Hokkien Mee Soup

Back in the early 1980s, even as a large family, we would gather at our favourite makan (eating) spots from time to time. One was at the Hong Lim HDB Complex near Chinatown which was coincidentally named after our ancestor. But the more important reason was that the hawker centre there had a concentration of very good Hokkien mee soup stalls.

As the family got bigger and it became harder to seat everyone, my mother began to include this noodle soup in her Sunday repertoire. Unfortun