Floating Cotton Clouds & Lunch in Kanthan.

Today, I am joining Skywatch Friday and I want to share these floating cotton clouds in the sky in this post. These photos were taken at the end of last year. Currently, we are going through a heatwave and the sky are dull with some white clouds. The temperature is about an average of 35 deg.C. For the last few days we have been staying indoors with the fans in full blast and sleeping with the air conditioner on until morning.

These photos were taken on the Ipoh Penang highway.

The time was about 12 midday.

I think we were on one of our foodie trip somewhere in Chemor.

The clouds look like fluffy cotton floating so low.

When you concentrate on the clouds, they looked like little critters in a row.

Lovely white clouds against the blue sky.

The clouds have started to merge together.

Waiting at a traffic light.

Last Monday, we were once again in Kanthan to enjoy some of the Hakka delicacies. Notice the sky was so different from the above ones. The hot days have begun.

Being a second time visitors, we knew what we wanted.

We ordered some fried stuffed goodies.

2 stuffed tofu and 2 sui kau, cut for sharing.

The same plate taken from another angle for a better view.

A stuffed bitter gourd and stuffed eggplant.

A fish ball and 2 dumplings (siew mai), cut for sharing.

A plate of chee cheong fun with long beans, porkie skin and curry gravy.

Hakka vegetarian dumplings. We ordered 4 different flavours, cut for sharing.

Today, I am also joining Today's Flowers. Photos from my garden.

Pink and white Wishbone flower or Torenia.

Purple and blue Wishbone flower or Torenia.

Baby blue Plumbago flowers. Due to the strong sunlight the colour is much lighter now.

Tiny pink florets from Crown of Thorns.

Linking to Skywatch Friday & Today's Flowers.

Then Pilate laid open Jesus' back with a leaded whip,
and the soldiers made a crown of thorns and
placed it on his head and robed him in royal purple.
"Hail, 'King of the Jews'!" they mocked,
and struck him with their fists.
Pilate went outside again and said to the Jews,
"I am going to bring him out to you now,
but understand clearly that I find him not guilty."
Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns
and the purple robe. And Pilate said,
"Behold the man!"
(John 19:1-5, TLB)

Hakka Delicacies At Kampung Kanthan, Chemor

Five days after the Tanah Hitam, Chemor foodie trip, we headed back to Chemor again but this time our aim was Kampung Kanthan to taste the popular Hakka delicacies like the Hakka Yong Tau Foo and Lui Cha (herbal rice). We only found out that the Lui Cha or herbal rice is only available during the weekends at the restaurant.

Coming from Ipoh, after the Chemor East Ocean Seafood restuarant, take the left turn to Kanthan. Keep a lookout for this yellow arch on the right side and drive through this arch into Kampung Kanthan.

From the arch, make a left turn on Lebuh Kanthan Baru.

Restoran Chong Chew or Chong Chew Coffee Shop is on the right side.

But before heading towards Restoran Chong Chew, our friend took us on a tour around the Kanthan village.

Passed by a vacated empty house.

Lemon Grass plants growing on the left.

After a short tour, we headed back to Restoran Chong Chew.

We were here about 11.30 am and these were the remnants of the stuffed items or stuffed liew. Egg plants on the left and bitter melon or bitter gourd on the right.

Steamed glutinous rice with chicken (loh mai kai) on the steamer tray plus other steamed varieties.

Steamed brown sugar sponge cake (ma lai gao).

These were from the economic rice stall.

Spicy fragrant chicken (ma lat kai) and stewed duck (right).

Captured this through the glass of the rice stall.

To start off, we ordered a big steamed bun (tai pau), 4 pieces of stuffed tofu (white & friend), bitter gourd and egg plant or brinjal to taste.

Then a bowl of plain rice porridge...

plus stir fried bitter gourd slices and spicy fragrant chicken to go with the plain porridge.

3 people's brunch.....oh, wait!

We also added a plate of flat steamed rice noodle or chee cheong fun with wild boar meat and potato curry.

Our orders completed, for the time being.....

Happily enjoying our food....

Then we saw this lady delivering something we have waited for,

the Hakka kueh or cha guo.

These are the Hakka kueh or cha guo. Delivered just before 12.00 midday. 

The dumplings come in 5 different types of filling - Chinese sweet turnip (sengkuang), peanuts, salted preserved veggie, chives (kow choy) and leek.

Out of the 5 types of filling, we ordered 4 excluding the sengkuang.

We exposed the filling to show the inside but it looked messy.

So get rid of all that is wrong in your life, both inside and outside,

and humbly be glad for the wonderful message we have received,

for it is able to save our souls as it takes hold of our hearts.

(James 1:21, TLB)