Today’s Simple Breakfast – Mee Suah aka Chinese Flour Vermicelli Soup With Egg And Broccoli

This morning, hubby woke up real early, at 5a.m. As a result, I had to do the same. Hubby could have eaten a few slices of bread and drunk a cup of cereal for breakfast, but I thought it would be better to cook him a bowl of Mee Suah Soup with Egg and Broccoli.

Hubby suggested he eat bread and I go on sleeping. But, I insisted on cooking him a bowl of Mee Suah soup. I know he’s quite packed with classes today, so it’s better for him to eat something hot and yummy.

I insisted cooking something hot for hubby simply because of my personal experience. Recalling those days in Cameron Highlands when my weekends were packed with four 2-hour classes, eating something hot and yummy was comforting.

I hated eating bread and biscuits that were dry and cold at that time because they brought out the negative emotions of pity, sadness, or loneliness.

Owing to those negative emotions, I would feel even terrible and started asking why I had to teach so many classes. And then, I would become more depressed.

Given a choice, I wouldn’t want to go back to those days where there were four 2-hour classes on weekend anymore. No, thanks. I enjoy my online work more than giving tuition now.

Photo Credit for Mee Suah Soup

Okay, let’s come back to this morning’s breakfast! Mee Suah Soup with Egg and Broccoli.

Mee Suah is called Mian Xian in Mandarin. I like Mee Suah aka Chinese Flour Vermicelli, which is made from rice flour and comes in dried forms because of its smooth silky texture.

I don’t often eat Mee Suah, but each time I eat, it reminds me of the time when I was sick during my teenage years. My grandma used to cook me a bowl of Mee Suah soup whenever I was sick and had no appetite.

Ingredients:

100g or 2 bundles of Mee Suah, rinsed in cold water to remove the starch
Handful of dried anchovies or ‘ikan bilis’
1/2 broccoli
1 egg
1 bulb ginger, sliced thinly
1 clove garlic
500ml hot water
Oyster sauce
Soy sauce

Instructions:

1. Place the hot water, dried anchovies, garlic and ginger into the rice cooker. Bring it to boil.

2. Add in broccoli and egg. Then, the Mee Suah.