This blog entry was not only about
food reviews but also walked down memory lane entry.
Yesterday, I demanded Mickey (5th
sister) to go to Ah Neil’s noodles stall, which was situated in the Market
Saratok because I suddenly craved for it.
I used to come there when I was the
little girl (around 9 or 10 years old) during the night. Mama, me and sisters
loved to eat his dry noodles as supper.
You know hor, little girls really
not bother about weight issues. Further, Mama brainwashed us we are small body
size type, we wouldn’t grow fat no matter how much we ate. So, we had supper
habits.
Ok, back to topic. I don’t call it as
Ah Neil, I preferred called it as Ah Zhang because that’s how Mama called it.
Ah Zhang gained popularity with his
own handmade noodles during Mama’s era. His handmade noodles were very springy,
chewy, great mouth feel and she was so obsessed too.
After that, Mama corrected us from
Ah Zhang to Ah Neil (Ah Zhang’s son) because
in fact Ah Zhang had been passed away many years ago and people must laugh with
us if we had noodles with Ah Zhang.
I remembered Mama said like below
"阿张现在在地府卖面”。没有阿张了，
现在是阿Neil卖面" (Ah Zhang sold
noodles in Chinese underground world. No
more Ah Zhang anymore, only left Ah
Neil).LOL.
W.E.L.F.I.E first
Apparently, Ah Neil's noodles stall was " Tai Lung"
Ah Zhang turned skinny and older
after so many years not visited his noodles stall.
The menu reflected our dialects. That's how the locals included me call the dry noodles
E.g Mee Rangkai=干面=dry noodles. (Mee Rangkai was the Iban language)
Mee Sup=水面=soup noodles (that's how Hokkien of Saratokians speak soup noodles)
Wow, Ah Chang kopitiam still
located next to Ah Neil!
Mickey recalled she always ordered
watermelon tea from Ah Chang kopitiam while having Ah Nail’s noodles but this
time she ordered cincau susu/black jelly with milk (big girl changed her taste already)
Mickey had dry noodles
with chili sauce.
Getting the first bite, I was so upset because the noodles were
not firm and springy.
It also didn’t have few slices of
fish cakes as what I ate when I was the little girl.
Mickey explained it might
due to higher goods costs. He just wanted to reduce the cost. Don’t you agree?
3 layers tea/Teh C special. Nice
one
cincau susu/black jelly with milk
not sweet enough
Lastly, posing with the foods
Ah Neil’s noodles stalls was part of
my childhood memory. I will revisit again even though the noodles quality
decreased.
