Wanton Mee At Home : Ma Noodles 1964 Premium Duck Egg Wanton Mee

When I read about Ma Noodles from Sean's blog, I was so interested that I made my purchase that day itself. Amazingly the noodles were delivered the next day. So fast!

I bought the smallest order of 6 pieces with dry sauce (you can also opt for without sauce and the next size is 12 pieces). The noodles arrived in this very classy paper bag. 

Inside were the sauces and noodles.

The noodles are shrink wrapped together and if you are not consuming all, you can wrap them up individually in plastic bags. These noodles can stay fresh 3-5 days chilled or up to 3 months if frozen. 

The sauce can be kept at room temperature and the current batch expires May 2021.

Each portion is good for one serving. It may look small because it is compacted. So don't be greedy like me. The first time, I cooked two portions at once and found that it was too much. Even for a big eater like me.

If you kept the noodle chilled, take it out from the fridge to let it come to room temperature before attempting too loosen it. It is very stiff straight out from the fridge. Oh yes, you can detect the whiff of duck eggs from these premium duck egg wanton noodles.

You need to unravel it because it is packed tightly wound up. Ah! Just like DNA. I used to explain how the long DNA strands are packed to help my classmates imagine how the nucleotide strands are tightly packed to form chromosomes. You see, I was thinking of DNA as noodles. So imaginative, right? Sorry, I digress.

Loosen them like so before throwing them into a pot of boiling water to cook.

These are the instructions that come with the noodles.

Or you could hangout near a wanton mee stall and observe how the wanton mee man cooks and rinses the noodles.

I followed the instructions but because I was not adept with this technique, I ended up with soggy noodles. So the next time, I boiled the noodles for just one minute, transferred them to a colander and rinsed the noodles under running water. It worked like a charm!

Just before you cook the noodles, be sure to get your sauce ready in a mixing bowl so that you can toss the noodles in the sauce immediately. The sauce is pretty good - I am guessing it is a mix of shallot oil and some good quality soy sauce. One packet is enough for one portion of noodles.

Of course by default wanton mee is served with wantons and char siew. But at home, you might not have any wanton or char siew lying around. So think outside the box and eat your wonton mee with other stuff. 

Like minced pork. Or braised pork. Or leftover chicken curry. 

Or make an Asian inspired noodle salad.

I am quite happy with these duck egg wanton mee and I have a few stashed in the freezer for me to enjoy over the next few weekends.