And ever since Ric's overseas trip back, he's been niggling on coming over for the Guotie he so missed. My poison is the handmade noodles.
Thus , this morning I made a phone order for lunch (9469-7774) to more intimately addressed as Du Mama (杜妈妈) for her Zha Jiang Mian (炸酱面) and Chives Dumplings that are not in her serving menu.
Zha Jiang Mian, 炸酱面 ($3)
We arrived near 2pm, avoiding the lunch hour crowd.
And our bowl of thick, flat wheat noodles were served promptly with warm, thick and sweet minced meat sauce over it. Topped up with oodles of cucumbers shreds that i like for the nice crunchy bite.
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Judging from the texture and irregular cuts of the noodles, it was obviously handmade. The handmade noodle offers a distinctive chewy bite to our usual prepacked Shanghai noodles that were commonly used in this dish.
For the extra punch, we were offered a self-concocted chilli mix for mixing with the minced meat sauce. The chilli mix offers more of fragrance than spiciness; it even proved lovely to go with our gyozas later.
Handmade noodle with well recipe minced meat sauce promotes it to one of the best ZhaJiang Mian i had.
Pan-fried Gyozas, 锅贴 ($5)
Chives Dumpling, 韭菜饺 ($5)
Rather than the usual Pork-and-Chives dumplings, we had ordered their Chives Dumplings as we love Chinese Chives.
Maybe because of the specially requested and prepared dumplings, it was served so fresh that you could tell from its super smooth texture and non-sticking to the plate (without any addition of oil).
I popped the whole fat dumplings in one mouthful and juice oozes with each of my bites; it was delightful.
We had then packed some for Granny as mum had reminded us that Chinese Chives dumplings were Granny's favourite.
Good handmade noodles are priceless; i've got to enquire what other types of handmade noodles they have. And i couldn't wait to come back soon for more food indulgence, think i'm seriously getting tangled on its noodles & dumplings here.
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If you like their chinese dumplings, you should enquire and order their 馄饨 (huntun). Nothing fanciful but you will love it just like their guotie and jiaozi. Simple and delicious.
杜妈妈 has a few other items not yet in her menu but are just good. One which I always order is Noodles with Cabbage & Tomatoes & Egg soup. The natural sweetness from the cabbage & tomatoes can be a little addicting.
I certainly would! Thank you for your invaluable guide :)
You had just lured me back for my 3rd visit soon.
Remember to call 杜妈妈 first as she needs to specially buy the ingredients for those off the menu items.
In fact I have been encouraging 杜妈妈 to try introducing more of her simple yet delicious "home town" food. Hopefully so that all of us are able to taste her good culinary skill.
BTW heard from 杜妈妈 that Wanbao will be featuring her stall in tonite edition, so you may want to avoid the crowd for the next few days or weeks ... :-)
Sure got to avoid the crowd! Thank you, especially the weekends she told me.
I meant to bring mom there for my planned 3rd visit; now it seems i've got to wait :(
Have to go on weekdays, late lunch again.
Also wish to hand her some of the 'saliva drooling' photos i last took. Making her proud of her own culinary.
Just have my dinner there last night. 杜妈妈 introduce a new item to me, black fungas 黑木耳 & Onion salad. Simple and good. If you are going there soon, remember to order this item in advance.
Thank you. Been missing her noodles but could not find the occasion to go down. Been busy in the West. Soon...
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