Attending A Friend's Wedding In Sitiawan.

It was the first Saturday of the month and we were on our way to Sitiawan to attending a friend's wedding. The weather was just nice for travelling. We started from Ipoh at about 11:30 am as hubby needed to meet one of his customers.

 Low clouds over us.

 As hubby went to meet his customer, I was queuing up for my favourite Kompia biscuits. There were already about 6 to 7 customers before me. We ate some of the freshly baked kompia for lunch before proceeding to the wedding ceremony in a church in Sitiawan.

 There were many guests from out of town and most of us were early at the church where we can sit and relax while waiting for the ceremony to start.

The wedding ceremony has started.

We only managed to capture a few shots from a distance.

 Exchanging of vows and wedding rings.

Signing of the marriage registry.

 The fathers signing as witnesses.

After the ceremony was over, we got a chance to have a group photo taken with the bride and groom and had some light refreshment at the church before leaving for a ride around town. It has been a long time since I last visited Sitiawan and Lumut.

 Hubby drove to Lumut.

 Not much has changed since our last visit.

 We didn't stop our car

 We then drove back to Sitiawan to visit one of the shopping malls.

 Little children enjoying the critters at Aeon Sitiawan.

Took time to refresh ourselves before driving to the restaurant for the wedding dinner.

I only took this photo before the dinner started.

We stopped taking photos when we found they didn't turn out nicely because of insufficient lighting. After this, we have another wedding to attend and this time, the ceremony will be held in Kuala Lumpur.

Without a sound or word, silent in the skies,

their message reaches out to all the world.

The sun lives in the heavens where God placed it and moves out

across the skies as radiant as a bridegroom going to his wedding,

or as joyous as an athlete looking forward to a race!

The sun crosses the heavens from end to end,

and nothing can hide from its heat.

(Psalm 19:3-6, The Living Bible-TLB)

Yummy-licious Lunch At Restoran Chai Chin, Sitiawan.

After checking out from Swiss Garden Beach Resort, we drove to Sitiawan for our lunch. Our friend had called up earlier to place order. They had been here before, enjoyed the food and wanted to share the food with us. 

An introduction to some of the food we ate here.

The restaurant's signature steamed fish head with lots of onions.

MYR 117.00 (approx. 28.59 USD)

My kind friend holding up the steamed fish for a photo.

Can you see the fish's mouth? Its quite a big fish head!

Bak Kut Teh - pork in herbal soup.

Can you see the floating pork belly?

Delicious stewed chicken feet/claws with black mushrooms and dried chili.

Special stewed fish's stomach with dried chili.

Blanched glass lettuce.

One not enough, we order a 2nd plate.

Total cost of dinner for 8 people inclusive of white rice & drinks.

MYR 212.00 (approx. 51.80 USD).

Restaurant Chai Chin

75, Taman Aman Muhibbah, Jalan Haji Mohd. Ali, Sitiawan.

Tel. 012-4612383, 012-5993456

If you are interested, you can follow the direction given above.

Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times -

speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly -

and so become more and more in every way like Christ

who is the Head of his body, the Church.

Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly,

and each part in its own special way helps the other parts,

so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

(Ephesians 4:15-16, The Living Bible-TLB)

Fresh Palm Wine & Seafood Lunch At Makanan Laut Jit Yue Hiong, Sitiawan.

Once we have finished our sightseeing, it was time for lunch and we were looking forward to a seafood lunch. We still preferred our regular place and once we have settled down, my friends did the ordering. We didn't order much because of the kompia or bagel snack. We also ordered 2 bowls of Foochow red wine chicken noodle to try while at the sightseeing site. I didn't take any photo of the noodle.

 Whenever we are here, this is a must order - very fresh palm wine.

A friend requested for a small bottle of Guinness Stout to mix with the fresh palm wine. I took a sip to taste but I found that I preferred the plain palm wine on its own.

Oyster & egg omelette - Sitiawan style.

Someone took a piece before I could get my camera ready. Lol!

Steamed fish - Teochew style - fish very fresh and tasty.

A plate of fried rice vermicelli.

Stir fried green veggie with garlic.

A small bowl of sweet sour fish maw soup.

I love this but none of my family member likes this.

We were the early birds.

Then followed by the later birds....

Signboards by the roadside....Kampung Cina, Sitiawan.

It was about 2 pm and time to hit the road to Damai Laut. GPS showed about 26 km and will take about 35 to 40 mins to reach depending on the traffic flow. It was a smooth drive all the way.

"That, by the way, is what baptism pictures for us:

In baptism we show that we have been saved from death

and doom by the resurrection of Christ;

not because our bodies are washed clean by the water

but because in being baptized we are turning to God

and asking him to cleanse our hearts from sin"

(1 Peter 3:21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Foochow Kompia & Sightseeing in Sitiawan.

I woke up very early on Tuesday morning to water my plants and to get things ready for a short holiday in Damai Laut. All eight of us in 2 cars met up for breakfast in a restaurant in Menglembu. No photos to show what we ate for breakfast because I have already blogged about the food previously.

We had plenty of time and we took a leisure drive to Sitiawan. The first stop was to buy my favourite snack i.e. the local Foochow Kompia or Bagel.

Initially I bought 10 pieces for my friends to try. The snacks were fresh from the earthen oven and they were very crispy and fragrant with the onion filling.

The bagels or kompia are baked in this earthen ovens.

This snack is best eaten when it is fresh and crispy.  After eating their first piece, I have to buy another 10 pieces. We bought the last 10 pieces. If we want more, we will have to wait for the next batch from the oven. 

 From the snack shop, we took our friends sightseeing.

A friend and her daughter.

 It was a hazy day and the sea view was hazy too.

 Dried or dead mangrove trees.

We spotted many tiny colourful crabs and edible sea snails crawling on the mud surface.

Tiny colourful crabs (purple circles) and some edible sea snails or mud creepers or balitong (orange circles).  

A close up view of the edible sea snails / mud creepers / balitong.

 This trip we saw a lot of live monkeys.

 Mini pond.

Another pond

 Female toilet.

Unknown plant.

It is dangerous and sinful to rush into the unknown.

(Proverbs 19:2, The Living Bible-TLB)