Saturday 11 September 2021

Dim Sum Breakfast & Chicken Varuval For Dinner

Every morning, as we start out on our morning walk, one of us will ask the other what we would like to eat for breakfast. For this particular morning, hubby wanted to eat steamed big bun or "tai pau". 
So, after our morning walk, we walked over to the dim sum restaurant near our house to buy "tai pau" and a few more items.
Steamed big bun or "tai pau" cut into halves for sharing.
I will take the half with the hard boiled egg.
I also bought fried prawn dumplings and a baked bbq bun.
I like varieties, so I bought a "nam yee pau" or steamed bun with fermented red bean curd pork belly filling.
Home grown okras or ladies fingers from my garden for dinner.
First time trying to cook chicken varuval (my own version) with whatever spices I have available. It taste good with white rice or Indian bread (capati).
Blanched beansprout, home grown Chinese chives and okra from my garden.
Dinner for 2 people on a cool evening.
Sunset shot at 7:15pm
7:17pm
7:18pm
A rainbow on the reverse side at 7:18pm.
One more shot before the rainbow faded away.
I spotted these 2 garden snails on the roadside on one of our morning walk.


Have two goals:
wisdom - that is, knowing and doing right - and common sense.
Don't let them slip away, for they fill you with living energy
and bring you honor and respect.
They keep you safe from defeat and disaster
and from stumbling off the trail.
With them on guard you can sleep without fear;
you need not be afraid of disaster or the plots of wicked men,
for the Lord is with you; he protects you.
(Proverbs 3:21-26, The Living Bible-TLB)

70 comments:

  1. Beautiful sky shots and lots of fabulous food. I always just have 2 cups of coffee for breakfast. Have a great day! Valerie

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  2. No tai pao here - used to buy when I was in KL in the 80's, loved it so so so much! The baked bbq bun looks so good too! The nam yee pao looks like char siew pao. We do not have that here either.

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    1. There are other varieties with sweet fillings which I haven't tried.

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  3. Your food looks sooo good.
    Ingo ordered Greek food yesterday. It was so bad I had to bring it to the bin.
    We love Greek food. (Before Ingo got sick) and he read by post about the new restaurant - no website yet, so he choose this sadly very bad one.
    I enjoyed yours and your sunsets :-)

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  4. Wow rainbow 🌈 nice! I have not eaten nam yee Pau with pork belly before.

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    1. Thank you, Libby. I like nam yee pau but not the fat attached to the pork.

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  5. The plump beansprouts and okra look so good! I love that giant tai pau too.

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  6. Plump beansprouts and okra look so fresh and delicious. I love that giant tai pau too.

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  7. Hello Nancy,
    Your breakfast and the okra look delicious! I love the sky and rainbow photos, very pretty. Neat sighting of the snails. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend. PS, thanks for the visit and comment on my blog.

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    1. Thank you, Eileen for hosting. Have a happy week.

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  8. ...those snails are quite different from the ones we have. Enjoy your weekend Nancy.

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  9. That all looks so delicious.

    And the rainbow...beautiful!

    Thanks for the verse at the end. It means the world.

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  10. Rich breakfast. I have a poor appetite in the morning and I wouldn't eat even half of this.

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    1. I used to have poor appetite in the morning too but I guess age has changed it.

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  11. The buns for breakfast look delicious. Not something that I have ever had but would love to give them a try.

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  12. Few paos you bought. I like paos especially pao with char siew filling, and red bean paos.

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    1. I like paos with savoury filling. Long time have eaten red bean paos. I think we call it called tau sar pao.

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  13. So nice to have a tasty dim sum shop within walking distance of your house. I have not encountered nam yee bao around my place. Do you prefer the baked bbq bao or the nam yee bao? Which taste suit you more?

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    1. I like different bao varieties. They are all nice in their own way, so no special preferences.

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  14. A beautiful rainbow! We saw one last night too! Happy weekend!

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  15. All I can say is Yum, Yum, Yum Nancy.

    Cruisin Paul

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  16. Hello Nancy, I have been ill with some kind of stomach bug, or just over indulgence. I can't even look at food, but your almost purple sky shots are lovely, and you made such good shot of the snails.

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    1. Sorry about your stomach bug. Hope you are feeling better now.

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  17. The sky is gorgeous! How do they get the steamed buns so white and pretty?

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    1. Thank you, Ginny. I think it has something to do with the whitening flour.

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  18. Great review and beautiful photos! :)

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  19. We didn't grow okra this year.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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    1. The okra will be making way for other plants soon.

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  20. Me gusto tu pollo te mando un beso

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  21. Nice sky with rainbow in it. We had alot of clouds Friday and thought it might rain as it was cool and breezy for awhile til late afternoon then more blue sky. Megan saw that the moon looked orange last night. Possibly smoke in area from fires. Have a good day.

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    1. Thank you, Grandma Beckyl. Hope the fires have been contained. Have a good week.

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  22. When i read your blog, i have to go get a snack. Love the skies and the rainbow!

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  23. All you posts have motivated me not to be lazy and start taking walks since the gyms are still closed for so long here. I feel so much weaker and frail now. LOL

    I will also start growing more vegetables again like you for fun and convenience.

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    1. This morning no walking because it was raining. Nice to sleep in. I think the gym will open very soon as most of the businesses are opening already.

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  24. The bun looks interesting. Like you sky and rainbow.

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  25. So appetizing to look at...cute snail couple

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  26. I love chicken varuval and mutton varuval too! I have seen many snails in my garden lately.

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  27. Dear friend! As usual, your sunset photos are beautiful. Bye the way,what an amazing okras, they are long and Slim, looks great. Happy Sunday.

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  28. Hot and spicy suits well for the cool weather.
    You got an awesome sunset with a rainbow!

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  29. Good try on your first attempt in cooking chicken varuval, it looks successful.

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  30. The last time I had dim sum for breakfast was in Hong Kong three years ago and it was fantastic! My favourite all time breakfast.

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    1. Hope when the borders open, you will be able to visit Hong Kong and other Asian countries again.

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  31. Those paos have a lot of filling.

    Your varuval looks good. I had a regular recipe which I stopped making after the kids came along.

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    1. Thank you, Stacy. I think I won't be making it again because the recipe uses spices which I don't normally use.

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  32. La comida se ve deliciosa. Besos.

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