Ban mian
Encyclopedia
Bǎn miàn is a Hokkien
-style egg noodle
soup
common in parts of China
's Fujian
province, and also in other parts of the world such as Singapore
and Malaysia, although the dish itself may vary significantly. Some forms of ban mian, for instance, comprise hand-kneaded pieces of dough, while others use regular strips of noodles.
Ban mian (literally "board noodles") is so named due to the characteristic flat shape of its noodles.
), due to its relatively generous serving of vegetables and less use of seasoning and other artificial ingredients. Also known as handmade ban mian (手工板面), it is, however, made using a hand-operated machine in the stall which forms noodles from the dough. The dish is served in soup, usually with pieces of minced chicken or minced pork, ikan bilis (anchovies), vegetables, and an egg, and also commonly comes with sliced mushroom
s and fish balls.
In Singapore, the handmade ban mian stalls often offer alternative toppings. For example, one can order ban mian with deep-fried anchovies
or fresh slices of fish.
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
-style egg noodle
Noodle
The noodle is a type of food, made from any of a variety of doughs, formed into long thin ribbons, strips, curly-cues, waves, helices, pipes, tubes, strings, or other various shapes, sometimes folded. They are usually cooked in a mixture of boiling water and/or oil. Depending upon the type, noodles...
soup
Soup
Soup is a generally warm food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or another liquid. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming a broth.Traditionally,...
common in parts of China
China
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's Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
province, and also in other parts of the world such as Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Malaysia, although the dish itself may vary significantly. Some forms of ban mian, for instance, comprise hand-kneaded pieces of dough, while others use regular strips of noodles.
Ban mian (literally "board noodles") is so named due to the characteristic flat shape of its noodles.
China
Ban mian served in parts of China, such as in northern Fujian, comprises egg noodles which are boiled, and served in sesame butter sauce, and in soup.Malaysia and Singapore
In Malaysia and Singapore, health-conscious individuals are taking to ban mian (or pan meePan mee
Pan Mee is a Hokkein-style noodle, originating from Malaysia. Its chinese name literally translates to flat flour noodle. It is a Malaysian Chinese cuisine....
), due to its relatively generous serving of vegetables and less use of seasoning and other artificial ingredients. Also known as handmade ban mian (手工板面), it is, however, made using a hand-operated machine in the stall which forms noodles from the dough. The dish is served in soup, usually with pieces of minced chicken or minced pork, ikan bilis (anchovies), vegetables, and an egg, and also commonly comes with sliced mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
s and fish balls.
In Singapore, the handmade ban mian stalls often offer alternative toppings. For example, one can order ban mian with deep-fried anchovies
Anchovy
Anchovies are a family of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species in 17 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are usually classified as an oily fish.-Description:...
or fresh slices of fish.