Sate Mi

Sate mi is a spicy noodle Chinese dish. 

Cooking sate mi is like cooking ordinary sauteed noodles, only we add sate sauce to the base of the noodle dish. 

I learned to cook sate mi from my dad. 

To cook sate mi, you need to cook the spices first -- onions, garlic, pepper. Add the meat -- choice of chicken, pork, or beef. Optional of squids, fishballs, shrimps and clams can be addded as well. Then add in a spoonful of sate sauce. The amount of sauce varies. If you like it spicier, you can add more sauce. Soup stock or water is then added. Once the soup boils, the noodles is then added. Simmering until the noodles are fully coated with the sauce. Vegetables are then added to the mixture. Mixing all the ingredients well, it is ready to be served. 

It is best to use big noodles to cook sate mi rather than the small thin ones. 

I was able to serve this dish in the province. Since there are no available big noodles in the market at the province, I bought big noodles from the market in the city. The guests and staff of Tito Joseph were surprised by the size of the noodles. They never have seen such size of the noodles. They are only used to the thin ones available in the province. 

Despite their surprise of the size, they were also amazed by the taste of sate mi. A first for them as well.