Mie Belitung: The Yellow Prawn Noodle

Mie Belitung is the defining preparation of Belitung Island (known internationally from the novel and film Laskar Pelangi / Rainbow Troops, set there) — a noodle preparation that reflects the island's identity as a tin-mining centre whose Chinese Hakka workers created a culinary hybrid over 200 years of settlement. The noodle itself is a yellow egg noodle (the Hakka Chinese contribution); the soup is a rich, bright orange prawn stock built from whole prawn heads roasted and simmered with tomato, shallot, and a little sugar — a flavour profile not found in any other Indonesian regional noodle tradition. Served with sliced potato, tofu, prawn crackers, cucumber, and boiled prawn.

Mie Belitung — Belitung Island's Signature Tomato-Prawn Noodle

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