Noodles

How Many Calories in Sang Nyuk Mian?

Sabah's favourite Hakka fresh pork noodle soup, a clear peppery broth loaded with thin pork slices, liver, and your choice of noodle.

460kcal / 1 bowl (soup, yellow mee)
One bowl of Sang Nyuk Mian with yellow mee in soup comes in at around 460 calories, with 30g of protein, 45g of carbs, and 14g of fat. That's a decent, filling meal that won't wreck your day if you're watching your intake. The protein count is solid, mostly from the pork slices and liver, which makes this one of the more diet-friendly noodle soups you can order in Kota Kinabalu.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (soup, yellow mee) (550g)AmountPer 100g
Calories460 kcal84 kcal
Protein30 g5 g
Carbs45 g8 g
Fat14 g3 g

Where the calories come from

Noodles (yellow mee, cooked ~150g)150g
195 kcal
Fresh pork slices (lean mixed cuts ~80g)80g
120 kcal
Pork liver (~30g)30g
50 kcal
Pork lard & fried shallot garnish (~12g)12g
60 kcal
Clear peppery bone broth + vegetables278g
35 kcal

The real talk

Sang Nyuk Mian is a KK staple, a Hakka-style fresh pork noodle soup that you'll find at old-school coffee shops around the city. The broth is clear and peppery, nothing like the heavy curry or coconut milk bases you get elsewhere. It's non-halal, pork all the way. A standard bowl comes with thin slices of fresh pork (mixed lean cuts), a bit of pork liver, some greens, and your choice of noodle swimming in that clean bone broth. At around 460 calories per bowl, it's genuinely one of the more reasonable noodle options out there. The calorie count is honest but do note these are ballpark estimates since hard nutritional data for this dish is basically nonexistent. The broth itself is only about 35 calories. What adds up is the noodles (195 calories for 150g of yellow mee) and the pork lard and fried shallot garnish that goes on top, which chips in about 60 calories from just 12g.

What actually moves the numbers here is the garnish and the noodle choice. That lard and shallot topping sounds small but it's adding 60 calories of mostly fat. If you ask them to go easy on the lard, you can shave maybe 30 to 40 calories off without losing much. Swap yellow mee for bee hoon and you drop to around 430 calories. The kon lou (dry) version sounds like it should be the same but it's not. The dry toss uses extra pork lard oil and dark soy, which pushes it to about 560 calories, so if you're counting, stick to the soup version. The liver adds protein for almost no extra calories, so actually don't skip it.

Sang Nyuk Mian variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Bee hoon (rice vermicelli), soup430 kcalLighter noodle, slightly fewer carbs than yellow mee
Kuey teow, soup445 kcalFlat rice noodle, similar density to bee hoon
Yellow mee or egg mee, soup460 kcalStandard order; egg noodle adds slightly more calories
Kon lou (dry), yellow mee560 kcalDry toss with extra pork lard oil and dark soy sauce adds ~100 kcal vs soup version

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Common questions

How many calories in Sang Nyuk Mian?
A standard bowl of Sang Nyuk Mian with yellow mee in soup is around 460 calories. Bee hoon version is slightly lighter at about 430 calories, while the dry kon lou version goes up to around 560 calories because of the extra oil used in the dry toss.
What is Sang Nyuk Mian?
Sang Nyuk Mian is a Hakka fresh pork noodle soup popular in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Sang nyuk literally means fresh pork in Hakka. The soup is a clear, peppery bone broth served with thin slices of fresh pork, pork liver, greens, and your choice of noodle. It is a non-halal dish.
Is Sang Nyuk Mian a healthy choice for weight loss?
It's one of the better noodle options if you're watching calories. At 460 calories with 30g of protein, the soup version gives you a filling, high-protein meal without a crazy calorie load. The broth itself is very low in calories. The main things to watch are the pork lard garnish and whether you order the dry (kon lou) version, which adds about 100 extra calories.

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