"La Mian"- the pulling noodles

After that disgusting post about spiders yesterday, today i am back with more introduction to good food i tasted in Brunei. Don't get me wrong, i am not making my blog a food blog. It is still the same as usual; introducing things i think is worth mentioning.

In Brunei, if you heard of 'La Mian'(pulling noodles), the first place you think of is probably going to be LaMee, the first ever 'La Mian' shop in Brunei. But for me, it is not. LaMee is a nice restaurant, no doubt about it but what i wanted to mention about is the small food corner inside Hua Ho on the upper basement in Hua Ho Manggis Mall.

Night view of Hua Ho Mall

Inside here, there is a stand where it sells 'La Mian', made by two chefs from China. There are varieties of noodles to choose from. All the noodles are at reasonable price which is quite cheap, ranging from $3 to $3.50 depending on what you choose, the quantity very satisfying- surely it will fill your stomach full tank.



Out of all the different noodles, i recommend "La Pan Mee with Lamb" the most. Cos the nice smell and taste of the lamb meat blend well along with the taste of different bell peppers. For more than 30 times i think i ate there, i ALWAYS order "La Pan Mee Lamb", i never change it cos it's just too good to change, until everytime i go, the chef will smile and know what i will order.

This is how it looks like:
Dining In


Take Away


There will not be any extra charges for the container.

Another thing that i have to mention earlier before anyone go try it. That is ordering these noodles will be like a lucky draw. Because the vegetables added to the noodles are always changing, you never know what to expect. Sometimes you get bell peppers; maybe just one colour or all three colours, sometimes you get long beans instead, if you are lucky, you may get chinese cabbage, and etc... So you should understand by now what i meant by its like a lucky draw. It's good that way, you get to taste something 'fresh' or new once in a while.
NOTE: The sauce for the noodles is sometimes quite oily.


Long ago(well, not really that long, only a couple of years ago), when 'La Mian' first existed in Brunei, i can't resist of trying to also make them. Nobody teach me how to make it so i just tried it randomly without any knowledge of how to make it. That's how cooking supposed to be right? It's an experiment.

So i "KAY GAO KAY KIANG" go make my own noodle......
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It was a total failure... HAHAHAHA

The end product looks like this:


The look is ok i guess but the taste is quite bland. It still has smell of flour, it is not "Q"(elastic) at all. It just doesn't taste right. Only after that i learned that i did not use "Gee" which is a neccessity for making noodles because it makes them pull-able and extend. Too bad, all the noodle i made, i dumped it. But the leftover flour which i already used, i did not waste it, i turned them into:


Meat Pies with fillings i made:


See how wonderful cooking are, one failure leads to another success as long as you dare try.

So there you go~ Try the 'La Mian' at Hua Ho and you will notice the difference as compared to the one at LaMee. Decide for yourself- which one taste better.