Home Grown Veggies And Herbal Soup For Dinner

I am happy that I have cleared all the frozen foodstuff from my freezer and not my freezer is empty. I still have some instant noodles and canned food which I bought before MCO 2.0. For the past week, the Covid-19 cases have shot up in Ipoh and the cases seem to be all over the places. For everyone's safety, we have decided to stay home and avoid meeting up for meals with our friends for the time being.

The following are the dishes I cooked for dinner.

Home grown green brinjals and okra cooked with prawn paste, dried shrimps and chilies.

Blanched home grown sweet potato leaves and fresh abalone mushrooms, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

I used the last packet of frozen pork rib and a packet of dried Chinese herbs to boil herbal soup. We had steamed rice with the above dishes for dinner.

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I found the following critters in my garden.

This grasshopper was found hiding in the centre of a pineapple plant, hugging a young leaf.

This baby green grasshopper was found on the concrete pillar of my front gate.

And finally, saw this large grasshopper sitting on the okra leaf.

It was a temporary guest, stopping by for 2 days before it was gone.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

"Do this instead - start at the foot;

and when your host sees you he will come and say,

'Friend, we have a better place than this for you!'

Thus you will be honored in front of all the other guests.

For everyone who tries to honor himself shall be humbled;

and he who humbles himself shall be honored."

(Luke 14:10-11, The Living Bible-TLB)

"The Moment Homestay" At The Quintet, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

We booked a holiday homestay at The Quintet for a 3D2N getaway in the Cameron Highlands. After  having taken our breakfast, we started our journey. We were blessed with nice, cool weather.

  As usual, we stopped at the First Stop which is the Green View Garden. It was a weekday and there was nothing much to see because it looked like the place is now going through a face lift.

 Only managed to take some snapshots of these pretty flowers.

 The birds are still there and this little brown bird was standing next to the glass panel which made it easy for me to take its pictures.

 It also gave a side face pose.

 This pretty green bird is also quite close by a nice snapshot.

 And as always, we never leave the place without enjoying their handcraft passion fruit ice-cream.

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Even though it was still early (about 11:10 am), we decided to stop for lunch at Restoran Tringkap since we were passing by that way.

 Crispy deep fried Tilapia fish - their signature dish.
The meat is cut into thin slices and deep fried.

 Stir fried okra with sambal belacan.

 Deep fried nam yue chicken (marinated with red fermented  bean curd). 

 Deep fried fresh abalone mushroom with batter.

 Stir fried vegetable (dragon beard) with sambal belacan.

 A 6 dishes lunch for 6 people, waiting for another dish to be served.

 This is the 6th (last) dish - plain stir fried green beans.

 We did justice to the food as you can see from all the empty plates.

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After lunch, the time was just right to check into our home stay.

 Wall decoration inside the home stay.

This is a gated property and the place is very new.

 This was our "dream house" for our 3 days and 2 nights stay. 

 It has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. We allocated the rooms by drawing lots and everyone is happy with their room.

 The first night in Cameron Highlands was cold with the temperature about 18 deg. C.

 There are indoor slippers provided for occupants. The floor was too cold to walk about bare footed.

 This is "The Quintet" and if you are interested to book a home stay for your holiday in Cameron, here are the details:- "The Moment Homestay", Whatsapp: 012-4667410, wechat: joeylee71

The above picture shows the inside of the home stay.

You can also book this "dream house" for your holiday in Cameron.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick;

but when dreams come true at last, there is life and joy.

(Proverbs 13:12, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch & Accommodation In Cameron Highlands

After the 2nd stop, our next stop was at the Tringkap Restaurant, Cameron Highlands. We had better fill up our tummy first before we go looking for a place to stay.

We thought we were early but there were others who were earlier than us.

We ordered this signature dish, our all time favourite - deep fried crispy Tilapia fish.

We were quite disappointed with this fish because it was not as crispy as usual. The fish slices were not of uniform thickness. The thicker ones were not as crispy as the thinner slices and lacking in flavouring.

Crispy deep fried abalone mushrooms. Must remember to order the steam version on our next trip. Lol!

Half Chicken - plain steamed and garlic oil poured over the chicken.

Cameron Highland short beans - stir fried.

Sambal belacan Dragon beard veggie.

Total cost of lunch for 6 people including rice, drink & 6% GST

RM 126.00 (approx. 29.47 USD)

There were Cameron Highland homegrown corns for sale in front of the restaurant. We bought some corns and I saw these black tomatoes (for the first time) among the red ones.

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After lunch, we started our "hotel tour", going round looking for a suitable place to stay. We stopped at The Square and checked out the apartment at the Nova Highlands Resort and Residence.

Found this on the wall at the car park

Decoration on the ground floor.

After that, we move on to check out more places.

Checking out the room rates at the Copthorne Hotel.

Then we went to the Strawberry Park.

Next was the Smurf Inn Homestay.

The lift was not working and taking the steps is not suitable for the retirees. Lots of green passion fruits in front of the homestay.

Smurf playground besides the Smurf Inn Homestay.

Time to move on to check out other places. 

I think altogether we checked out about 9 places before we finally decided on one. So rightfully, our first day in Cameron Highlands was more of a "Hotels Tour".  Some places are nice and the off-peak rates are quite reasonable. The choice will depends on individual preferences.

Linking To Skywatch Friday.

[She] Awake, north wind, and come, south wind!

Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere.

Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.

(Song of Songs 4:16, New International Version-NIV)

Lunch At Tringkap Restaurant, Cameron Highlands.

From the Cactus Farm, we moved on to our next stop at Tringkap. Here we stopped for an early lunch before we descended to the lowland. Tringkap Restaurant is our favourite place and every time we are in Cameron Highlands, we try to at least have a meal here. We were here early to avoid the lunch crowd.

Crispy deep fried Tilapia fish slices, seasoned with black pepper.

This is their signature dish - a must order - MYR 36.

 Steamed half a chicken - MYR 35. This is also one of their signature dish.

The accompaniment dish is shown below.

A close up of the accompaniment - blended ginger with fried onion to be eaten with the steamed chicken.

Blanched Spinach with garlic oil - MYR 14.

 Crispy deep fried abalone mushroom - MYR 14.

Thai chili sauce as dipping.

Stir fried "Dragon beard" veggie with spicy prawn paste - MYR 14.

 (It is known as loong soh choy in Cantonese)

1 pot of Chrysanthemum tea for 6 people - MYR 6.

6 white rice, small portion - MYR 6.

Total cost of lunch for 6 people (incl. GST) - MYR 125.

Name of Tringkap Restaurant in Chinese. Tel: +605-4962324

14, Taman Puncak Tringkap, Tringkap, Cameron Highlands.

No photo of the restaurant because I was busy taking snapshots of a unique spider. If you are interested to see the spider, you can click here.

He will listen to the prayers of the destitute,

for he is never too busy to heed their requests.

(Psalm 102:17, The Living Bible-TLB)