum
bean sprouts
fried shallots and coriander, to serve
Wantons :
250g mince pork
100g fish paste
8 prawns, finely chopped
4 shitake mushrooms, soaked and diced finely
20g dried shrimp, soaked and finely chopped
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 tbs fish sauce
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 tsp ground white pepper
1 heap tsp corn starch
Wanton wrappers
Sauce for noodles (per serve) :
1 tsp shallot oil
1 tsp fried shallots
1/2 tsp sambal
1 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp thick dark soy sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil
Stewed Mushrooms (optional) :
6 dried shitake, soaked and sliced thinly (reserve 1 1/2 cup of water)
Knob of ginger, thinly sliced into strips
1 tbs shallot oil
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs shaoxing wine
1 tbs fish sauce
1 tbs light soy sauce
1 tbs dark soy sauce
Steps :
1) For the stewed mushrooms : In a small pot, heat the shallot oil on medium heat and fry the ginger till fragrant. Add the mushrooms and fry it for 5 mins before adding the sauces. Add the water and allow it to simmer on low heat for at least 30 mins. Of course, the longer the better. Just stir it occasionally and add more water if needed.
2) For the wantons : In a frying pan, fry the dried shrimp and garlic till fragrant. Set aside. In a large metal bowl, add all the ingredients as well as the fried dried shrimp and garlic and mix till well combined.
3) Place a portion on a wonton wrapper, wet the two sides with water and fold it into half. Press all the air out and stick the two ends together.
4) In a pot of boiling water, drop the wantons in and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the wantons start floating at the top. Drain and set a side.
5) In a serving bowl, add the sauces for the noodles and give it a good mix so that it’s well combined. In the same pot of boiling water, blanch the noodles, fish cake, choy sum and bean sprouts separately. Toss the noodles in the sauce that was previously prepared.
6) To serve : Place the choy sum and bean sprouts on top of the noodles, and top that with the fish cake. Place the cooked wantons on top, followed by the stewed mushrooms (and some extra sauce of course). Last but not the least, sprinkle some fried shallots and coriander. ENJOY!
Food Made With Love 
yummmmmmmmmm I love wanton mee!!! Can’t wait to make this! 😀 😀
hehe I love it too!! (: hehe Hope you’ll like my recipe babe! hehe xx
mmm I’m salivating just thinking about it
🙂 thanks babe! Hehe I was salivating while typing it up too! Hehe x
I love how you use the mee pok for this! Coincidentally, I blogged about bak chor mee couple of months ago too! Making wantans is fun. 😀 Adding sambal in the sauce mix sounds awesome too.
🙂 thanks babe! Hehe I’m super missing the hawker food I can get back home. But there isn’t places that sell them and do them well here so just have to make them! And you’re absolutely right! Making them is super fun ESP when making together with the mr hehe 🙂 love sambal! I put sambal in everything! Hehe x
The wantan mee you get in Melb would be mostly HK style eh? I like making hawker food at home even though I live in a hawker food nation haha. It softly because I don’t go out much and it’s more satisfying to eat your own cooking….
yup! more HK style. But im more used to the hawker style! haha well it’s healthier to eat at home as well and u can adjust the taste to your palette!
i want! *camps outside lianne’s house*
Haha next next!
You are so good at rolling those! I wish I had those skills. Practice makes perfect?
definitely! (: I’ve done it numerous times babe! so I’m sure you will get it too!
Helooooo 😀 I honestly can’t believe that I’ve never stumbled upon your blog before this! Pei Wen directed me here and I’m loving your blog!!!! hehe looking forward to reading more posts!
Hello Vien! hehe thanks for stopping by! hehe aww I love your posts too! hehe So glad you are liking what I posts! hehe x you keep it going too!
Oh I know what you mean about home sick 😦 I’m kinda really missing my sister and nephew lately, so that’s why i’m eating more cake and desserts on their behalf HAHAHA i’m such an idiot 😛 Ohhh yummm we always eat wontons in HK, these are a little different but still oh so yummy looking 🙂 sooooooo do you have any left overs? HINT HINT HINT HAHAHA
haha I did have leftovers but the mr finished it! hehe (: Next timeeeeee! I’ll ask u to come pick up! hehe xx
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