This has nothing to do with Eric Khoo's film Mee Pok Man, but the Mee Pok Man referred to in this post is no less famous. I don't think any SCGS girl, past or present, knew his name. He was simply known as the "Mee Pok Man" in school. I was in Beijing on Saturday night when an ex-colleague who also used to be an SCGS girl sms-ed to tell me that he had died.
I felt a little sad that an icon of SCGS has passed on. He's practically an institution. Numerous batches of SCGS girls (even my mum ate his noodles when she was a student there!) have eaten his noodles. Hell, it was our staple diet. I grew up on it for 10 years, being there from Primary 1 to Secondary 4. The stall used to be run by him, his wife and his elderly mother. The latter scared the hell out of every girl 'cos she was very fierce. I always preferred buying from "Uncle" because he was nicer and his noodles tasted better. But if time doesn't permit and one didn't run out of class to the canteen fast enough, settling for the shorter queue at his mum's side of the stall was the next best thing.
My favourite was always "Mee Pok Tah" (dried mee pok) and I would always ask for only a little of chilli, and maybe sometimes just a little more vinegar.
His noodle stall was definitely the most famous one amongst SCGS girls and I'm sure his memory will live on in many of us.
Posted by DSD at November 23, 2006 11:33 AM