Lunch At Bao Bao Golden House Restaurant

This was a Tuesday and it was morning walk as usual.

Sunrise at 7:10am.

On the reverse side, facing Kledang Hill.

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Hubby and I had lunch with a friend who dropped by for a half day's visit. We decided to try a place which we haven't been to because I felt like having porridge. We have been here once before, that was before they changed ownership or the name of the restaurant.

We ordered the seafood porridge consisting of prawns, fish slices, clams and squids. This image is from the menu and we were expecting the porridge to be like this when it was served.

Surprise! The porridge was served and it was nothing like the image in the menu. But it was alright because the porridge was very tasty. Our friend insisted on ordering 2 side dishes.

#1 Asparagus with prawns.

Bitter gourd with pork ribs.

This yummy-licious lunch was a treat from our friend.

Ixora in my front garden.

For dinner, I cooked bak kut teh or herbal pork rib with pig stomach. The herbs came in a packet which I bought from our nearby Chinese herbal shop. For dinner, it was only bak kut teh and steamed brown rice. Kept back half portion for the next day meal.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Work hard and cheerfully at all you do,

just as though you were working for the Lord

and not merely for your masters, remembering that

it is the Lord Christ who is going to pay you,

giving you your full portion of all he owns.

He is the one you are really working for.

(Colossians 3:23-24, The Living Bible-TLB)

Shredded Chicken & Curry Noodle, Bak Kut Teh And Fruits

Hubby and I have our own favourites when it comes to eating out for breakfast.

Shredded chicken with flat rice noodle or kai si hor fun is one of hubby's favourite noodles. The seller will add in the chicken liver for hubby and sometimes when he scoops the soup onto the noodle, hubby gets a few pieces of dried scallops too. The seller uses dried scallops as one of the ingredients for boiling the soup. I like this noodle but I do not eat it as often as hubby does.

One of my favourite noodle is curry noodle. There are a few places that serves good curry noodles. I like the soup version while hubby likes the dry version. I will only order the dry version when we eat at Yee Fatt Tea House, Kampar Road, Ipoh which is famous for their Yee Fatt Dry Curry Noodles.

We love local fruits such as the above Jackfruit. Once in a while, we get blessed with Jackfruit from our friend's garden but most of the times, we buy from a roadside stall in our area.

I was blessed with 2 home grown avocado from a friend. I was told to keep the fruits for about a week before consuming them.

About a week later, one of the avocado turned to this colour.

I cut it open and dug out the big seed.

I scooped out the flesh and spread some on a cream cracker.

It was nice with the cracker but I prefer eating it as it is, on its own.

For dinner, I boiled Bak Kut Teh or Meat Bone Herbal Tea.

Ingredients used: 1 big packet of Chinese herbs bought from the Chinese medical shop, 1 pig stomach, pork ribs, Shiitake mushrooms, and tofu puffs bought from Bentong.

We had steamed rice with the bak kut teh and home made pickled ginger and pickled belimbing buluh.

One morning while walking home from our morning walk, I saw something that gave me a scare. When I saw this from afar, it looked like someone was hanging from the branch of this tree. As we got nearer, we saw that it was a shirt used to wrap a Jackfruit. Good thing, I saw this in broad daylight and not when it was dark.

Photos credited to Shirley who shared these 2 photos with me. At first glance I thought it was a feather or a dried flower. I used Google Lens to identify this funny looking insect. The nearest I could find is the Arctornis l-nigrum moth. Please let me know if it is something else.

This one looks really cute. It looks like an old man with yellow face, 2 eyes, long hairy pointed ears and long white beard. I have not come across such funny looking insect before. Through the sharing of photos, we get to see and learn new things.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Yes, if you want better insight and discernment, and are

searching for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure,

then wisdom will be given you and knowledge of God himself;

you will soon learn the importance of reverence

for the Lord and of trusting him.

(Proverbs 2:3-5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Glutinous Rice, Chicken Curry & Herbal Pork Rib Soup

Last Saturday was a another hot and humid day. Usually, I only need to water my plants once in the morning but now I have to water them again in the afternoon. By then, most of them will be limp and looking half dead.

Morning sky at 7:30am.

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Breakfast plus lunch

The first time we went to buy the yellow glutinous rice, we were told it was sold out. The yellow glutinous rice or nasi kunyit is only available on Saturdays and Sundays.

On this Saturday morning, hubby get to enjoy this yellow or turmeric glutinous rice.

Chicken curry to go with the yellow glutinous rice.

As for me, I decided to try the savoury glutinous rice and I requested for chicken curry too. This heavy breakfast last us till dinner. Both items with 2 portions of chicken curry cost RM10. 

Angled luffa hanging from their vines in my garden.

The fruiting season is ending and the vines will be removed soon.

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Crossing of state borders has been lifted for those who have been fully vaccinated starting from the 11th October, 2021 (Monday). It is good to see the number of daily reported cases going down. I don't know how accurate is the figure reported. According to the relevant authorities, we have to learn to live with the virus and live life as normal as we can since the virus is not going to go away now or in the near future. No more MCO and no more recovery phases.

Currently, not all eateries are willing or ready to open up for dine-in yet. Many are waiting for situation to improve and for all their staffs to be fully vaccinated. Not everyone is confident to dine-in yet, preferring to have home cooked food or depend on food delivery.

Dinner on the 11th October.

I decided to cook herbal pork rib soup aka Bak Kut Teh in Hokkien.

My home cooked Bak Kut Teh using pork ribs, pork belly and Chinese herbs. I added tofu puffs and fresh abalone mushrooms. Hubby doesn't like the smell of cilantro so I used spring onions.

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

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The following are photos of a butterfly I found fluttering around in my garden.

I waited for it to settle and of all places, decided to cling to the underside of a leaf belong to the Ciku tree.

I have to bend to get these snapshots, trying not to frighten it off.

I managed to get a good image of the butterfly.

The butterfly decided to change location.

The underside of the butterfly is this brown colour.

The underside of the butterfly has a prettier design.

Nice view of the upside down butterfly.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

But stopl using this phrase, 'prophecy from the LORD.'

For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas,

turning upside down the words of our God,

the living God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

(Jeremiah 23:36, New Living Translation-NLT)

Glutinous Rice Wine & Bak Kut Teh Soup

As usual, we stopped by one of our regular coffee shop after our morning walk. Before we could sit down, our friend handed over the sweet cakes or Nyonya kuih to us. Our day started off with sweet cakes or kuih. When I was young, I do not like sweet things but as I get older, I am not so fussy.

We ordered a bowl of herbal tea and a cup of unsweetened kopi-c.

With all these sweet cakes from our friend, we needn't order any other food.

We passed by these pigeons on our walk home after breakfast.

Be careful never to walk under these birds.

Cleome Spider flower in my garden.

As the plant grow taller, the flowers continue to bloom.

Later the seeds will disperse and self propagate.

I was attracted to these 2 birds up on the tree top by their loud chirping.

They were happily singing aloud to each other in the cool morning.

Very soon, I will be harvesting glutinous rice wine from these 2 bottles. It doesn't look like much.

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For dinner I cooked Bak Kut Teh or Pork Rib Herbal Soup.

Ingredients for cooking the above soup:

1 packet of herbs, pork ribs, tofu puffs, mushrooms, red dates, goji berries, and some salt to taste. This is our 1 dish dinner without any rice or noodle.

Linking to Saturday's Critters & Garden Affair.

"Good salt is worthless if it loses its saltiness;
it can season anything.
So don't lose your flavor!
Live in peace with each other."
(Mark 9:50, The Living Bible-TLB)

Hainanese Chicken Chop & Snacks Shopping

We wanted to eat Chinese rojak but found the shop closed. Before we could decide where to go next, the rain started to pour. Since we were there in front of Restoran Cathay, we ended up having lunch there. This place is known for their Hainanese Chicken Chop. This chicken chop dish consists of a deep fried chicken thigh with crispy batter, swimming in a tasty, ketchup sauce with potatoes, cucumber and tomato slices.

We ordered 2 plates of Hainanese Chicken Chop. Hubby enjoyed the chicken chop with a bowl of rice because he likes the sauce.

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The rain stopped just before we finished our lunch.

We stopped in front of a biscuit shop. I went in to buy the above snacks.

Next, we stop at a Baking supplies shop to buy the above items.

I was curious and wanted to taste this Traditional Teochew Vege Mooncake. I bought one piece which costs RM10.00. I quite like the taste of this mooncake because it is savoury and not sweet.

Hubby wanted to try this coconut cookies.

Hubby prefers the above coconut cookies we bought when we were in Malacca.

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That evening we had a simple home cooked dinner for 2 people.

Onion omelette.

We had leftover bak kut teh (herbal pork soup) so I cooked some noodle.

Bak kut teh with noodle, a simple yet satisfying dinner.

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That morning, on our way home from our morning walk, I noticed this plant, known as Crinum asiaticum variegatum has flowered.

This was planted by the roadside.

A close up of the flowers.

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The Yau Tet Shin Bazaar was built in 1961. It was named after a tin-mining tycoon named Yau Tet Shin who contributed to the development of Ipoh New Town.

This was the well-known Yau Tet Shin bazaar (image taken from the internet), which was demolished in 2001 after the Ipoh City Council found it unsafe. 

The Octagon, a 21 storey structure with residential, retail and commercial units was built on this site.

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

A house is built by wisdom and

becomes strong through good sense.

Through knowledge its rooms are filled

with all sorts of precious riches and valuables.

(Proverbs 24:3-4, New Living Translation-NLT)