Simple Western Style Breakfast & Pig's Stomach Soup

This was on a Saturday. The night before, the weather forecast showed that there was possibility of a morning shower.

Morning sky at 6:45am.

There was not even a slight shower but the morning sky was gloomy.

Morning sky with pink cloud at 7:05am, taken on our morning walk.

Clear blue sky at 7:45am.

By 8:08am, the sky turned dark.

We stopped at a roadside stall to buy some snacks.

I bought "nam yee" and "tau sar" biscuits.

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Breakfast

We bought this luncheon meat with bacon for the 1st MCO.

I pan fried the luncheon meat, 4 eggs and heated up the baked beans.

After making the hot drinks, I toasted the bread.

Milo for hubby and coffee for me.

Purple and red bougainvillea in my front garden.

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Dinner

I boiled pig's stomach soup with crushed white peppercorns, ginkgo nuts, onions and soft bone pork. This soup is good for keeping our tummies and bodies warm.

Sauteed sweet potato leaves with garlic and salt to taste.

I heated up some frozen sambal anchovis. Cut home grown green chilies with soy sauce as dipping sauce.

Satisfying dinner for 2 people on a cool evening.

Here is another piece of mural or wall art from the wall surrounding a nearby Chinese school.

You are my hiding place from every storm of life;

you even keep me from getting into trouble!

You surround me with songs of victory.

I will instruct you (says the Lord) and

guide you along the best pathway for your life;

I will advise you and watch your progress.

(Psalm 32:7-8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Snacks Shopping In Bagan Sungai Burung & Teluk Intan

Everyone was happy and satisfied with the delicious and fresh seafood lunch in Bagan Sungai Burung. After lunch, it was time to take a walk to look around for anything interesting. Earlier, when we were walking to the restaurant, my eyes caught a nearby stall selling fresh dried prawns. Since I use a lot of dried prawns in my cooking, I bought a packet.

 Next, it was time for my camera to get busy.

We found this archway formed by the hanging roots of a Banyan tree (if I am not mistaken) behind a stall.

 Thanks to my friend and tour partner who found this place making Teochew kueh. It is inside the shop which is behind the stall where I bought the dried prawns. 

Steamed Teochew kueh with filling.

My friend and I bought 2 pieces each. They were fresh from the steamer and once we were seated in the bus, we ate one and it was very tasty.

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Our next stop was in Teluk Intan to collect the chee cheong fun (steamed rice noodle). According to the boss, he is the 3rd generation running this business. We noticed that just next door, there is now a business rival competing with him.

Workers preparing the chee cheong fun for steaming.

 I ordered 4 packets of the above chee cheong fun with dried prawns......

But when I reached home, I found out that I had the above with yam bean filling. Anyway, it tasted good after steaming it for a short while.

Next, we were taken to this biscuit shop a short distance from where we collected the chee cheong fun.

A friend recommended this biscuit to me. These are just biscuits without the sweet filling. The skin is crispy and flaky, very nice to eat as snack. Our tour leader had to order this biscuit in advance to make sure that everyone gets his or her share.

These are some of the dry stuffs I brought back from my one day tour. From left to right: 2 packets of biscuits, 2 packets of banana chips, 1 packet of dried prawns......

I also bought a packet of this ground peanut biscuit which was my old time favourite.

If I were to walk back into the shop, I will end up buying some other snacks.

In front of the biscuit shop, these fruits caught our eyes.

 

Yellow flowers from the same plant growing in a pot

 We were told that these are Jujube fruits (Chinese red dates).

 This fruit looks good to eat.

Now, where can I get this plant?

Or can I try to grow from the dried red date seeds?

If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds

of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death;

but if he plants the good things of the Spirit,

he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him.

(Galatians 6:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Foochow Kompia & Sightseeing in Sitiawan.

I woke up very early on Tuesday morning to water my plants and to get things ready for a short holiday in Damai Laut. All eight of us in 2 cars met up for breakfast in a restaurant in Menglembu. No photos to show what we ate for breakfast because I have already blogged about the food previously.

We had plenty of time and we took a leisure drive to Sitiawan. The first stop was to buy my favourite snack i.e. the local Foochow Kompia or Bagel.

Initially I bought 10 pieces for my friends to try. The snacks were fresh from the earthen oven and they were very crispy and fragrant with the onion filling.

The bagels or kompia are baked in this earthen ovens.

This snack is best eaten when it is fresh and crispy.  After eating their first piece, I have to buy another 10 pieces. We bought the last 10 pieces. If we want more, we will have to wait for the next batch from the oven. 

 From the snack shop, we took our friends sightseeing.

A friend and her daughter.

 It was a hazy day and the sea view was hazy too.

 Dried or dead mangrove trees.

We spotted many tiny colourful crabs and edible sea snails crawling on the mud surface.

Tiny colourful crabs (purple circles) and some edible sea snails or mud creepers or balitong (orange circles).  

A close up view of the edible sea snails / mud creepers / balitong.

 This trip we saw a lot of live monkeys.

 Mini pond.

Another pond

 Female toilet.

Unknown plant.

It is dangerous and sinful to rush into the unknown.

(Proverbs 19:2, The Living Bible-TLB)