Classic Comfort Food: Fried Vermicelli with Narcissus Brand Pork Trotters
The real McCoy: Narcissus Brand Stewed Pork Trotters An imitation: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Artery-clogging it may be but it's comfort food par excellence A stall serving this iconic dish with its stack of cans of the pork trotters, to ensure that you know the cook is using the real thing. Fried vermicelli with Narcissus brand stewed pork trotters. The mere thought of it is enough to conjure up images of mother, family gatherings, festivals, homes full of aunties, uncles, cousins, babies, grandmother and grandfather to many Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. For generations, this canned food in its distinctive yellow packaging has been a staple of home festive cooking. Chinese New Year, weddings, birthdays of the elderly and the new-born have all been welcomed by a big dish of fried vermicelli with Narcissus brand stewed pork trotters. Cans of pork trotters are also used as gifts and symbolize that you wish the recipient a ...