T.I.G.S

Read  MNHL's recent post where she reviewed on the mihun soup she ate in Seremban. That had actually reminded SP and me the wonderful taste of this particular Malay soup dish where we used to eat during our secondary school days in T.I.G.S. (1990-1996)
I am not sure if this dish is still selling now, but during my younger sister's years (roughly 2004-2009), mihun soup / soto soup was indeed still a hot and welcoming food during the morning break. My younger "god-sister" is currently studying in the same school, perhaps I should check with her if the canteen is still having this same dish or not....ha ha ha...

I totally agreed with MNHL, the MUST HAVE  would be the sambal kicap. Without the sambal kicap, the mihun soup is incomplete. Yesterday I had an urge to cook myself a bowl of mihun soup, and I really craved for the sambal kicap too. When I opened the fridge, was glad I kept some cili padi. Without any hessitation, I made my version of sambal kicap for the very first time.

Red cili padi, these are the really hot type. Washed and de-seed.

Together with some shallots, put them into blender, added a bit of salt and sugar. End result
















Mixed with dark soy sauce. To get the right taste (similar to T.I.G.S), I "fine-tune" with some sugar. Perfect!

Then, I cooked mihun soup. Without having any chicken bone/pork bone and Malay spices,  I make the broth with ikan bilis and garlic. Again, without any fried chicken, I just dumped pork slices, fresh vegs, fu-chuk, served with crunchy ikan bilis and my home-made sambal kicap.
















Mixed the sambal kicap into my soup...

White colour soup became brownish, I had a fantastic dinner last night!! Glad Papa-M also loved it too...