A New Trellis For Our Bauhinia Kockiana Vines

This was the 2nd last day (30th) of May. It was a Monday. We had workmen to put up a metal trellis to support our Bauhinia Kockian vines in front of our house / porch. The first three pictures were before the metal trellis was erected.

These Bauhiana Kockiana vines acted as a screen for the front of our house from the outside.

The vines were propped up with the supports that were put up by hubby.

Hubby used metal and pvc pipes to prop up the vines. Due to the weight of the vines, it looked like the support was going to give way and might collapse any time. So hubby had some workmen to erect a metal trellis to support the flowering vines.

Workmen putting up the vertical support for the trellis.

Putting up the last vertical support for the trellis on a hot day.

I took this photo from my sitting room.

The workmen took less than half a day to finish the work.

One last portion (right hand side) of the vines yet to be support by the trellis.

Once the trellis was completed, hubby will have to dismantle the old support from under the vines which will take a few days to complete.

Will need some time for the vines to start growing and see how it will look like in the near future.

Now, the front of my house looks much neater and the porch area is now much brighter.

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Cooking for dinner.

I bought a fresh bamboo shoot from one of the roadside vegetable sellers. It is not easy to find fresh bamboo shoots in our area.

A big fresh bamboo shoot.

I sliced off the outer layer and discarded the hard part of the shoot, leaving behind the tender part of the shoot. Then I cut the bamboo shoots into strips. Then I blanched the bamboo strips in boiling water before cooking.

Ingredients: Blanched bamboo shoot strips, pork belly strips, chopped garlic, red fermented bean curd cubes (lam yue), dark and light sauce, oyster sauce, salt and sugar to taste and spring onions.

Noodle (mee sua) in white diakon and pork soup.

Ingredients for soup: white diakon, carrot, pork, red dates and gojiberries.

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The following photos were taken at the Gunung Lang Recreational Park.

We saw a pair of white peacocks in a cage.

The other one was resting at the side of the cage.

It seemed to know that there were visitors and without warning, this peacock started spread out and showed off its beautiful snow white feathers. It was a pleasant surprise for us. The white feathers look like delicate lace material.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Saturday's Critters.

I will be your God through all your lifetime,

yes, even when your hair is white with age.

I made you and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and be your Savior.

(Isaiah 46:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Tea Leaves Smoked Chicken For Dinner At #129, Bukit Pagar, Tapah

Finally, on the last day of our stay in Semenyih, we decided to take up the kind offer from a friend to travel back to Ipoh in her car instead of taking the KTM-ETS train back to Ipoh. We decided to sacrifice the return train tickets and with that, our hosts need not have to rush us to the railway station.

After our breakfast in Semenyih, we all travelled to Kuala Lumpur to meet up with some relatives of our hosts. Their relatives run an eatery and we had our lunch there. They served both noodles and economy rice (chap fun) with many variety of dishes. (Again the photos went missing so no photos!)

While travelling on the North-South Highway, a lady friend mentioned an eatery in Tapah that served tasty tea leaves smoked chicken and the place is only opened for dinner. When food lovers get together, the topic on food will sure to surface. To cut the story short, our lady friend called up to order the tea leaves smoked chicken and the fish head curry. Orders must be placed in order for the dishes to be prepared in advance. Once the order is placed, the boss reminded us that dinner will only be served after 5 pm.

Since we have plenty of time, we made a short stop at the Tapah R&R rest place. Stalls selling many variety of local fruits, both fresh and pickled, rojak sauce too.

At this time of day, there were not many customers. The stalls are selling almost the same items.

When we reached Bukit Pagar, we were not very sure of the exact location. Saw a young boy on a motorcycle, requested for direction and he very kindly led the way on his motorcycle and once there, he sped off without giving us a chance to thank him.

Easy to find the above landmark, the Bukit Pagar community hall on left side of main road. The house (eatery) is just opposite the community hall.

Address: No. 129, Bukit Pagar, 35000 Tapah, Perak.
If you are interested, you can call these numbers:
016-562 5543, 016-539 2608.

We were the first customers. We all ordered plain water.

First dish to reach the table, tasty and yummy Fish Head Curry.

Their signature dish - Fragrant Tea Leaves Smoked Free Range Chicken (kpg chicken). We ordered half a chicken as we were not really hungry.

Chicken was very tasty, the meat very tender.

Stir-fried fresh bamboo shoot with fermented bean curd (lam yee). It is tender and crunchy. Its been a long time sine I last ate bamboo shoot.

Halfway through our meal, we wanted to add deep fried cuttlefish (sotong) but was informed that we have to wait quite a while. So we decided against it. Already bookmarked this place for my foodie friends!
Cost of dinner for 4 people MYR 52.00 (14.51 USD)
(incl. 4 plates of white rice, small portion & 4 glasses plain water)

He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.
He provides food for those who fear Him;
He remembers His covenant forever.
(Psalm 111:4, New International Version-NIV)