Thursday, 9 February 2023

Lotus Root Soup For Dinner

 We woke up early but waited for it to be brighter before we go out for our morning walk.

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Sunrise at 7:10am.
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#4 - 7:20am.
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Initially, we wanted to have seafood porridge for lunch but it was closed. So my friend and I ended up having noodles for lunch at Tastefully Noodle House, Menglembu.
Shredded chicken noodle @ RM6.50 for my friend.
Pork noodle @ RM8.50 (without innards) for myself.
We both ordered monk fruit drink (loh hon koh).
Total cost of lunch was RM19.70.
My cranberry hibiscus has been infested with some kind of pest. I have trimmed off all the branches leaving behind about a foot of the plant. I hope it will grow back, if not, then it will be goodbye.
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It was raining the whole afternoon and evening yesterday.
I cooked lotus root soup with carrot, red dates, goji berries and chicken breast meat for dinner. I cooked just enough for 2 bowls of soup so that we won't have to drink leftover soup the next day. Just this soup and some steamed brown rice for the 2 of us.

It is better to eat soup with someone you love
than steak with someone you hate.
(Proverbs 15:17, The Living Bible-TLB)

30 comments:

  1. As always, I love all the noodle dishes especially the chicken hor fan!

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  2. Really, I cannot wait for retirement (difficult as Ingo is nearly 8 years older than me).
    I will SO enjoy early morning walks with him, if I have to drag him, this is such a nice ritual!!!
    Thank you for always sharing, I enjoy this always.

    I never knew of/saw a cranberry hibiscus - beautiful. Best wishes it is OK.
    Lotus root and goji berries are unknown here, but it looks ... like FUN to eat!

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    1. Thank you, Iris. Hubby and I started our morning walk about both of us retired.

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  3. Thank you Nancy. Hopefully your cranberry hibiscus plant will grow after the pruning. Your soup looks delicious! It is suitable for your tummy as it is not spicy, right?

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    1. Thank you, Mun. Looks like the cranberry plant could be gone for good. Sigh....

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  4. ...the lotus root has such an interesting shape.

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  5. Lovely cranberry hibiscus.

    I like lotus root soup but usually I use pork rib in the soup. Now with shortage of pork, I guess need to go for chicken.

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    1. I too prefer pork rib for boiling soup but now pork is expensive.

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  6. I love lotus roots! That's a great supper!

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  7. I wish we had a noodle house around here. Poor Hibiscus!! Have you researched what kind of bugs there are, maybe there is a particular poison...

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  8. That was a pretty sunrise.

    The soup looks like it would be warm and comforting on a rainy evening.

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  9. Linda planta y ricas sopas . Te mando un beso. https://enamoradadelasletras.blogspot.com/

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  10. Preciosa tu planta de hibiscus. Besos.

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  11. Good simple dinner. I'd be happy with soup, rice and a little dish of soy sauce.

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  12. Beautiful photos of the sunrise and your cranberry hibiscus is beautiful. I hope it's OK!
    Julia x
    https://www.thevelvetrunway.com/

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