Reunion CNY Dinner 2023

I have been missing in action after my last post on the 18th January, 2023 and that is about 4 days. I had to do the last minute spring cleaning because the cleaner woman's daughters were sick and couldn't come. I had to do the last minute shopping plus getting ready some Chinese New Year snacks.

Here is wishing "Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Chinese New Year 2023" to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Crunchy home fried arrowhead chips or nyaku and imitation crab sticks on the left and toasted cashew nuts.

The above 2 types of Love Letters were bought. On the left is love letters with peanut butter and chopped almond filling.  On the right is love letters with chicken meat floss filling.

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The following were all gifts from friends.

Cashew nut cookies and pineapple tarts.

On the left is Almond Florentine and on the right is Seaweed Crisps.

On the top is Chocolate nut cookies, on the left is Chicken biscuits and on the right is Pistachio nuts.

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Simple home cooked Reunion Dinner.

Fried Prawns

Roast Duck ordered from a restaurant.

Yee Sang or CNY prosperity toss salad dish ordered from a nearby restaurant.

The vegetables were all hidden underneath the crunchy stuff.

Blanched Ipoh beansprouts with garlic oil, oyster and soy ssauce.

Left over salted vegetable + roasted pig leg soup from lunch.

Reunion dinner 2023.

We had left over roast duck for the next day.

Ushering in the CNY 2023 with this beautiful Adenium flower, a gift from a friend.

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Breakfast this morning, Monday 23rd January (2nd day CNY).

Most of the coffee shops in our area are closed for 2 days and only 2 shops are opened and they were overflowing with customers. In the end, we went to a Mamak shop for a relaxed breakfast to avoid the crowd.

I ordered tosai with plain water and hubby ordered roti canai with teh tarik (Forgot to snap photos) Elder son ordered the above roti canai sarang burung with kopi ais. Younger son still sleeping in his room.

Visit Perak mural for Monday Mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow.

Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land

you are about to enter and occupy.

(Deuteronomy 5:33, New Living Translation-NLT)

Visit Expo At Stadium Indera Mulia On A Sunday

It was Sunday morning. Even though we like the shredded chicken noodle in our area, hubby wanted to go to Kafe Little Nam Yeong in town. What attracts him there is their blanched jelly fish and beansprout dish.

2 bowls of shredded chicken noodle (koay teow) or kai si hor fun.

Side order: blanched beansprouts and jelly fish with Thai sauce.

After breakfast, we went to church and after church, we went to the indoor stadium.

ifood Expo at indoor Stadium Indera Mulia. It was the last day of the expo.

Food machinery.

This machine can make "cendol", green flour used for making dessert.

Saw this bunch of oil palm fruits at one of the stalls.

Saw this cute thing at another stall.

We came away from the expo with 2 pairs of walking shoes. One for hubby and one for me.

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That evening's dine-out dinner with friends.

I think this is Marmite chicken.

Brinjals or eggplants with minced pork.

Steamed Tilapia with Nyonya sauce.

From this side, the fish with wide open mouth can be seen.

This is the best and most tasty dish of the evening.

Total cost of dinner = RM93.80 for 4 people.

For salvation that comes from trusting Christ -

which is what we preach - is already within easy reach of each of us;

in fact, it is as near as our own hearts and mouths.

(Romans 10:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Wat Tan Hor, Assam Laksa & Fried Fish With Nyonya Assam Paste

The day started with a nice sunrise.

Finished our morning walk early at about 7:30am.

Drove out to Yummy Food Garden in Menglembu Industrial area for breakfast.

Hubby ordered flat rice noodle with egg gravy (wat tan hor).

I ordered assam laksa. I have no problem eating assam laksa for breakfast.

Love the generous amount of fish meat in the laksa.

When I can't have the Penang assam laksa, this one will do for me.

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Home cooked dinner.

Fried grouper fish meat and topped with Nyonya assam paste.

Beansprout sauteed with home grown Chinese chives, chopped garlic and salt.

2 salted eggs.

We ate brown rice porridge with the above dishes.

Simple, satisfying and filling.

Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble!

Then your light will shine out from the darkness,

and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day.

And the Lord will guide you continually,

and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too;

and you will be like a well-watered garden,

like an ever-flowing spring.

(Isaiah 58:10-11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Blanched Beansprout & Poached Chicken For Dinner

This was last Saturday morning. 

Sunrise at 7:05am.

Morning sky at 7:20am.

After breakfast, hubby went out to meet up with his friends.

And I went out to pick up a butter lemon cake (RM18) which I have ordered.

Instead of my usual chempedak cake (RM12), I wanted to try this butter lemon cake which my friend said is nice.

It smells nice but it is more expensive than the chempedak cake. To me, both butter lemon cake and the chempedak cake are equally nice but husband doesn't like the slight sourish lemon taste. He prefers the chempedak cake.

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Another lazy day for the cook. This time we had "nga choy kai" or beansprout and chicken for dinner. We haven't been to this place for more than 2 years, even before the pandemic started.

A bowl of flat rice noodle aka koay teow (RM2.30) in plain soup.

Poached chicken (RM17).

Blanched beansprout or nga choy (RM4).

Plus a glass of lime syrup (RM2.30).

Total cost of our shared dinner RM25.60.

Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him.

With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises.

(Psalm 25:14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Watercress With Pork Rib Soup & Blanched Bean Sprout

On this particular morning, just before we drive off after breakfast, I noticed this car in front of us. There are stickers pasted all over the car. I didn't realize that the owner and his wife were in the car, ready to drive off. 

I just had enough time to take this snapshot before he drove off before us.

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Simple home cooked dinner for 2.

We had steamed brown rice for dinner.

Watercress with pork rib soup.

I like to eat the pork rib with this chili oil.

Blanched beansprouts, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Years ago, this amount of beansprout at the Buntong wet market will cost 50 cents. Then the price went up to RM1. The current price is now RM1.50.

Evening sky with the setting sun at 7:20pm

7:22pm.

On the reverse side at 7:23pm.

I can see the cloud formation of a face (sideway), facing left.

Can you see the face or are you seeing something else?

An antique wooden chair displayed at the Antong Coffee Mill in Taiping.

This snapshot was taken when we visited in June, 2016.

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

The heavens are telling the glory of God;

they are a marvelous display of his craftsmanship.

(Psalm 19:1, The Living Bible-TLB)