Some of the noodles in Singapore are quite unique, in a way that, different types of noodles are used in a single dish- take fried Hokkien mee for example (foto top from famous Nam Sing. Interestingly, they do not use the usual sambal as an accompaniment). Flour noodle and beehoon are used. Of course some places do not use beehoon noodles but simply flour noodle and some places use more beehoon, thin ones, thick ones, etc. Every stall is different in that respect -some have philosophy, some don't and some follow strict tradition. Some say that the beehoon noodles absorb the stock so the final result is flavorful fried Hokkien mee. That's very understandable but I have tasted excellent ones without the beehoon (I personally enjoy the different textures of the noodles). Foto below is 178 Lor mee at Tiong Bahru which boasts crispy fried shark nuggets and they use slightly flat and thicker style of Hokkien mee (like linguine and I can understand, with the lor, this type of noodle is better) and regular beehoon. By the way, lor mee is a noodle dish with gooey gravy (thickend with tapioca starch). The "lor" or the gravy is a sweet soy-based sauce with a hint of Chinese 5 spice powders.
Last foto is CKT from Hong Lim Complex, Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee. You can see they use, kway teow, hokkien mee and beehoon -3 types! Usually, its kway teow and hokkien mee. The sauce here is less sweet and quite spicy -I personally like this combination.... So, I think it is very unique that for some noodle dishes, particularly fried Hokkien mee, lor mee, char kway teow use two types of noodles, one wheat flour based and one rice flour based. I'm Japanese so don't know if this practice is unique to SE Asia or throughout China and Taiwan. Maybe one day I'll combine soba noodles and somen (mee sua) noodles and give it a try.
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