Wednesday 16 February 2022

Rolled Rice Noodle, Assam Laksa & Cockscomb Flowers

This was one morning, end of January this year. We had our morning walk, making a big round and ended up at one coffee shop on the way. 

Whenever we are at this coffee shop for breakfast, hubby will order his favourite rolled rice noodle or chee cheong fun with yam bean filling. He added 2 pieces of fish cakes and asked for curry gravy.
I was curious about this assam laksa stall and I decided to order a bowl to try. It tasted quite nice with the crispy rolled bean curd sheet.
Warm water for me and Chinese tea for hubby.
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From my garden.
Last year we had lots of Cockscomb flowers growing in our front garden.
They were all self-propagated and they grew well on their own.
I only had to add soil to help support the plants because their roots were shallow.
We got to enjoy these beautiful blooms for a few months.
Some of the Cockscomb grew heavy and the plants needed some support to keep them upright.
After removing the old and wilted plants, the self-propagated Balsam plants started to sprout out from the ground.
At present, only the Balsam plants are growing and flowering. So far, no sign of Cockscomb plant growing. Hope they will decide to appear soon after the Balsam plants wilted away.


O God, I beg two favors from you before I die:
First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs!
For if I grow rich, I may become content without God.
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.
(Proverbs 30:7-9, The Living Bible-TLB)

42 comments:

  1. Rolled rice noodles make me think of the Kelantanese laksam. Gosh! Haven't had that for a long time!

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  2. ...I need to grow some cockscomb this year! Stay well, Nancy.

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  3. Cheong fun is healthy. I like it, too.

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  4. What a nice plants :) thanks for your sharing...

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  5. Wah! The Cockscomb flowers are very beautiful. Some Chinese believe it as a Feng Shui plant. I want to try planting them when I visit the plant nursery again.

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    1. Oh, I didn't know that some consider Cockscomb as feng shui plant. This is new to me.

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  6. Cockscomb is quite radiant in its color! I had balsam in pots once that grew like a miniature tree.

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    1. Both cockscomb and balsam plants are easy to grow.

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  7. The food looks amazing. I'm coming to your house for dinner.

    Love the beautiful pink flowers. Pink is my favorite color.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Nancy. ♥

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    1. Thank you, Sandee. The pink flowers make my front garden very cheerful.

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  8. What beautiful and colorful flowers Nancy.

    Cruisin Paul

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  9. I love to eat the Rolled Rice Noodle and Assam Laksa. I think it has been more than 2 years since I last eaten Assam laksa. will you eat this Assam laksa again? I guess yes, right? Since u say it tastes nice. The Cockscomb Flowers are so pretty. Hope the plant will grow.

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    1. I might eat the assam laksa again but don't know when. I am hoping the cockscomb plants will grow again after I remove the old and wilted balsam plants.

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  10. Those cockscomb flowers are so beautiful. I hope they grow back. It must look nice in front of your house.

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    1. Thank you, Gigi. The cockscomb flowers help to cheer up and brighten up my front garden.

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  11. Hello Nancy :=) Your pictures of the cockscomb flowers are radiantly lovely. I have never seen them before, do they take from cuttings?

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  12. Wonderful post, love the food and flowers! Hugs, Valerie

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  13. The flowers are such a lovely vibrant pink.

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  14. I have been very tempted to order chee cheong fun via Grabfood. I have not eaten it in a long time!

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    1. I do miss our favourite chee cheong fun in Canning Garden.

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  15. Your garden is so pretty! The food looks good, i am glad i had dinner before seeing it or i would want more!

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  16. Laksa with some liew is what I eat only in Ipoh! Such a long time since my last trip sighh.

    Every time I see balsam plants, will think of the fat seed pods which I love to squeeze gently to pop.

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    1. Yes, assam laksa with liew is Ipoh's specialty. When we were kids, we love the balsam plants.

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