啤水 (i.e. put them in a container, cover with water and drip running water on it) for a few hours, this would plump them up, make them crunchy (玻璃蝦球) but also wash away the taste of the shrimps, not to mention wasting water. To conserve water, submerge shrimps in cold water and put in fridge & change the water a few times over several hours.
crispy noodle is the main part of this dish, I would put in addition some chicken stock(or osyster sauce plus little of dark sauce) plus soya with spring onion as my syrup on top of my noodle. That will taste much better. I notice you don't to use too much oil, me too.
Bobo - Instead of frying the noodles in a lot of oil, crisp them up in a panini press, a George Foreman or similar grill with just a little oil or no oil.
How come you feel this time so bitterbored? To me it is the best so happy so quarantine calm quite easy. Less traffic people anxiety bombard. Except for the protest loot thugs violence. If you lockdown curfew at home it would be fine. The best quite free peace full quality time in one s life.