Noodles

How Many Calories in Mee Bandung Muar?

Sweet-spicy dried shrimp gravy noodles from Muar, Johor, loaded with prawns, beef, and a half-cooked egg in a thick tomato-based sauce.

580kcal / 1 bowl
A standard bowl of Mee Bandung Muar comes in at around 580 calories for a 480g serving with yellow noodles, thick dried shrimp gravy, 2-3 prawns, beef slices, and a half-cooked egg. That puts it in the same ballpark as a plate of char kuey teow, which is honestly not bad for how filling this bowl is. The gravy is the key variable here, not the noodles.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (480g)AmountPer 100g
Calories580 kcal121 kcal
Protein28 g6 g
Carbs65 g14 g
Fat18 g4 g

Where the calories come from

Yellow noodles (cooked, ~180g)180g
250 kcal
Thick dried shrimp & tomato gravy (~200ml)200g
120 kcal
Beef slices (~50g cooked)50g
95 kcal
Prawns 2-3 pcs (~60g cooked)60g
55 kcal
Half-cooked egg (1 whole)55g
75 kcal

The real talk

580 calories for a bowl of Mee Bandung Muar is honestly reasonable, bro. You're getting 28g of protein from the prawns, beef, and egg combined, decent carbs from the yellow noodles, and a gravy that tastes like it should be way worse than it is. The thick dried shrimp and tomato gravy clocks in at around 120 calories for 200ml, which is manageable. What pushes this dish up is the yellow noodles at 250 calories for 180g, they're the biggest single chunk. Fair warning though: these numbers are a ballpark estimate. Hard nutrition data for Mee Bandung Muar specifically is thin on the ground, so treat 580 as a solid working figure, not a lab result.

What actually changes the maths is how generous the stall is with the gravy and whether they finish the bowl with a splash of oil. Some places ladle on 250-300ml of gravy instead of 200ml, that alone can add another 60-80 calories. Ordering the version with double prawns and extra beef brings you to around 680 calories, still fine if that's your main meal of the day. If you swap the yellow noodles for bihun you drop to roughly 490 calories because rice vermicelli is a bit lighter. The egg is basically free at 75 calories, so no reason to skip it, you want that protein.

Mee Bandung Muar variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Mee Bandung Muar (standard with egg, prawn, beef)580 kcalTypical hawker bowl with yellow noodles, thick dried shrimp gravy, 2-3 prawns, beef slices, half-cooked egg
Mee Bandung Muar (extra protein: double prawns + beef)680 kcalOrdered with extra prawns and beef, common at restaurants charging a premium
Bihun Bandung Muar (rice vermicelli version)490 kcalSame gravy but with bihun (rice vermicelli) instead of yellow noodles; slightly lower calorie density

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Common questions

How many calories in Mee Bandung Muar?
A standard bowl of Mee Bandung Muar with yellow noodles, thick dried shrimp gravy, 2-3 prawns, beef slices, and a half-cooked egg has around 580 calories for a 480g serving.
Is Mee Bandung Muar fattening?
It's not a light dish but it's not a disaster either. At 580 calories with 28g of protein, it works fine as a main meal if you're watching your daily total. The gravy portion and any added oil at the end are the main things that can push it higher.
What's the difference between Mee Bandung Muar and Mee Rebus?
Both are gravy noodle dishes but Mee Bandung uses a dried shrimp and tomato-based gravy that's thicker and slightly sweet-spicy, while Mee Rebus uses a sweet potato-thickened gravy with a more starchy texture. Calorie-wise they're in a similar range, around 500-600 per bowl.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical hawker or kopitiam serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

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