{"id":264,"date":"2007-01-09T00:26:12","date_gmt":"2007-01-09T00:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/2007\/01\/big-flat-noodles\/"},"modified":"2007-01-09T00:26:12","modified_gmt":"2007-01-09T00:26:12","slug":"big-flat-noodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2007\/01\/09\/big-flat-noodles\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Flat Noodles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomyam ban mian @ Banquet<\/a> (Parkway Parade<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"dining-124.JPG\"One of the very large shopping malls in Singapore that I don\u2019t have much opportunity to go to is Parkway Parade<\/a>, even though the mall is pretty much Ling\u2019s \u201cplayground\u201d. The mall is always teeming with crowds, and on the few occasions I go with here there I still get impressed by the sheer variety of shops and eating places.<\/p>\n

Ban mian is a pretty popular fare here. I\u2019m not too big a fan of this though (I\u2019m more a dry noodles person), since it usually takes a while to consume a bowl of noodles in hot soup. In this case though, just to try something different, I checked out one such stall at very well nicely decorated Banquet<\/a> foodcourt at Parkway Parade<\/a> on the Sunday just before we flew to Korea. There are several soup bases to choose from the stall, and I went for the tom yam one. For $3.80, you get a sizable bowl containing noodles – I chose the thin ones – anchovies, vegetables, minced meat, and a beaten egg. The tom yam soup was spicily hot though not quite with the tingling taste of equivalent fare at Jai Thai. It\u2019s ok stuff, especially if you\u2019re a noodle person. For myself though, I think I\u2019ll just stick to the dry noodles next time.<\/p>\n