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How Many Calories in Luncheon Meat and Egg Instant Noodles (Chaan Daan Min)?

Also known as 餐蛋麵, Chaan Daan Min, Luncheon Meat Egg Noodles, Spam and Egg Instant Noodles, 餐蛋公仔麵.

Chaan daan min is a packet of instant noodles in broth topped with two slices of fried luncheon meat and a fried egg. It is the most ordered cha chaan teng breakfast in Hong Kong, HK$32 to HK$42 as a set with a drink.

680kcal / 1 bowl (instant noodles, 2 slices luncheon meat, 1 fried egg)
One bowl of instant noodles with luncheon meat and egg is about 680 calories, based on Centre for Food Safety analysis of a 450g bowl. A Hong Kong dietitian ranking of cha chaan teng breakfasts puts it higher at 785 when the noodles are Demae Iccho and the luncheon meat is fried in extra oil. Either way it is the heaviest breakfast on the board, with 38g of fat.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (instant noodles, 2 slices luncheon meat, 1 fried egg) (450g)AmountPer 100g
Calories680 kcal151 kcal
Protein22 g5 g
Carbs59 g13 g
Fat38 g8 g

Where the calories come from

Instant noodle cake (fried, 90g dry)90g
390 kcal
Luncheon meat, fried (2 slices)60g
190 kcal
Fried egg55g
100 kcal
Broth245g
0 kcal

The real talk

This bowl beats every other cha chaan teng breakfast by a wide margin. Ham macaroni is 320. Buttered toast with a fried egg is 427. Satay beef noodles are 667. Chaan daan min sits at 680 to 785, and unlike those, over half the calories come from fat. CFS found 12g of saturated fat and 190mg of cholesterol in one bowl, which is most of a day's worth before 9am.

All three parts are fried. The instant noodle cake is deep fried at the factory, so a 90g packet is already about 390 calories and 15g of fat before anything touches it. Two slices of luncheon meat (60g) fried in the pan are around 190 calories and 17g of fat. The fried egg is 100. There is no ingredient in this bowl that is not oily, which is why the number is so far above ham macaroni that uses the same broth.

The set makes it worse. A breakfast set adds a buttered bun or toast (250) and a hot milk tea (110), so the full tray is over 1,000 calories. That is half of a 2,000 calorie day sitting in front of you at 8am, with only 22g of protein. If you eat this every workday, that is around 3,500 calories a week over what a macaroni breakfast would cost you, which is roughly half a kilo of body fat a month with nothing else changed.

How the portions compare

560 kcal
One slice luncheon meat, boiled egg
680 kcal
Standard bowl (450g)
1040 kcal
Full set with buttered toast and milk tea

Luncheon Meat and Egg Instant Noodles (Chaan Daan Min) variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Ham and egg macaroni420 kcalBoiled macaroni, ham, fried egg
Luncheon meat and egg rice vermicelli530 kcalSame toppings, boiled noodles
Satay beef instant noodles640 kcalCFS figure
Luncheon meat and egg instant noodles680 kcalCFS figure; dietitian estimate 785
Five spice pork instant noodles (五香肉丁公仔麵)710 kcalCanned pork in oil

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Common questions

How many calories in 餐蛋麵?
About 680 calories per bowl according to Centre for Food Safety data, or up to 785 in a Hong Kong dietitian ranking. It is the heaviest breakfast on a cha chaan teng menu.
How many calories in two slices of luncheon meat?
Around 190 calories for 60g once fried, with about 17g of fat. Two slices of ham are about 50 calories.
Is instant noodle soup unhealthy because of the noodles or the toppings?
Both. The fried noodle cake alone is about 390 calories and 15g fat. The luncheon meat and fried egg add another 290 calories and 25g of fat.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical cha chaan teng, dai pai dong or dim sum serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

Calorie figure based on Centre for Food Safety Hong Kong, Nutrient Values of Indigenous Congee, Rice and Noodle Dishes (680 kcal per 450g); HK01 registered dietitian Charlene Wong ranking (785 kcal). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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