Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

noun

1. a soup noodle dish of Hokkien origin, featuring prawns and pork (usually ribs or slices of meat) and yellow noodles in a spicy, savoury bowl of soup. The soup is made from fried prawn shells and heads boiled, simmered, and strained into an intensely flavourful stock, together with other ingredients such as pork stock, fried shallots, and chilli.

The Hokkien prawn mee was also excellent and, dare I say it, on par with some of the best prawn mee in Singapore. The stock is rich and deeply flavoured, and for $5.90 it is a very generous bowl. Plus, you get unlimited servings of soup.

— 2011 September 23, Annette Tan. Today, "A taste of Penang". p.11

synonyms:

hae mee
2. (rarer) a dry noodle dish of Hokkien origin, usually using a mixture of yellow noodles and rice noodles stir-fried with prawns, squid, pork slices, fish cake, lard, eggs, spring onions, and other ingredients, together with a savoury sauce made of prawn stock. It is usually served with a sliced calamansi or other lime and a dollop of sambal chilli.

synonyms:

hae mee Hokkien mee Hokkien noodles
3. (rarer) any of the other variants of a prawn noodle dish, usually of Hokkien or other South Chinese origin

synonyms:

hae mee Hokkien mee Hokkien noodles