Sim Chong, Noodle Making (DOCO 2024)

The premise was at least 8-10 degrees hotter than outside temperature, which was low 30s degree Celsius. There are woks with water boiling and only lighting was from some opening. The dough is mixture of hot water and rice flour that is mixed in a machine. The men then knead the hot dough squatting on the floor. The dough is shaped then pass through fine mould to make strands of noodles on bamboo trays. Trays are stacked and steamed. The place is so hot that the men go shirtless. They are not bulky but they are strong.

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