Dinner Gathering At Restoran Chuen Kah Fook, Menglembu

Our last foodie outing for this group of friends was in September, 2019. One of our friends fell and broke a bone in her leg and our foodie outing was put on hold waiting for her to recover. Now that our friend is able to move about slowly on her own, we resumed our foodie outing again and this time we planned a dinner in Restoran Chuen Kah Fook, Menglembu. 

Braised chicken and pig's stomach in clay pot. This is a favourite and their signature dish. Even those with weak gums will enjoy this dish.

Fish head curry with bean curd puffs and assorted vegetables.

Yam or taro basket filled to overflowing with assorted treasures.

Steamed Pork Belly with preserved vegetable (mui choy).

Baby Kai Lan (Chinese kale) with ginger juice.

Total cost of dinner came to RM 138.70 for 7 people.

Restoran Chuen Kah Fook, 178, Laluan Perusahaan Menglembu 1,

Kawasan Perusahaan Menglembu, Perak.

After this delightful dinner, we are looking forward to the next dinner in a few week's time.

In heaven a crown is waiting for me, which the Lord,

the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of his return.

And not just to me but to all those whose lives show that

they are eagerly looking forward to his coming back again.

(2 Timothy 4:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Our First Dinner At Chuen Kah Fook Restaurant, Menglembu.

Sometimes, we get bored with the same places and the same food. My friends wanted to try something new and ask me to recommend near our area. I told them that there is one which I have not tried yet but reviews from some friends were good. That's how we ended up in Chuen Kah Fook restuarant for the first time.

 Steamed black Tilapia with savoury sauce.

 Stewed chicken and pig's stomach in clay pot. It was very flavourful.

 Watercress in clay pot.

 A delightful dinner for our first visit.

For this dinner was for 4 people and the total cost - RM 96.30.

 Saturday's dinner crowd.

 The following photos were from the Sunday Flea market.

 Old RM1 currency notes

Antique Singer sewing machine at the Flea market.

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

God hates cheating in the marketplace;

rigged scales are an outrage.

(Proverbs 20:23, The Message-MSG)

Our Reunion Dinner For Year 2017.

I praise God for the rainy season and cool weather. For the past years, Chinese New Year season has been hot and stuffy and I will be sweating profusely as I prepared and cooked the meals for my family. But this year is very different. I didn't even need to use the small table fan in my kitchen. The cool weather makes my cooking so much easier.

The eve of Chinese New Year 2017 was on Friday, the day we all celebrated the reunion dinner as a family. On that day, for lunch I cooked this Jicama dish (Sengkuang or Yam bean dish) as filling for the Top Hats or Pie Tee shells. It is a very simple version. I only used shredded jicama, shredded carrot, minced meat and diced prawns and some garlic for cooking.

Place the Top Hats or Pie Tee shells on a plate. Use a spoon to scoop the filling into the shells.

This Pie Tee snacks plus all the other CNY snacks will be our lunch until our reunion dinner which will be about 6.30 pm

At about 3.00 pm, we stopped at Restoran Rainbow in Menglembu to buy a set of Chinese New Year salad dish @ MYR 68. This is a must because everyone including me loves this salad dish.

Then we went to collect the Braised Stuffed Chickens that we have ordered from Pete Corner with this casserole.

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Our family's reunion dinner begins.

This is before adding the peanuts, sesame seeds and sauce.

The colourful combination consist of Salmon slices, 2 halves of lime to squeeze onto the fish slices, shredded vegetables (daikon, carrots, red capsicum, turnip, red pickled ginger, pomelo, lime leaves, Chinese parsley, etc.), jelly fish, chopped toasted peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, crunchy crackers, 5 spices powder and sweet tangy plum sauce.

After topping the salad with the chopped peanuts, sesame seeds and crunchy crackers and plum sauce, it is time to stir the salad until well mixed. The above is my 1st portion of ready mixed salad. 

 This is the Braised Stuffed Chicken we ordered for our reunion dinner. We used a kitchen scissors to cut the chicken into smaller pieces. We couldn't finish this whole dish, the left over was kept for the next day's lunch.

Blanched Broccoli drizzled with garlic oil and oyster sauce.

And a Steamed Fish.

Here's our reunion dinner for 4 people for 2017.

Thank God for another brand new year!

Jehovah God is our light. I present to him my sacrifice upon the altar,

for you are my God, and I shall give you this thanks and this praise.

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is so good!

For his loving kindness is forever.

(Psalm 118:27-28, The Living Bible-TLB)

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The following photos are for joining Saturday's Critters.

The photos were snapped at a Pets Fiesta about 5 months ago.

 This is a Sugar Glider.

 It is very active. Not easy to take a snap shot of this Sugar Glider.

Just look at the big round eyes.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Braised Stuffed Kampung Chicken (Ngoy Por Or Maternal Grandma's Chicken).

Last Thursday night, we were at Pete Corner, Menglembu for Western style dinner after a long absence. Hubby ordered a Special Grill Lamb and I ordered a Garlic Sauce Chicken. I didn't take any photos so I won't be posting about this dinner. We were the early birds and we didn't have to wait long for our dinner. We also got to chat with the chef and our conversation touched on Chinese New Year topic. That was how we got to know about this new chicken recipe that the chef will be preparing for take away for the Chinese New Year for the reunion dinner. Since I have not decided on what to cook for our reunion dinner, we were interested and keen to try out this chicken dish. We booked one chicken to try for the next day's dinner.

It was a Friday evening and it looked it was going to rain.

 Hubby and I plus 2 other friends heading to Menglembu on the highway.

 Enjoying the view of the low clouds and mountain.

 We are enjoying cool weather due to the rainy days.

 Arrived at Pete Corner at about 6.30 pm.

Braised Stuffed Whole Kampung Chicken with gravy in a big beautiful ceramic bowl.

It smelled so good!

Then the Chef came to cut the chicken.

He cut and took off the breast part of the chicken to reveal the treasures that were stuffed inside. The stuffing consists of Chinese mushroom and pieces of pork belly. After my photo shots, we started to partake together this delicious chicken dish.

 And a plate of mixed vegetables was added for a balanced meal.

Praise and thanks to our Lord for a delicious dinner with friends.

Before we left, hubby placed an order for this chicken dish. That means I have less one dish to prepare for our home cooked reunion dinner. Yay!

Blessings on all who reverence and

trust the Lord - on all who obey him!

Their reward shall be prosperity and happiness.

Your wife shall be contented in your home.

And look at all those children!

There they sit around the dinner table as vigorous

and healthy as young olive trees.

That is God's reward to those who reverence and trust him.

(Psalm 128:1-4, The Living Bible-TLB)