Ban Mian 
From Singapore Hotels & Singapore Lifestyle
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Ban Mian (板面 in Chinese) is another Singapore delicacy. The noodles are made from dough that are made by hands first and pressed into a flat dough by two rollers.
Noodles
There are many variants of the noodles for Ban Mian. The flat dough are cut into thin slice to form thin noodles(幼面), thick flat noodles like fettucine, or just tear the flat dough at random to form big pieces of 'noodles'.
Served with
Fried Ikan Bilis (anchovies), minced pork, generous servings of vegetables. An egg is added into the soup once it is hot and ready to serve with noodles.
For a good Ban Mian, the soup would smell heavenly and tasty. The soup should not be too salty too. The fried anchovies when added to the soup would make the soup more tasty.
To make this a never to forget gastronomic experience, one should not try to break the egg yolk of the egg that was put added into the soup, when it is just about to be served. Use the spoon to carefully scoop up the whole egg yolk and slurp it into your mouth and throat (Warning: the egg yolk could be scalding). Because the egg is added in before Ban Mian is just served, the yolk is cooked outside but raw inside. Slurping the yolk with the soup will imprint the Ban Mian eating experience into your brain forever.
