Chanced upon the new See You Later 見一面 whilst walking around Maxwell Food Centre the other day — situated beside Hock Lai Seng Teochew Fishball Bak Chor Mee 福来成, the stall is a relatively easy find around the hawker centre. See You Later 見一面 takes over the former stall unit which used to house Maxwell Lok Lok; one of the most distinctive features of the stall is how the frame of the signboard comes with light bulbs which highlights the signboard even further — easily grabs the attention of passers by whom are curiously looking around the different stalls around the food centre to see what they all have to offer. As the namesake suggests, See You Later is a stall that is pretty big on its noodle offerings; the television screen at the stall front suggests that the stall serves up authentic Malaysian-style Mee Hoon Kueh — the Handmade Mee Hoon Kueh Soup is the item that is being listed as the first item on its menu. Apart from the Handmade Mee Hoon Kueh Soup, other dishes that are being served up at See You Later includes that of a variety of Ban Mee — think a Traditional Dry Ban Mee, as well as a Mala Spicy Soup Ban Mee amongst a few others. For those looking for something additional on the side to pair up with their noodles, See You Later does offer a Handmade Fish Ball Soup featuring six (6) fishballs as a side.

Whilst the Hot and Spicy Dry Ban Mee already had Ban Mee in its namesake, patrons are free to opt for any of the six different types of noodles which they have to offer here — some of the noodle choices at See You Later includes thick noodles, You Mian, Mee Hoon Kueh and Mee Sua amongst others. After learning that they do serve up You Mian at See You Later, we made our order for the Hot and Spicy Dry Ban Mee to come with You Mian instead.

It is not being described of what elements that comes with the dishes here; that being said, the Hot and Spicy Dry Ban Mee does come with a chili mix, savoury sauce, Ikan Bilis, some scraps of greens and some braised mushrooms — the egg that was included in our bowl is an add-on which we opted for at the extra cost of $0.60. Giving the entire bowl a good toss, the Hot and Spicy Dry Ban Mee here was actually their rendition of the KL Chili Pan Mee — there was some sort of a likeness between this and the Chilli Pan Mee (Batu Rd) that we had been having quite often of the late at Telok Ayer. The You Mian was a good choice for those looking to go for something less filling; whilst the noodles carry a less dense texture, it does come with an interesting chewiness whilst being coated in all that sauce. There is a hint of piquant spiciness that comes with it; it does tickle the tastebuds quite a little, though is less lethal than that of the chili that is served with the variant at Chilli Pan Mee (Batu Rd). The minced meat provided a meaty bite, while the small slices of braised mushroom gave a good bounce and a slight earthiness; the Ikan Bilis giving a good crunch for a variance of texture. The accompanying soup comes with money cai and wisps of egg white for a soft bite; all that amidst handmade fishballs that had a good, tactile bite — the handmade nature of the fish balls being noted from the irregular shapes that it came in. The chili dip that comes served on the separate saucer was intriguing, though wasn’t too much of our thing; it definitely veered closer to being sweet since it felt rather heavy on Calamansi, though worked rather well when had even with the soup. Overall, quite a good eat at $6.40 ($5.80 without the addition of the egg) — looking forward to an opportunity to be back to give their Handmade Mee Hoon Kueh Soup a go!