Nyonya Chang From Malacca & BBQ Pork Belly For Dinner

Time flies so fast. It seems like it was just yesterday. I tried applying the brakes to slow down time but the brakes do not seem to work.

Greetings from my garden.

Steamed Nyonya chang or dumpling for lunch.

Nice Nyonya chang from Malacca.

I received a packet of frozen fish and scallops from my neighbour.

I dug out some cassava roots because my friend wanted to make cassava sweet cake or kuih bingka. I kept some back to boil with salt. I love to eat cassava roots cooked this way. During the Japanese occupation, many of the older folks ate this as their staple food.

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I cooked the following for dinner.

My neighbour gave me a thick strip of pork belly. Used it to make bbq pork and gave half to the same neighbour.

I harvest 2 angled luffa from my garden. Cooked them with salted egg and Fuchow fish balls (with minced meat filling).

Hubby doesn't want rice, so I cooked noodle.

That evening, a friend sent this snapshot taken from his house to our chat group.

By the time I went out to check, this is what I saw on my left.

And this is the sky I saw on my right.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Sing to the Lord, O kingdoms of the earth

- sing praises to the Lord,

to him who rides upon the ancient heavens,

whose mighty voice thunders from the sky.

(Psalm 68:32-33, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Nyonya Lin's Kitchen, Malacca

A week before our getaway, we were uncertain whether we should go ahead with the trip because of the increasing numbers of infected Covid-19 cases reported. We decided to watch and keep tabs on the daily updates. Initially, there were supposed to be 7 of us traveling in 2 cars but on the actual day, only 3 of us took this trip.

Throughout our journey, the weather was nice and cloudy and traffic was light. Someone suggested stopping for lunch in Malacca. 

After driving many kilometres, we were told by Waze that we have reached our destination.

We alighted from the car looking left and right.

We saw Kapitan Kongsi Hotel on the right.

After a few more steps.....

And my searching eyes rested on this.

Someone directed us to the entrance.

It was after 2 pm and we were the only customers at that time.

More customers arrived before we left.

We were seated and after a while, someone came to take our orders.

We ordered 3 bowls of Cendol desserts which we requested to be served before the food. Cendol is a iced sweet dessert. Ingredients consist of shaved ice, droplets of green rice flour jelly, thick palm sugar syrup and thick coconut milk.

One of the most delicious Cendol I have tasted.

So, what food did we ordered for 3 people?

Cincalok Omelette.

Cincalok is fermented small shrimps.

Nyonya Chicken curry with black nut (keluak)

Our first experience tasting this dish.

Nyonya mixed vegetables.

Total cost of lunch for 3 people including the cendol came to about RM 70+

After lunch, we walked around to snap photos of the antique items

Dining table with antique furniture in the background.

Antique cabinet, mirrors, table and chairs.

Framed painting

A typical Nyonya bed.

Antique phones.

Paintings

Motorcycles.

Bicycle and motorcycle.

Paintings

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After lunch, we drove to Nyonya Michelle to collect our orders for the authentic Nyonya chang and pineapple tarts.

Since we were in Malacca and the items were available, we were happy to collect our orders.

Yummy pineapple tarts.

We couldn't wait, we had to open a box in the car to taste these tarts.

Authentic Nyonya Chang or glutinous rice dumpling.

Only 2 left in my fridge. These are very good Nyonya chang. In future, if we want to fix our craving for these chang or dumplings, we can order and have them delivered to our house.

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.

Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.

(Galatians 5:16, New Living Translation-NLT)