Saturday, 27 February 2021

Fried Noodle, Bak Kwa, Salad, Curry Puff & Home Cooked Dinner

This was 2nd day of Lunar New Year (CNY). Even though we woke up early, we didn't go for morning walk. We even had our breakfast late. Hubby went out to buy breakfast and I stayed home to make hot drinks.

Fried rice vermicelli from our friend's stall.
We shared this place of fried noodle.
~~~~~
Lunch: Bak kwa, tong sui and salad.
There were some sweet dried meat (bak kwa) in the fridge. I took out to bake in the oven.
This year I made 1 kg of sweet dried meat (bak kwa).
Chilled leftover red bean and longan sweet drink from the fridge.
I used the leftover yam bean strips and cucumber strips to make salad with roasted sesamed dressing.
~~~~~
Home cooked dinner.
I fried this tail portion of the grouper fish. After frying the fish, I placed the fish on a plate and removed most of the oil, leaving a few spoonful in the wok. I then fried the ginger strips in the oil until golden brown and fragrant. Then I added some soy sauce before scooping up everything onto the fish.
Fermented bean curd (fu yue).
Hubby loves to add fu yue to his plain rice porridge.
I heat up the leftover pickled salted mustard green dish.
I boiled some plain rice porridge for hubby and hubby added the fu yue into the porridge.
I didn't want porridge, so I heat up a curry puff in the oven.
This was our home cooked dinner on the 2nd day of CNY.
White bougainvillea with variegated leaves from my garden.
Photo credit: Joshua.
Neon Tetra - Paracheirodon innesi (scientific name).
My friend's son (Joshua) shared his aquarium fish with me. These fishes are from the Amazon basin. They exist in large shoals and are one of the most popular aquarium pets as they are relatively easy to maintain. They are peaceful fishes. Good tank mates are other tetra species, Corydoras and Oto catfishes.


Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
(Psalm 34:14, New Living Translation-NLT)

56 comments:

  1. The fish are gorgeous! They are like little bolts of lightening.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you, Ginny. Watching these fishes can help us relax and de-stress.

      Delete
  2. I love that fried grouper! So crisp and yummy.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hello Nancy,
    Your meals all look delicious. I love most fish and the shrimp. The bougainvillea is lovely. Neat shot of the aquarium and the Neon Tetra are pretty fish. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care and stay safe. Enjoy your day, happy weekend! PS, I appreciate your visit and comment on my blog..

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you, Eileen for hosting. Have a great new week.

      Delete
  4. Nice dishes and amazing fishes! Beautiful enough to watch

    ReplyDelete
  5. Love the bougainvillea wish they would grow here. My parents used to have a small holding in Zimbabwe that was a mass of different colour bougainvilleas.
    It always amazes me how different your meals are to ours!! Keep safe Diane

    ReplyDelete
  6. Your White bougainvillea with variegated leaves is so pretty! Everything looks delicious too :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. ...so many wonderful selections.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Nancy, do you always eat your fish as a whole fish? I've never tried to eat my fish as a whole.

    Cruisin paul

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes, sometimes we do and sometimes we don't. It all depends on the dish.

      Delete
  9. Lots of good food! Those fish are pretty.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Hello Nancy,:=) You have a healthy diet, with lots of fish dishes. Love the white bougainvillea. Mine are red, and purple. I didn't know the white ones existed. The blue fish are lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Podemos acreditar que tudo que a vida nos oferecerá no futuro é repetir o que fizemos ontem e hoje. Mas, se prestarmos atenção, vamos nos dar conta de que nenhum dia é igual a outro. Cada manhã traz uma bênção escondida; uma bênção que só serve para esse dia e que não se pode guardar nem desaproveitar. Se não usamos este milagre hoje, ele vai se perder. Este milagre está nos detalhes do cotidiano; é preciso viver cada minuto porque ali encontramos a saída de nossas confusões, a alegria de nossos bons momentos, a pista correta para a decisão que tomaremos. Nunca podemos deixar que cada dia pareça igual ao anterior porque todos os dias são diferentes, porque estamos em constante processo de mudança.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Very nice dishes! But porridge is amazing Dear friend. Thank you for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Los pececitos se ven preciosos. Feliz domingo.

    ReplyDelete
  14. That salad looks especially good to me.

    ReplyDelete
  15. happy lunar year dear nancy...i'ts perfect dishes that i ever seen....i want to try more and more sweet longan, bakwa, n the first pict...those prawns were so make me mouthwatering !!! ��

    ReplyDelete
  16. I like having fun yue with plain congee too. Wah, your friend is so hard working to open her stall for business in cny day 2. Most people close for cny for 3 to 4 days. Did the coffee shop ask her to open for business on cny day 2 ?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You are right, my friend is very hardworking. Anyway, the coffee shop remained open during the CNY and they took off after CNY.

      Delete
  17. i really love the fried noodles, it's one of the most popular go to snacks here in Philippines.

    JULIE ANN LOZADA BLOG
    INSTAGRAM: @julieann_lozada


    ReplyDelete
  18. Your food always looks so tasty. Love the white bouqgainvillea.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Great post! I wish you happy spring!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Love your review as always ))

    ReplyDelete
  21. Grouper is very popular here in Florida...and oh so good no matter how you cook it. Enjoy your week sweet lady!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Beautiful fish in that aquarium. I like the idea of fried ginger on top of your grouper fish too.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Lovely meal as usual!

    Ooh I have always LOVED that kind of aquarium. Tried to replicate but couldn't keep the plants alive. Nor the neon/cardinal tetras. I give up for now.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I love aquarium and the fishes but gave up because too much work involved.

      Delete
  24. Must be very tasty to eat the porridge with the fried fish, pickled salted mustard green and fu yue.

    ReplyDelete
  25. What a lovely aquarium! Have a good weekend.

    ReplyDelete
  26. Are those aquatic plants ? They are beautiful , Thanks for joining in Garden Affair.

    ReplyDelete

Your visits and encouraging comments are greatly appreciated. Please leave me your name and blog link for me to visit you. Thank you.