Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Lobak & Satay For Lunch And Home Cooked Dinner.

It was peak lunch hours and finding a parking place in Ipoh old town at this time is almost impossible.  We drove 3 rounds before we could get a parking place and we walked to the shop where hubby needed to pick up something. After that, we walked to a coffee shop at Jalan Bandar Timah. Hubby likes to eat the Lobak at Kafe Zun Seng Fatt (next to Restoran Thean Chun), Ipoh. This lobak and chicken rice stall was formerly operating in Restoran Thean Chun before it shifted to its current place.
What's For Lunch
A plate of Lobak - meat rolls, prawn fritters and fish cake.
Lobak with chili sauce for dipping.
We also ordered some chicken satay from next door shop. Spicy peanut sauce for dipping.
Sweet dessert - Water chestnuts with egg white.
Looks like someone made a straight horizontal cut on the side of this limestone hill.
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Our Home Cooked Dinner
Free range chicken (half) cooked with sliced and blended ginger, home grown spring onions and bird's eye chilis. I added some black soy sauce and oyster sauce.
Home grown spiky bitter gourds - deep fried Indian style. Before deep frying, I tossed the bitter gourd slices with curry powder, salt and rice flour to coat them evenly.
Homegrown okra or ladies fingers - blanched.
We had steamed rice with the above dishes.
A sunset shot at about 7.05 pm.
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The following photos are for joining Tuesday's Treasures & Image-in-ing &
WATW (Wednesday Around The World)
These snapshots of the miniature lion dance costumes were taken at the Classic Dining Restaurant.



Be careful - watch out for attacks from Satan, your great enemy.
He prowls around like a hungry, roaring lion,
looking for some victim to tear apart.
(1 Peter 5:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

69 comments:

  1. Your home cooked dinner looks much better than all the rest! Wonder why someone would do that to the limestone? The little costume replicas are so cute! Were they for sale?

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    1. Thank you, Ginny. I don't know whether it is a man made cut or a natural one. The costume replicas are kept on display, I don't think they are for sale.

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  2. Homecooked food & home grown vegetables are the best. Fresh & sweet. Those miniature lion dance costumes are cute.

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    1. Thank you, Irene. Home grown veg may not be much but they are fresh and sweet. Have a beautiful day!

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  3. I love lobak too. What a light lunch you and your hubby had.


    Homecooked meal from home grown vegetables is the best!

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    1. Thank you, Rose. Light lunch will do after a heavy breakfast. Have a wonderful day!

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    1. We like satay and once in a while we will go for satay. Have a great day!

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  5. I love your home cooked meals! Those fried bitter gourds look so good!

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    1. Thank you, Angie. It is my first time making the fried bitter gourds and it was very tasty.

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  6. i like the steamed okra the best!

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    1. Ha ha...this time it is just plain steam. Nothing was added.

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  7. So yummy! I love lobak and satay too. Your home cooked meal, though simple, is so appetizing.

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    1. Thank you, Phong Hong. Home cooked food depends on my mood. If good mood, the food will be nice. Ha ha!

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  8. ...I see the Lion Dance every year in Maui, bit have never seem these miniature lion dance costumes. Thanks Nancy for sharing, enjoy your day.

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    1. Thank you, Tom. We usually see the normal sized costumes but not these miniature ones. Have a good day!

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  9. Hello, that mountain shot is neat. Love the sky capture too. The mini costumes are cute. Happy Tuesday, enjoy your day!

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    1. Thank you, Eileen. Have a happy and enjoyable day!

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  10. Interesting dishes...I had to look up Lobak to see what it is.

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    1. Lobak is a kind of meat rolls where the meat is marinated with 5 spices and then deep fried.

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  11. Yum, yum, yum Nancy but explain to me what a Lobak is and spiky bitter gourds. I've never heard a these two things. The chicken dinner looks tasty. The miniature lion dance costumes were cute. How large are big ones?

    Have a wonderful Tuesday nancy. See ya.

    Cruisin Paul

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    1. Thank you, Paul. Lobak is a kind of meat rolls where the meat is marinated with 5 spices, rolled with bean curd sheet and then deep fried. Spiky bitter gourd is a kind of Indian bitter gourd and the body of the gourds are kind of spiky. The normal size lion dance costume will be able to hold 2 adults. One person holding the head and the other acting as the back of the lion. Have a wonderful day!

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  12. I would have loved both your lunch and your dinner. Yummy.

    Have a fabulous day, Nancy. ☺

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  13. Both of the meals look scrumptious! I hope you are having a great week. :)

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    1. Thank you, Linda. Wishing you a great week too!

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  14. I am craving for the satay and the chicken cooked with soy sauce and oyster sauce

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  15. Really interesting post) Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Satay with the peanut sauce is one of my favorite meals. Your food photos are making me hungry. :)

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    1. Thank you, Bill. We love satay too! Have a fantastic day!

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  17. love this post,
    kisses :)

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  18. Fabulous photos and I love the lions. Diane

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  19. Those fried vegetables and okra especially look good!

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    1. Thank you, Mimi. Both are home grown and very fresh. Have a happy day!

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  20. Nothing a good home-made food! So yummy!

    http://missymayification.blogspot.co.uk

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  21. We love satay sauce with chilli chicken!
    Really interesting to see the small costumes!

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    1. Thank you, Christine. Satay sauce with chili chicken sounds delicious!

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  22. Mini lion dance costumes are so adorable... and the limestone hill is very fascinating..

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    1. Thank you, Krishna. Have a fascinating day!

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  23. Very nice images.
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-beautiful-city-of-jaffa.html

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    1. Thank you, Sue for hosting. Have a beautiful day!

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  24. Those limestone outcrops are really interesting.

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    1. Thank you, dear. We have lots of lovely limestone hills. Have a happy day!

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  25. Thank you, Eleine. Have a great day!

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  26. The limestone hill is an interesting sight to behold.

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    1. Thank you, William. I will try to take more limestone hill photos to share. Have a beautiful day!

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  27. What a gorgeous sunset! And the little lions are so lovely with all the details. I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort to make them. The limestone shot reminds me of the scenery along many of New Zealand's roads.

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    1. Thank you, Bettyl. The art of making the lion costumes has been brought down from many generations. I can imagine the beautiful scenery of New Zealand. Have a wonderful day!

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  28. Your garden is so productive. :)

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    1. Thank you, Stacy. The productive season is almost over now. I must grow new edibles again to keep the produce coming. Have a great day!

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