My girls are so in love with yee mein.  Yee Mein is a kind of noodles made from wheat flour and eggs and deep fried. One of the ingredients in it is ASH. And I have no freaking idea what ash is but it sure does not sound too healthy to be eating ash. Also, I am dubious on the kind of oil the manufacturers used to deep fry the noodles. Imagine RM3.50 for a packet of about 6 noodles, that’s a steal. Now, can things that cheap and mass-produced be healthy? I don’t think so. Much as my girls love to eat yee mein, I try to limit their consumption of this noodles.
I was so excited when I saw organic yee mein sold at an organic shop at my neighborhood. I bought a packet and cooked it for dinner several nights ago.
The noodles were blanched for less than a minute in a pot of hot water, to ‘cleanse’ it first before eating.  We personally prefer to eat the noodles as it is, without blanching it. We love the super crispy texture of the noodles but I feel that it is healthier to blanch the noodles in hot water before serving them to young kids. Abuden, this has to come from a health freak mommy 😀
I whipped up some minced pork sauce with Shimeji mushrooms and meat balls for the noodles and made an extra portion of the pork sauce to be cooked with our tofu dish the next day 🙂
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Looks super delicious.
Hi friend,
U may get a noodle maker if ur daughter like it so much.i get myself one & makes my noodles with healthy ingredients I like such as pumpkin noodles,spinach noodles n even the Ee min.it takes not more than 30min for a cycle.i use the organic unbleach flour n the texture is superb.its worth to own one if most in the families like noodles.
Hi LIsa
My mum has a noodle maker. I can ask her to make some for me. She makes pretty healthy noodles with vegetables too. Thanks for your suggestion!
My kids love yee mien too…….but i prefer those yellow noodles. Not healthy but once a while ok la. Most of the time, we have rice as our main meal.
Mnhl, yellow noodles have synthetic chemicals too. The best kind of noodles is vermicelli. Yes everything eaten in moderation shd be A ok 😉