Crispy Fried Noodles

After a veru busy weekdn in London, where all we seemed to do was eat eat eat, it was quite a relief to get back to Bristol. I never enjoyed waking up hungry here, but I kind of miss that growling your tummy makes when it is in need of nourishment. In London, even if you were feeling just a little bit peckish, you were given a whole meal, or a whole load of snacks. It seemed our tummies were always filled up to the brim there, which is a slightly uncomfortable feeling. SO much so that even when I got back to Bristol, two hours and a three hour bus ride after lunch, I was still feeling full! Not sure when I will ever feel hungry again. But I suppose I shouldn't complain. There are always people who say,"If the people in Africa were put in your position..."

But anyway, I'm getting side-tracked here. Let's see what we had for dinner. Even though Justin had the whole weekend to think up of a dish, typically he left it to the last minute. This time, he decided to use egg noodles. But when he only just realised that we were out of oyster sauce... Sigh. Oh well, it seems like he managed to improvise somewhat. Here we go!

What you need:
Boneless, skinless chicken - cut into bite-sized pieces
Egg noodles
1 onion, sliced finely
Kicap manis (sweet soy sauce)
Sweet Thai chilli sauce
Garlic granules
MSG
Sesame oil
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon curry paste (or powder, if you prefer)
1 tablespoon of salsa

What you do:

1. In a wok, heat up some oil. Add the chicken pieces and onion, and fry until the chicken is cooked through and the onions softened.
2. Meanwhile, place the uncooked noodles into a strainer/colander and boil 2 litres of water. When ready, pour the water over the noodles. They will soften enough to be eaten. Alternatively, cook using the instructions provided on the packet.
3. Add the noodles into the pot, and add all the seasonings. Of course, Justin doesn't know how much he put in, so unfortunately, you'll have to do some guesswork here. The amounts provided are the ones that I actually saw him put in.
4. Taste the noodles and adjust the seasonings. Fry on high heat until noodles are crisp. Serve immediately.

I liked the texture of these noodles. They were quite crispy, hence the name, hehe. I usually don't like egg noodles all that much, but this dish was quite nice, texture-wise.

Taste-wise, however, Justin thinks that it was missing something. Probably the oyster sauce, though I don't usually use oyster sauce in my mee goreng. I thought it was quite okay, although it could've used some improvement. For one thing, he didn't mix the curry or salsa properly, so there were little flavour bombs occasionally. And... I'm not sure what else, but the flavour was a little strange. Not missing something. Just a weird combination. Or, ir could be those egg noodles, meh. :P

Quote of the day: Spaghetti... I can't eat spaghetti, there's too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1000 of something is too many. I'll have 1000 pieces of noodles.