Beef With White Bitter Gourd

On this particular morning, we had breakfast at one of the nearby coffee shop after our morning walk.

I noticed that the Hong Kong chee cheong fun stall is being managed by new people. We were told that the previous one has passed the business to one of their relatives. I ordered a plate to try and it was good.

Hubby ordered fried koay teow with prawns, egg and beansprouts.

Midday sky at 12:40pm.

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I had some beef in the freezer that I bought from the wet market. I took it out to thaw and cut into slices, and marinate in the fridge. I divided the beef slices into 2 portion for 2 dinners.

1st dinner - 1 dish with steamed brown rice.

Beef slices with home grown white bitter gourd using ginger slices, chopped garlic, preserved black beans and chili bean sauce (toban djian).

Peace Lilies from my garden.

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2nd dinner - Beef with white bitter gourd noodle.

Beef slices, home grown white bitter gourd slices, eggs, ginger slices, and wine broth.

Cooked instant dried noodle.

I served the noodle with the beef and white bitter gourd broth.

We ate the beef noodles with sambal belacan + lime juice.

Some days, our morning walk will take us this way and there is this old abandoned Volkswagon parked by the roadside.

We also get to see another Volkswagon which is much loved and well maintained. The owner drives this car around and is one of the regular patron of our regular coffee shop.

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

Now all praise to God for his wonderful kindness to us

and his favor that he has poured out upon us

because we belong to his dearly loved Son.

(Ephesians 1:6, The Living Bible-TLB)

Steamed Sweet Lips Fish & Fried Minced Meat Patties

3rd day of Chinese New Year 2022 (3rd of Feb). While the young men were still sleeping, the early risers (hubby and I) went out for our breakfast.

Sunrise at 7:20am

No morning walk for us for the whole week of Chinese New Year celebration.

Sunrise at 7:25am.

We had breakfast at one of our regular coffee shops.

I ordered 1 plain polo bun.

Hubby ordered pre-fried noodle (yee mee) in soup.

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Lunch for 4 people.

Sweet Lips Fish from elder son's fishing trip.

I cut the fish into 2 halves. Even half the fish was too much for 4 of us. I steamed the top half and topped with blended ginger and garlic oil.

Beef slices cooked with king oyster mushrooms and fresh shittake mushrooms.

Three dishes including a plate of green (blanched choy fah) for dinner.

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Dinner for 3 people.

Younger son going out for dinner with friends.

Minced meat with egg patties. This is something I which I haven't had for a long, long time. This is my childhood's favourite and also I used to cook for my sons.

Cabbage with beef slices.

Added the ladies finger harvested from my garden.

Simple dinner for 3 of us.

This mural shows 2 washer women signed by Kareem.

Dulang washers are usually women who pan for tin sediments at the water's edge.

Linking to Monday Mural.

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)

Beef With Ginger & Spring Onions (Keong Choong Ngau)

The day started with the following morning sky shot.

Sunrise at 7:28am.

Our morning walk takes us this way but this is the first time I noticed these knobs on this tree trunk. What do you see? It looks like a face to me.

Taken from another angle.

This one looks like another face to me.

What about you? What do you see?

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Home cooked dinner for 2.

I had another portion of marinated beef slices in the fridge. I used the beef slices to cook with young ginger slices and spring onions aka "keong choong ngau".

Sauteed napa cabbage + carrot with garlic and salt.

2 dishes with some steamed rice for dinner.

Do you remember these old wall switches which we used to switch on and off the lights and fans? We can still see these old faithful switches in use in some of the older houses and shops.

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

O Lord, don't hold back your tender mercies from me!

My only hope is in your love and faithfulness.

(Psalm 40:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch & Dinner On Christmas Day 2020

Early morning on Christmas day, our friend called up to inform us that she will be buying breakfast for us. She bought savoury taro cake (woo tau koh) for us. After breakfast, we walked home and waited for the online Christmas Day celebration to start.

Christmas Day Lunch

I reheated the prawns and pineapple curry which I took out from the fridge.

A walnut sesame bread which I bought from Aeon Big Falim.

I removed the corn from the cob, steamed and mixed with a little salt and butter.

This was our Christmas Day lunch.

Happy to clear all the leftover items from the fridge.

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Christmas Day Homecooked Dinner

Beef slices with young ginger slices and spring onions.

Blanched Chinese mustard (choy sum) given by a friend.

Drizzled with garlic oil and soy sauce.

Our homecooked dinner with steamed rice.

A bee busy at work in the Okra flower.

A dog crossing our path as we walked home from morning walk.

This bird perched on my neighbour's roof was chirping loudly as I was watering my plants in the garden.

Can you see the bird perched on the Bauhinia Kockiana branch? I think it must be trying to fish from my guppies pond. I have covered my guppies pond with a mosquito netting to protect them from the birds.

Linking to Saturday's Critters & Garden Affair.

You are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector,

the rock where I am safe, my shield, my powerful weapon,

and my place of shelter.

(Psalm 18:2, Contemporary English Version-CEV)

Home Cooked Beef Slices With White Bitter Gourd

So good to wake up to another beautiful morning. Though there was a slight drizzle and our walking exercise cancelled, the sky brightened up after the drizzling stopped.

 Morning sky at 7:25 am.

 Fluffy white cloud at 7:26 am.

 The dark clouds came back at 7:55 am.

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I have cooked duck with my white bitter gourd from our garden and this time, I wanted to use beef.

 Beef slices and white bitter gourd with salted black beans, garlic, red and green chilies.

 We decided to cook some plain noodles instead of rice to eat with the beef and bitter gourd dish. I mixed the cooked noodle with some garlic oil and light soy sauce.

And this super hot chili oil bought from the supermarket makes the dinner so good and tasty. After this, I am going to try making my own chili oil.

A good friend sent me this photo when the tree was in full bloom. If I am not mistaken, we call this the "Flame of the Forest". By now, most of the flowers have dropped.

So let it grow, and don't try to squirm out of your problems.

For when your patience is finally in full bloom,

then you will be ready for anything, strong in character,

full and complete.

(James 1:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Wah Sifu (WSF), Ipoh.

A friend mentioned a new place called Wah Sifu at No. 1, Jalan Leong Sin Nam, which we used to pass by quite often. One day hubby and I were in town, in the same vicinity. We decided to check out the menu. Hubby did the ordering.

Lunch for 2 people.

First, hubby ordered a Sweet Sour Chicken Rice @ MYR 8.80

White rice.

A bowl of soup.

Extra order - Sambal Beef @ RM 15.

After this lunch, we skipped dinner that evening.

The menu.

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The following photos are for joining Skywatch Friday.

Pedestrian bridge taken in Sept, 2017.

The moon at 12.24 am, Thursday 1st Feb, 2018, one day after the sighting of the blue moon. This is supposedly the blue moon captured with my humble mobile phone when I went out to padlock the gate.

Another attempt. The cloud closing in on the moon.

Next morning at the break of dawn, 7.15 am at the recreational park.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

But the good man walks along

in the ever-brightening light of God's favor;

the dawn gives way to the morning splendor,

while the evil man gropes and stumbles in the dark.

(Proverbs 4:18-19, The Living Bible-TLB)