A few months ago, the BF was at Ranch 99 and found this: Prima Taste Ready-to-Cook Sauce Kit for Mee Siam. Both he and I had been craving some Singaporian flavors ever since returning from our trip from Singapore in February, so he bought this along with a couple other Prima Taste items so that we can give it a try. The instructions are easy to follow. Inside the box, there are four sauce packages labeled A, B, C, D used in each respective step of the cooking process. I was amazed that the kit even came with a little packet of lime juice. I didn't have to buy limes! All I needed was vermicelli, eggs, shrimp (or other protein) which we had at home already.
A box of pre-packaged sauce make enough mee siam to serve between 2-3. I want to say this can be enough for 3 Asian sized servings. But being the big eaters that we are, this was just enough for the two us. I even after adding extra vermicelli! (I used 200g of vermicelli instead of 175g called out in the instructions. The dry vermicelli packs that I had were 100g each and I didn't want to break the noodles apart just to get an exact 175g.)
The sauce was packed with familiar flavors and definitely satisfied our cravings. However, at $7 a box, the price is just a bit too steep for me to want to buy again. I know the craving for mee siam will come back soon enough though. I guess I will have to resort to making this from scratch on a weekend when I'm not feeling tired or lazy!
