Merdeka Open House: Mee and My Malaysia
Posted by: ipohwav3 on: August 26, 2008
Malaysia will be celebrating the 51 Independence Day celebration in another 5 days and every year, Babe will never fail to organise the Merdeka Open House event where floggers will blog about a particular genre of food based on the selected theme.
This year’s theme is Mee and My Malaysia (as suggested by Jo from Saucing Around, Jo’s Deli).
I told Babe that I’ll come up with something “Ipoh”, hence during my trip back to Ipoh last weekend, I requested mom to cook the tom yam hor fun. She used to prepare this simple dish for lunch as she’s lazy to cook so much dishes which will get cold by dinner time (reheat them back doesn’t taste as good as freshly cooked ones).
The agak-agak recipe:
300 grams anchovies (halved, head and internal removed, cleaned)
1 litre water
250 grams Ipoh kuey tiau aka hor fun, blanched with hot water
250 grams cabbage, Chinese cabbage or choy sum
Assorted yong tau foo or yeong liu
Tom yam paste
Some cooking oil
- 1. Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a deep pot and fry the anchovies till they turn slightly brown. Add in one litre of water and bring it to boil.
- Meanwhile, heat up another 1 tablespoon of oil in frying pan and pan fried the assorted yong tau foo. You can deep fried them too if you prefer or buy those which are freshly fried. I personally like to pan fried them especially the fu chok with fish paste roll.
- Put blanched hor fun in serving bowl. When the stock is boiling, lower heat and season with salt. Add in Chinese cabbage or cabbage and stir till the veggies soften.
- Scoop the stock with veggies over the noodle. Top with tom yam paste, give it a good stir till the paste dissolves and garnish with chopped spring onion and yong tau foo. You can add bean sprout and onion too if desired. Serve hot.
Thanks mom for the lunch! 
23 Responses to "Merdeka Open House: Mee and My Malaysia"
August 27, 2008 at 2:29 am
This is really easy to make. Hmm, lucky you to have such an amazing mom. hehe…
August 27, 2008 at 7:27 am
tom yum ipoh horfun..! how unusual but effective! must be really chewy in texture yet sour and spicy.. but i can only imagine.. lol
August 27, 2008 at 8:21 am
HA? come back cook tomyum hor fun also not even ONE single,solitary,pitiful,waste-not-want-not strand of rice noodle for me ah?!!!!! *_*
hehe … whoops, I meant the bowl of noodles look deliciously simple.
August 27, 2008 at 8:45 am
Kenny: Slurpilicious indeed!
Cutie: Thanks! You can make this for Doink too.
Cumi&Ciki: Try to pack the hor fun from stall then add the tom yam paste yourself at home!
J2Kfm: Ahem… you were in Taiping lah, dear.
August 27, 2008 at 9:14 am
This looks new to me. Can’t find any here. Probably can follow Ipoh Mali mom’s recipe?
August 27, 2008 at 10:11 am
thanks for participating! i would love a bowl of that slurpilicious Ipoh mali hor fun :p
August 27, 2008 at 12:04 pm
woah, got anchovies as stock somemore! definitely flavoursome tom yam soup there!
add ipoh bean sprouts to ipoh hor fun? sounds good too!
August 27, 2008 at 1:25 pm
ho ho ho!! Merdeka!! too bad i dun hv time to participate
August 27, 2008 at 1:36 pm
yummy! I wanna try cooking this at home.. but need to get da smooth smooth ipoh hor fun first 
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August 27, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Ipoh hor fun always smooth and tasty to eat with any sort of soups. Nyum!
August 27, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Always love Ipoh Hor fun !! OMG, i am so hungry now.. where the hell can i get Ipoh Hor Fun in Melbourne .. D’oh!! 
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August 28, 2008 at 4:42 am
What tom yam paste did you use? There are so many to chose from I do not know what is best.
August 28, 2008 at 9:16 am
for a minute there, i thought you cooked! then i scrolled down and ..hey, your mum cooked instead :p. looks yummy nonetheless
August 28, 2008 at 9:40 am
Little Inbox: Of course you can. Then you can tweak it a little on your second attempt.
Babe: Can get any good hor fun in KL? Else you can cook it yourself.
Nic: Mom always uses anchovies for stock, so it’s MSG free.
Jackson: Aww… next year maybe?
Durianberry: Yeah, can find in Serdang? Actually, I was thinking to substitute that with wantan mee :p
Mark: Eh… why ah? your gf don’t like tom yam?
Lianne: *pass tissue paper.
Email2Me: Yeah, maybe next time use laksa broth!
Jin Hooi: Hello there! No Ipoh hor fun in Melbourne, how about some local Melbourne hor fun as replacement? Hehe.
Hazza: I think it’s the Peace brand (with a dove on the label).
SC: Hahaha, I think I was still sleeping that time :p
August 28, 2008 at 10:59 am
Hehehe…looks like not only do we cover food in Ipoh eateries, we will have to drop by your mom’s place too ;o)
August 28, 2008 at 1:20 pm
WMW: Haha, I’m sure she’ll be happy to cook and make all sorts of kuih and dishes!
August 28, 2008 at 7:40 pm
ooh, ur tom yam hor fun looks good, but did the hor fun soak up all the tom yam edi? 
August 29, 2008 at 9:35 am
TummyThoz: I send u in email ^^
Jun: It did as I was busy photographing it! I have to add on some extra soup after that.
August 31, 2008 at 11:24 am
this would be easy to make here, as we can get similar ingredients. But the hor fun we get here is no way near as good as Ipoh hor fun.
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August 27, 2008 at 12:07 am
Simple and slurpilicious!