Happily, I had my usual Mocha (the staff there know I like it piping hot) and scones after which I walked around and got pretty bored. On the way home, I had a phone call and my boy declared that he had already peeled the prawns and that everything was ready except for my presence!!! Hurriedly, my friend drove me home. When I went to the kitchen, I was pleasantly surprised to see this:
My boy had painstakingly shelled the prawns and kept them in a container.
He had seen me making Hokkien Mee before and kept the shells aside as he knew that he had to boil the shells to make the soup. He did not do anything till I came home as he did not know which pot to use and feared his mother's nagging if he had used the wrong one :-).
So it was pretty easy. I took out the pot and instructed him to pour the shells into the water.
This is what it looked like at the beginning.
These are the prawn shells after Nick boiled them for some time.
And here's the cooked prawns, nicely peeled
but some looked a bit mutated hehe:-).
The soup being boiled over a slow fire....
My favorite - bean sprouts.
The yellow noodles....
The soup when it was all ready....
The other condiments...
Finally - it was ready!! Voila! C'est tres bien!
Home-made Hokkien Mee - lovingly prepared by my boy with a little bit of help from yours truly.
For all the work that was involved in the preparation and the time taken, it is really easier to buy from the hawkers BUT the taste if home-made Hokkien Mee is unbeatable!!!
Try making it yourself and you will know what I mean :-).
mamasita Clever boy! Heres a flying kiss from me!! Nanti boleh jadi good househusband too..pandai masak! hehe