Teochew Porridge At Restoran Hup Kie, Ipoh

Just before I started preparing this post, I did a check on the calendar. Today is the 230th day since the MCO or movement control order was initiated by our government. 

We were interested to try this new place when we first saw it posted on a social media. The chance to do so finally came and we met at Restoran Hup Kie last Tuesday for lunch. Since we wanted to eat Teochew porridge, we asked for recommendation from the one who attended to us. With his help, we ordered the following dishes for 3 people.

Appetizer - soft braised peanuts.

Appetizing crispy dried prawns with pickled sweet sour onions.

We started with 3 bowls of plain watery rice porridge.

Crunchy deep fried salted pork belly.

Deep fried "salted cooked fish", taste great with calamansi juice.

We added 1 bowl of rice and 1 bowl of porridge to share.

Braised pork belly, hard boil eggs, tofu, pork ears & innards.

Even though we over ordered for 3 people, we managed to finished all the food. The total bill came to about RM60+. Hope to return to try other dishes.

So be careful not to jump to conclusions before the Lord returns

as to whether someone is a good servant or not.

When the Lord comes, he will turn on the light so that everyone can

see exactly what each one of us is really like, deep down in our hearts.

Then everyone will know why we have been doing the Lord's work.

At that time God will give to each one whatever praise is coming to him.

(1 Corinthians 4:5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Teochew Porridge At Restoran Sin Hup Heng Chaozhou, Ipoh

Last Monday, our friends wanted to eat Teochew porridge. We agreed to meet at Restoran Sin Hup Heng Chaozhou at Jalan Theatre, Ipoh. We have to be there before the lunch crowd to get a table that can accommodate 4 people according to the requirement of MCO for physical distancing. We ordered the following dishes for 4 people.

Fried salted pork belly. Crispy on the outside and succulent on the inside.

Braised tofu in soy sauce.

Lala or clams cooked with salted soy beans.

Watercress with belacan or prawn paste.

Onion omelette

Crispy deep fried fish (precooked or "suk yu" in Cantonese).

Sweet potato porridge

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After lunch, we drove over to Sangkaya because our friends wanted some ice-cream and coffee.

We ordered ice-cream to share and coffee for the men.

Chilling with good company on a nice quiet afternoon.

Be beautiful inside, in your hearts, with the lasting charm

of a gentle and quiet spirit that is so precious to God.

(1 Peter 3:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Steamed Pork Ribs & Pumpkin With Dried Prawns

It was raining when we woke up yesterday morning. The rain had not stopped since it started the previous evening. We are now in the midst of the wet season and in a way it provide a temporary relief from the hot and humid weather.

Morning sky at 8:55 am.

I waited for the rain to stopped before I swept the dried leaves and flowers that have fallen on the driveway.

I like to take snapshots of my flowers after the rain.

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My neighbour gave me half a winter melon, so I used it to make sweet drink or tong sui.

For the sweet drink or tong sui, I used winter melon, flesh of aloe vera leaves, dried longan, honey dates (mutt choe) and cane sugar. We had this for lunch.

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Home cooked dinner

Steamed Pork Ribs

Ingredients: pork ribs, salted preserved black beans, chopped garlic, bird's eye chilies, 2 pickled sour plums, sugar and cornflour.

Pumpkin with dried prawns and garlic - I love this dish.

Once cooked, add in the spring onions, stirred and off the fire.

Rice porridge + steamed pork ribs + pumpkin for our dinner.

Dancing Ladies orchid from my garden.

Have a Blessed Sunday !

Praise him with the trumpet and with lute and harp.

Praise him with the drums and dancing.

Praise him with stringed instruments and horns.

Praise him with the cymbals, yes, loud clanging cymbals.

Let everything alive give praises to the Lord!

You praise him! Hallelujah!

Curry Noodles, BBQ Buns & Teochew Porridge On A Lovely Day.

Yesterday (60th day MCO) we woke up to a cool morning. We waited till it was bright enough to go out for our morning walk in the area in front of our house. For the time being, we have not been to the recreational park.

Breaking of dawn at 6:43 am.

7:07 am

Just before we set out on our morning walk.

 It so happened that my phone camera was ready to take snapshots. No time to delay, quickly click to capture these 2 images.

 I don't what birds but some of the common birds in my area are the pigeons, house sparrows, tailor birds, mourning doves, and etc.

 7:09 am.

 7:19 am

 7:20 am

 7:24 am

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Breakfast

Hubby went out to town to buy Ma Jie curry noodles from Restoran Yee Lock.

 Dry curry noodle for hubby and curry noodle soup for me.

 You may think that the curry is very hot because of the red oil but it is not.

 Sweet and healthy snack: Mangoes

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Lunch

 2 big bbq buns from a friend and some leftover long bean omelette.

 Soft and fluffy bun with generous bbq pork filling.

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Dinner

 Hubby likes the above salted fish (mui heong).

The salted fish pieces comes in a plastic bottle soaked in oil.

 Steamed 1 piece of salted fish with ginger strips.

This is hubby's favourite.

I cooked this dish known as 4 heavenly king or "sei tai tin wong" in Cantonese. This dish consists of 4 types of vegetables such as dark purple eggplant, long beans, red ladies fingers and stinky beans.

 Dinner for 2 people.

Hubby had plain rice porridge and I had a small bowl of plain oat porridge. 

A mural showing 3 construction workers building the brick wall.

Unless the LORD builds a house,
the work of the builders is wasted.

Unless the LORD protects a city,
guarding it with sentries will do no good.

It is useless for you to work so hard
from early morning until late at night,

anxiously working for food to eat;
for God gives rest to his loved ones.

(Psalm 127:1-2, New Living Translation-NLT)

Coconut Jam (Kaya) & Teochew Porridge

Yesterday was 36th day MCO. Will the MCO be extended again? We will have to wait and see.

Sunrise at 7:06 am.

Sunrise at 7:14 am

Can you see the 2 birds on the left side?

The birds are also practising social distancing.

I managed to buy some coconut milk (santan) to make some coconut jam (kaya). I reduced the sugar to half the amount. This time it was not as thick as expected
but the sweetness is just nice for us. The texture is smooth. What you see on the "kaya" is actually air bubble.

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Dinner - Teochew Porridge

Stewed pork belly with preserved veggie (mui choy).

Blanched "Tong ho" veggie

"Tong ho" or garland chrysanthemum drizzled with garlic oil and soy sauce. I love this veggie but hubby doesn't eat because of its strong herbal smell.

So I opened a small can of pickled Chinese mustard green for hubby.

Teochew porridge for 2

I added oat to my porridge.

Dwarf Mexican Petunia drenched with rain droplets after the early morning shower.

You take care of the earth and water it,

making it rich and fertile.

The river of God has plenty of water;

it provides a bountiful harvest of grain,

for you have ordered it so.

You drench the plowed ground with rain,

melting the clods and leveling the ridges.

You soften the earth with showers

and bless its abundant crops.

(Psalm 65:9-10, New Living Translation-NLT)