Comments on: Cloud cakes and noodles

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:44:34 +0000

Singapore noodles exist in Taiwan! (and possibly China) They are very thin noodles and always have some sort of curry powder. We get them in the States too.

By: The Food Pornographer

The Food Pornographer — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:38:35 +0000

Sarah,
That is interesting!

DaliaStar,
I haven’t made it, but have read about it on various blogs. Sounds like something I would absolutely love.

Yvonne,
It is good. I love dry curry fried noodles.

jetgirl,
That sounds awesome! We have an unopened bag of marshmellows in the kitchen right now… which may not be unopened for very much longer. :)

dab,
Yes, it is on the waterside, not street side.

Hi Chen,
great to hear from you! Interesting! In the past whenever I’ve posted Singapore noodles on the site, I have been inundated with comments from Singaporeans who are quick to tell me there is no such dish in Singapore. But I don’t think any Malaysians have said anything specific about this dish. The noodles in the photo weren’t the best example of Singapore noodles – the noodles themselves were a bit too broken up (too “short”) for my liking, and maybe a tad overcooked too.

thanks, J. If I only knew they had jam in the middle, I would’ve had one! I’m a sucker for jam-filled cakes and muffins.

By: J

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:33:45 +0000

The cloud cakes were butter cake with a bit of strawberry jam inside, topped with the ‘cloud’ which was a fluffy meringue.

By: Chen

Chen — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:15:03 +0000

Hi TFP! Long-time lurker, first time commentator. :P

Anyways, unless I’m very much mistaken, ‘Singapore noodles’ does exist. It’s called ‘Xing Zhao Mai’ in Malaysia, a Cantonese term that can loosely be translated into ‘Beehoon from the State of Singapore’. But, it doesn’t really look like the version in the photograph.

And it definitely isn’t flavoured with curry powder, which is a common trait (ghastly yet amusing!) of Aussie-style Malaysian/Singaporean food, something I noticed during my short two-year stint in Brisbane. :P

By: dab

dab — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:01:33 +0000

@jetgirl: mmm *drools*

@tfp: Basil leaves is on the river protrusion section and not the road side yes?

By: jetgirl

jetgirl — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:10:56 +0000

better than meringue would have been marshmallow fluff, then drizzled with chocolate, and crushed pecans…. so hungry

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:01:02 +0000

I’m from Singapore and I must say the Singapore Noodles you had sounds nice. Curry powder with fried bee hoon, good idea!

By: DaliaStar

DaliaStar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:36:04 +0000

Looks delicious! Speaking of desserts, have you ever made monkey bread? I made it the other day and it was like heaven in a 9 x 13 baking dish!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:23:10 +0000

In Canada, ‘Singapore Noodles’ it the exact same thing. :)