Hokkien Mee at my neighbourhood
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This hokkien mee seller at the hawker store in my neighbourhood, he has been there for years. The problem with the hawker stores at my neighbourhood is that they usually close around 4pm, and during dinner time there's nothing to eat.
So I usually eat hokkien mee, since he's the only one open at 10am and closes at 9pm. He isn't exactly fantastic, but not too bad. I think I started visiting since 1993. When I was back from my first book-out during BMT, the first taste of noodles I tasted comes from his stall as well. He started out alone, then found a helper. Then later I remember a plump lady, most probably his girlfriend helped.
Then I moved away. When I was back at the neighbourhood, his store was gone. I wondered where he has gone to. The stall was taken over for a while and then owner was changed again.
Then a couple of years later, he moved back, not to the same stall but an empty one a few stalls away. I guessed the owner took back the stall, so he moved on to do something else until another stall was available. He was in the new stall for a few months before he was gone again.
Then a couple of weeks ago, i saw him at the same hawker stall with the plump lady, probably his wife now. They were both helping out collecting and keeping the plates.
Then last week I saw him again, there he was, cooking hokkien mee with his plump wife, the same helper at another stall. I finally get to taste the noodles again, the same taste as it was in 1993, 1994, 95. -
Feels nice to reminisce over the past eh =)
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good for u.
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I have a friend I known since JC. His name is Richard. Richard is a wierd guy. He excels in his school work and did well for anything academic.
He now holds an honors degree in business but hasn't been able to find a job he thinks suit him. I have more friends like this, hopping from one job to another, lamenting about the economic situation of the country, luck, bosses.
Whenever I hear these people, I think of the hokkien mee seller.. -
dragg probably eat before.
He stays there. -
so hostile?Originally posted by missqi:good for u. -
why u neh bring me to eat the hokkien mee?
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hey i like ur story, it's like a short film called, "nostalgia".
hope u will always get to eat hokkien mee anytime u like to, even when u're old. -
what's neh? neh neh is it?Originally posted by FireIce:why u neh bring me to eat the hokkien mee?
never lah..... -
Those things I like to eat u dun like one larOriginally posted by FireIce:why u neh bring me to eat the hokkien mee? -
do ehstd ysh point
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memoirs of a hokkien mee seller
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where u stay? wats the name of the stall?Originally posted by Illegal Operation:This hokkien mee seller at the hawker store in my neighbourhood, he has been there for years. The problem with the hawker stores at my neighbourhood is that they usually close around 4pm, and during dinner time there's nothing to eat.
So I usually eat hokkien mee, since he's the only one open at 10am and closes at 9pm. He isn't exactly fantastic, but not too bad. I think I started visiting since 1993. When I was back from my first book-out during BMT, the first taste of noodles I tasted comes from his stall as well. He started out alone, then found a helper. Then later I remember a plump lady, most probably his girlfriend helped.
Then I moved away. When I was back at the neighbourhood, his store was gone. I wondered where he has gone to. The stall was taken over for a while and then owner was changed again.
Then a couple of years later, he moved back, not to the same stall but an empty one a few stalls away. I guessed the owner took back the stall, so he moved on to do something else until another stall was available. He was in the new stall for a few months before he was gone again.
Then a couple of weeks ago, i saw him at the same hawker stall with the plump lady, probably his wife now. They were both helping out collecting and keeping the plates.
Then last week I saw him again, there he was, cooking hokkien mee with his plump wife, the same helper at another stall. I finally get to taste the noodles again, the same taste as it was in 1993, 1994, 95.