Beef Noodles & Glutinous Rice Dumplings

On this particular morning, we were looking forward to have breakfast with our friends. 

The weather was nice and cool.

We drove to Bercham for the beef noodles and our favourite glutinous rice dumplings (bak chang).

A bowl of beef noodles.

A bowl of beef soup without noodles

Hubby and I shared the above 2 bowls and our friends ordered the same too.

I requested for the coriander leaves to be served separately. I love coriander leaves but hubby doesn't. After breakfast, we bought 2 dumplings for lunch.

I have shifted my hibiscus plants to a place with more sunlight. To show that they are loving their new place, they are now blooming happily.

The 2 dumplings were steamed for our lunch.

Dumpling or bak chang with wrapper removed.

Glutinous rice dumpling with mushroom, meat, beans, and salted egg yolk.

This is by far the best dumpling I have tasted.

Exhibit at the National Museum.

Parang "Barong" or "Barong" Machete.

These were used by the warriors during the war in Sabah, earth 19th century.

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

We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons,

to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning

and to destroy false arguments.

(2 Corinthians 10:4, New Living Translation-NLT)

Yummy Beef Noodles For Breakfast In Bercham

After having tasted the beef soup noodles from a stall in Bercham one Saturday morning, we wanted to go back again to the same stall for the beef soup. We found out that there are more yummy-licious food waiting for us to enjoy at #889, Lorong Bercham 4, Bercham (facing Kedai Kopi Kam Heng).

We started from our house at about 8 am.

We were one of the early customers.

We came back for this delicious beef soup.

We ordered 2 bowls for 4 people.

We requested for the coriander leaves not to be added to the soup for hubby's sake. He didn't like the smell of the leaves.

Hubby doesn't mind chopped spring onions for garnishing.

I have the bowl of coriander leaves all to myself.

We ordered a plate of stir fried flat rice noodle (kway teow) with beef slices to share. They were very generous with the beef slices. Last minute remembered to take a photo of the beef noodle in my small bowl.

We were recommended to try these radish balls.

This is our first time tasting these radish balls.

We ordered 4 radish balls for 4 people and it was good.

I saw they also have glutinous rice dumplings so I ordered one for us to share.

This is a very special steamed bbq bun. Suppose to be made from cake flour.

I ordered one to share and it was very light and fluffy.

The filling of the bbq bun was very moist and flavourful.

This is one place worth returning for more of these tasty goodies.

These trials are only to test your faith,

to see whether or not it is strong and pure.

It is being tested as fire tests gold and purifies it -

and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold;

so if your faith remains strong after

being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you

much praise and glory and honor on the day of his return.

(1 Peter 1:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Curry Noodles & Beef Noodles In Bercham

Our friends wanted to try the curry noodles in Bercham. So one weekend, we made an early breakfast appointment with our friends.

 Sunrise at 7:00 am.

Getting ready to go out for breakfast.

 Blue sky on the opposite side 7:00 am.

 Joining the queue to order the curry noodles at about 7:40 am.

 After you have ordered your food and received a number, all you have to do is to sit and wait for the number to be called.

 The next door shop selling pan mee.

 A short distance away is this coffeeshop.

 2 or 3 shops away from the curry noodle stall is this stall selling beef noodles. Since hubby and I had tasted the curry noodle on our previous visit, this time we ordered beef noodles to try. They have no problem sending the food over to the curry noodle stall where we were seated with our friends.

 Ordered some beef meat balls and beef tendon balls to try.

 We also ordered 2 bowls of beef soup noodles.

The beef soup is worth returning for.

Back in our garden, I spotted this fruit fly attacking my white bitter gourd.

That morning I harvested 4 white bitter gourds. 

 For lunch, we drove to Bercham again because our friends wanted to taste the cendol. Much to our friends' disappointment, the cendol stall was not there.

 So we ended up ordering 4 fresh green coconuts to quench our thirst.

I reach out for you.

I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain.

Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens;

don't turn away from me or I shall die.

Let me see your kindness to me in the morning,

for I am trusting you.

Show me where to walk, for my prayer is sincere.

(Psalm 143:6-8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Ngau Lam Fun (Beef Soup Noodles) And Home Cooked Dinner

I woke up this morning at about 4.30 am and it was raining heavily outside. No morning walk for us but on the good side, the rain helped to water my plants.

Took this sunrise snapshot a few days ago.

We haven't eaten Ngau Lam Fun (beef soup noodles) for some time and the cool weather gives me good appetite and was thinking of beef noodles.

This was our breakfast for hubby and I.

I ordered 2 bowls of hor fun or flat rice noodle in soup.

Ngau Lam soup with white radish.

A bowl of assorted ingredients e.g. fish cake, beef balls, etc.

One of the regular visitors to the park.

It looks like it was smiling or saying "cheese" for my camera. 

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The following was my simple home cooked dinner.

Left over pork rib curry served over some blanched okra harvested from my garden.

I bought a small sized taro or yam from the road side stall at the park and used it to cook with dried prawns. It looks plain because I didn't use any dark sauce.

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The following snapshots were taken in my garden.

As I bent down to pull out some weeds I noticed this insect clinging to the pumpkin vine.

I was thinking that this was a funny looking insect and it was then I realized that it was a dead insect with just its outer shell and it was hollow.

It must have been dead for a long time and I didn't even notice it was there.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Just as the body is dead when there is no spirit in it,

so faith is dead if it is not the kind that results in good deeds.

(James, 2:26, The Living Bible-TLB)

Breakfast At Restoran Lee Kitchen, Ipoh.

No morning walk as it was drizzling. For this particular morning, we went to a new place for breakfast. 

Passing by the Main Bus Station, Ipoh.

Our first visit to Restoran Lee Kitchen, Jalan Tokong, Taman Hoover,

(opposite Restoran Jen Jen, Ipoh).

Morning crowd.

There are many stalls selling many varieties.

Hubby's choice - Red hot curry noodle.

My choice - beef noodle.

Breakfast for 2 people, will be back to try other varieties.

Front view of Lee Kitchen.

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The following items are from the National Museum.

The above is a log coffin used for burial and many were discovered in limestone caves in Sabah. The log coffins are made from Belian, Merbau or other local hardwoods. Adult coffins measured between 6 to 12 feet while children coffins were between 4 to 6 feet. Some of these coffins are adorned with carvings depicting animals such as crocodiles, snakes, lizards and birds, especially on the covers. These burials were usually accompanied by grave good such as weapons, food, and personal adornments. This practice is still observed among the local tribes.

Stone slab burials were prevalent among the coastal communities of the Bernam Valley in Perak. This stone slab or cist grave is created with stone slabs placed one on top of the other to form a grave with the head end wider than the foot end. In existence since the Metal Age about 300 BCE, Proto History Period, ending around 1400 AD.

Dongson Burial - symbolic burial for a personage of a high social status in his community (found in several sites in Malaysia).

To cheer us up, pink Adenium from my garden.

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

Lord, when doubts fill my mind, when my heart is in turmoil,

quiet me and give me renewed hope and cheer.

(Psalm 94:19, The Living Bible-TLB)