June 29, 2010
Slightly Peckish: Mee Soup
London is scorching this week and what better way to spend a weekend than by getting a bit of sunny goodness with an absorbing book at Waterlow Park, next to Highgate Cemetary where my father’s hero, Karl Marx, is buried. I get to use my brain, immerse myself in a story and work on my tan.
I found some elderflower bushes and plucked myself a sprig which smelt divine, making me want to hunt down a recipe for elderflower cordial. I normally drink the ready made stuff which makes a nice change from Vimto. Sometimes drinking water is just too boring.
After a few hours in the sun, my cold water bottle was perspiring as much as I was and my stomach was growling with hunger. So I popped down to my sis’ and helped myself to some much-needed noodly goodness: mee soup or soup noodle made with chicken stock, lemongrass, a bit of ginger and soy sauce and lots of veg, chicken and half a boiled egg. This is comfort food Malaysian/Chinese style.
My sis makes this herself. It’s really easy and you can adjust the taste to suit. She uses chicken stock (cube, fresh store-bought or boil your own– her mother-in-law does that), a stalk of lemongrass cut into three pieces and bruised, a few slices of ginger, a dash of soy sauce, salt and chilli flakes to taste. Add chicken pieces and boil for about 15 – 20 minutes. Add any veg (mushrooms, greens, bean sprouts) in the last five minutes. Cook the noodles separately (the dried egg/rice noodles you can get in any Asian market, not the instant ramen). and then combine together just before eating.
Simple, delicious and light enough for a summer’s day.
6 Comments
Sakura- I love that your dad’s hero is Marx! That’s totally RAD!
Do you say “rad” in the UK? Or is that soooo California?
Will def make this soup soon! Love me a lazy soup on a hot day! Plus, this is a great way to incorporate lemongrass into my cooking.
sounds like you had a perfect day.
i had Morioka Reimen(cold noodle) on sunday night. the noodles are glassy – and you have them in cold soup topped with watermelon and kimuchi : )
try it when you are here in summer.
Ha ha, that’s soooo Californian! But I think I’ve seen enough American movies to understand your dialect!
My dad’s such a fan, he even took a photo posing next to Marx’s grave and couldn’t understand why I didn’t want to do the same.
Wow, watermelon and kimchi? Haven’t heard that combo before. I’ve never actually had reimen before although it always looks so yummy. I think I need to find a korean restaurant that does it here.
Lovely, any kind of noodles rock my boat but in summer I love hiyashichuuka. Isn’t it great that summer has *finally* reached Europe and we can all work on our tans whilst improving our brains? ;P
I’ve only recently begun to love hiyashichuuka in the last couple of years. Now I can’t live without it!