Mee Rebus
February 24th, 2010 | Malaysian Food, Malaysian Recipes | 34 Comments
If you read food blogs, I am sure you already know the fabulous food blog PigPig’s Corner authored by the lovely Ann and Jeff, a Malaysian couple based in the United Kingdom. Pig Pig’s Corner covers both recipes and also restaurant reviews; regardless of what they post, I am always drooling over their foods. This week, I started off the hawker food post with Penang Curry Mee, and PigPig’s Corner is sharing her mee rebus recipe today. Please do check out the mee rebus gallery that Ann is sharing with us, I am hungry at the sight of those golden brown and crispy prawn fritters and the mouthwatering mee rebus! Please give your warmest welcome to PigPig’s Corner and thanks for sharing such a wonderful family recipe.
Mee rebus is one of the many noodles dishes popular in Malaysia. It is yellow noodles served with a thick spicy potato-based gravy and garnished with a hard-boiled egg, spring onions, bean sprouts, fried shallots, tau kwa (dried/ fried beancurd) and lime juice. Although I mentioned popular, I’ve never tried it until my mum-in-law’s version, due to the many other distractions of course.
I fell in love with it when I took my first bite. The gravy is really thick, rich and flavourful with a hint of sourness from the tamarind paste and also the lime juice. My mum-in-law serves it with cucur udang/ bawang (prawns and onions fritters), which I think makes a great accompaniment as the fritters soak up all that wonderful gravy. Another great addition is sambal, which adds an extra ‘kick’ to the dish…








