Fishball Mee Pok
Fish ball is in my memory ever since I first ate them as a child in primary school and we are still eating them now. I am sure many of you love fish ball especially in a soup or served with noodles, vermicelli, etc. A good friend in lower primary who was my classmate by the name of Watt Poh recommended that I must try the dry version of the fish ball noodle at the "tuck shop" (canteen - I think even in Singapore today they don't call it tuck shop anymore). Watt Poh always seemed to have more money than anyone else but he was a generous boy and the version he recommended was $0.50c per bowl when the normal one was $0.30c. Sometimes, he would topped up the difference so we could enjoy it with him and he taught us that once we finished the dry noodles, we should go back to the noodle and ask them to fill our bowl with delicious ikan bilis (anchovies) soup. When everyone was using six or twelve colours "Staedtler" colour pencils, this boy was using some ex...