Comments on: Fish Ball Vegetable Soup

By: [eatingclub] vancouver || js

[eatingclub] vancouver || js — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:25:24 +0000

Fish ball soup!

Falls under the category of foods that are “so simple yet so profound.”

It’s a favourite comfort food of ours too!

By: pablopabla

pablopabla — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:23:31 +0000

Jonah : Boil 700 ml water with a handful of ikan bilis for 30 minutes. Strain and remove ikan bilis. You can use lesser amount of water if you want. There is no hard and fast rule to making / boiling fresh ikan bilis stock.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:00:01 +0000

Hi, mind sharing how to make the fresh ikan bilis stock? Sounds interesting. Thanks!

By: pablopabla

pablopabla — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:20:47 +0000

Rasa Malaysia : Yay! Good to hear that we probably produce the best fish balls

Yeah, it is so easily available (in Malaysia) and simple to cook. I would rate it as instant food

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:52:32 +0000

I loooooove fish balls, too. What’s not to love, right?

The best fish balls are Malaysian fish balls, I reckon. Other country’s fish balls are all powdery, after you cook them, they expand 2X…scary.

And the fish balls in the wet markets are simply irrestible…so many different selections, shapes, colors, and varieties. Everytime I go home to Penang, I would hit the wet market in the morning and sapu all kinds of fishballs and cook up a pot of soup every day!!!

By: pablopabla

pablopabla — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:55:59 +0000

tigerfish : Really? Are they made fresh or imported from elsewhere? I have not tried those from Taiwan but judging from what you said, I would prefer the springy texture instead. One of my relatives make good fishballs (he sells fishball noodles) and one of his secrets is to put ice into the mincing machine to keep the fish paste cool

Kat : Home cooked food is usually simple but satisfying. This is definitely one of my favourites

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:29:41 +0000

Delicious & such a comfort food. My Mom used to cook her fishball soup exactly like yours, yums! Whenever I go back to Singapore to visit the family, the first thing I eat is the fishball soup & youcharkueh at the hawker center.

By: tigerfish

tigerfish — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:48:17 +0000

Hahaha…talking about fishballs too! I prefer Malaysia/Singapore fishballs to those in Taiwan. Those in Taiwan – the fishballs’ texture is like sotong ball!