Last Saturday morning, while we were having breakfast, I received a whatsapp message from our friend YTM who is now residing in Subang Jaya. He informed us that they were in Kampar for a family camp and he wanted to meet up with us at his family's house in Kopisan, Gopeng. He and hubby are from the same kampung (hometown or village).
So after breakfast, we drove to Kopisan, Gopeng. We spent time chatting and catching up with one another at his family house. Time just flew by and it was time for lunch. Our friend insisted that we had lunch in Lawan Kuda before leaving for Ipoh. This is the friend that will insist on eating his favourite Kopisan Lai Fun (rice noodle) whenever he comes back to his hometown.
So here we were in Lawan Kuda, a short drive to this neighbouring town. My hubby and I just had our dinner in Lawan Kuda the previous week but it was a different restaurant. This time our friend YTM decided on Restoran Xin Qi Jia Fa, which is only a few shops away from the one that we went to.
Once again we had snakehead fish cooked into 2 dishes. The boneless meaty part was cooked with dried chilies, big onions, spring onions, etc. (kung po style). It was very tasty.
The rest of the fish was cooked in soup with salted vegetable (hum choy). Again this was a very appetizing soup and we finished the soup and everything in it!
A kind of fern (paku choy) stir fried with sambal belacan. This fern is not always available.
Prawn and onion omeletter. This was our lunch for 4 people.
We were some of the early customers.
Restoran Xin Qi Jia Fa, along main road of Lawan Kuda, Gopeng.
I no longer call you servants, because
a servant does not know his master's business.
Instead, I have called you friends,
for everything that I learned from my Father
I have made known to you.
(John 15:15, New International Version-NIV)
Wow...I have never eaten snakehead before...looks good...the paku choy aso looks good!
ReplyDeleteIt is san yu or ikan haruan la...I am sure you have eaten ...lol!
DeleteWhat a pleasant time with friends-
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu,
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It had a great time.
DeleteThe omelette looks particularly good. Nice to catch up with friends.
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed the time spent together.
DeleteNancy, I love the paku-pakis fried in sambal!
ReplyDeleteI love the paku-pakis too.
DeleteSnakehead fish....No thanks but I love the paku in sambal belacan. Just this dish I can finish my rice in a jiffy.
ReplyDeleteI too like paku in sambal belacan, especially with white rice.
DeleteYou always have the most interesting dishes!! Have a wonderful day. blessings ~ tanna
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tanna. A wonderful day to you too.
DeleteSeeing the Prawn and onion omelette makes me crave for it, hehe...
ReplyDeleteThis omelette is everyone's favourite.
DeleteI am always into fishes. Yummy dishes.
ReplyDeleteI love the two fish dishes.
Deleteglad you could meet up with friends.
ReplyDeleteglad our friends purposely took off from camp to meet up with us.
DeleteI love fish and these look like interesting ways to have it. Sounds like you had fun!
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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Both fish dishes very nice and yes we had fun tog.
DeleteWe have fiddlehead ferns that we pick along side of the river in the spring and they should be ready as soon as the water recedes. Yummy... Thanks for sharing this interesting meal.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
JB
These fern are really precious nowadays.
DeleteI like to eat fish slices like this, very easy to eat, no need to take care of the bones.
ReplyDeleteMun, yes, no need to worry about the tiny bones.
DeleteLooks like a great time, Nancy! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat time of fellowship and food!
DeleteIt would fun to eat there for me
ReplyDeleteYes, I am sure you will like it too.
DeleteI love your blog, reading the verse at the end of the post made me like "awwwwwww" nice to be reading christian bloggers here! :) Hope to know more about you!
ReplyDeleteStevevhan, you are most welcome to visit. And thank you for your nice comment. I too would like to know you better.
DeleteIt all looks lovely, especially the soup. Wow, the inside is pretty!
ReplyDeleteThe soup was very tasty and place very nice and comfortable.
DeleteHmmm it seems you had a great moment with nhammy food! :) Oh and thanks for your comment, you're too kind, sweet! Have a lovely day :) Kisses
ReplyDeleteThanks dear. A lovely day to you too.
DeleteHi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteEverything I see your post, I see lovely Asian dishes... These ones too!
Zoe
Thanks Zoe. I just love asian dishes.
DeleteIt looks like a really nice place! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteTanya
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Thank you, Tanya. Have a lovely day.
DeleteRather a lot of food for 4 people? ;)
ReplyDeleteStacy, actually it is for 5 people. We packed the food for my friend's mom because she complained of leg pain.
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