Wonton Noodle Snack

A snack-sized bowl of wonton noodles

Yesterday when I was in Central for a morning coffee, I realised I should also go hit up Mak's Noodles for some authentic wonton noodles.

The place opens at 11am and when I went in, most of the tables were already occupied by tourists or locals keen on either an early lunch or in my case a snack.

Mak's Noodles has had a renovation

It had been a while since I last visited so the place so it looks more upscale with white walls and green trim, wooden furniture with glass tabletops. Long gone are the copies of newspaper and magazine clippings of Mak's Noodles that were so old. Instead under the glass tabletop were copies of the menu and some nice pictures.

The menu is divided into "Noodles" and "Stirred Noodles"... stirred noodles means mixed noodles, as in the noodles and condiments combined together.

While the noodles with shrimp roe is very good, I got the classic bowl of wonton noodles.

The cooks out in front used to face the cashier, but now their cooking stations are facing the outside windows on Wellington Street to create a bit of action to attract customers.

After several minutes, my bowl arrived the way they always serve wonton noodles -- a large clump of egg noodles on top covering four precious wontons underneath.

The cooks face the outside street

The wontons are filled with one whole shrimp and are fresh and crunchy. Meanwhile the egg noodle strands are so thin! Were they this thin before? They also had a wonderful springy texture.

The bowl of wonton noodles cost HK$50 (US$6.43) which is on the expensive side, but they are the real deal, the way they should be cooked and presented. 

Mak's Noodles

G/F, 77 Wellington Street

Central

+852 2854 3810