Struggling With Poor Appetite

On this particular morning, hubby suggested going out to town for breakfast for a change. 

Sunrise at 7:43am.

Our weather is getting warmer with less rain.

I have nothing in particular that I wanted to eat. Just looking for something in clear soup just to fill my tummy.

I ordered flat rice noodle with bbq pork (char siew) in clear soup while hubby ordered curry noodle (dry version). I managed to finish the noodle as the amount was not big but the bbq pork was a bit hard.

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For lunch, I had a small bowl of plain rice porridge with some vegetables at the chap fan stall in my area.

After lunch, I had some freshly cut papaya. The taste of the sweet juicy papaya was so soothing to my taste buds and throat.

For dinner, I was looking forward to having some hot soup but that evening the soup was not to my liking. So we ordered the above dishes.

 I managed to finish a small portion of white rice with a little bit of the above dishes. Hubby had to finish the remaining. Thanks to hubby for his patience having to bear with my weird appetite. I felt like I am going through a period of morning sickness. This is worse than what I experienced when I was expecting my 2 kids.

10 birds on the line.

This was in front of my house. Which are birds and which are not?

Linking to Skywatch Friday & Saturday's Critters.

Look at the birds!

They don't worry about what to eat - they don't need to sow

or reap or store up food - for your heavenly Father feeds them.

And you are far more valuable to him than they are.

(Matthew 6:26, The Living Bible-TLB)

1st Dim Sum Breakfast In 2023

Tuesday 31st January was the 10th day of CNY 2023. Hubby and I had already started out on our morning walk when we received a call from a friend at about 6:55am. She wanted to have breakfast with us and will be picking us up from our house in an hour's time. We finished our morning walk and went home for wait. 

A soft toy rabbit welcoming us to Halal Dim Sum Canning Garden, Ipoh.

Side view of the rabbit.

A big white rabbit in the garden with colourful umbrellas.

Floral decoration and dim sum trays.

Visitors can sit here for their photos to be taken.

We were seated in front of this wall.

From the left, clockwise.

2 plates of fried prawn dumplings, 2 trays of steamed prawn dumplings, yam puffs and siew mai in the centre.

Steamed chicken glutinous rice (left) and fried radish cake (right).

Satisfying and filling breakfast for 4 people.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Wisdom is more precious than rubies;

nothing you desire can compare with her.

She offers you long life in her right hand,

and riches and honor in her left.

She will guide you down delightful paths;

all her ways are satisfying.

Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her;

happy are those who hold her tightly.

(Proverbs 3:15-18, New Living Translation-NLT)

Steamed Chinese Pomfret Fish & Sengkuang Cooked With Pork Strips

On Sunday morning, I was bored with noodles so I told hubby I will walk over to the dim sum restaurant near my house to buy the following items back and brought them to our regular coffee shop.

#1 - Baked bbq bun for me.

#2 - Steamed bbq bun for me.

2 fishballs: 1 for me and 1 for hubby. 

Hubby bought a piece of Chinese cruller and Chinese fried doughnut for himself (no photo to show). We ordered unsweetened milo for me and Chinese tea for hubby.

Beautiful altar flowers at the church on Sunday.

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Home cooked dinner.

To clear the stock from the freezer, I will try to prepare home cooked lunch and dinner for both of us.

Steamed 2 slightly bigger than palm size Chinese pomfrets.

I have 2 more Chinese pomfrets in the freezer for the next meal.

Yam bean and carrot strips cooked with pork strips.

I bought the yam bean thinking I will be making pie tee shells for the new year but it was not to be.

Chinese or Lunar New Year greeting from Eu Yang San Medical hall in Ipoh old town.

The new and the old.

Saw this 90's Classic Barber Shop at the side of a corner shop which was recently renovated.

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

When someone becomes a Christian,

he becomes a brand new person inside.

He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun!

All these new things are from God who brought us back to himself

through what Christ Jesus did.

And God has given us the privilege of urging everyone

to come into his favor and be reconciled to him.

(2 Corinthians 5:17-18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Koi Or Japanese Carps

This was one week before CNY 2023.

Morning sky at 7:05am.

Setting out on our morning walk.

7:15am.

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We drove out to Ipoh old town for breakfast at Kedai Kopi Ah Chow.

I ordered noodle in clear soup at RM6.50

I don't know if the price has been increased.

There was a prawn, few pieces of roast pork and chicken meat.

Hubby ordered dry curry noodle at RM6.50 from the same stall.

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We were with friends at this place and there is a fish pond with lots of beautiful Japanese carps swimming in it.

The sky reflected in the water.

The water is very clear.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated

by a fisherman - he casts a net into the water and

gathers in fish of every kind, valuable and worthless.

When the net is full, he drags it up onto the beach and

sits down and sorts out the edible ones onto crates

and throws the other away.

(Matthew 13:47-48, The Living Bible-TLB)

Reunion CNY Dinner 2023

I have been missing in action after my last post on the 18th January, 2023 and that is about 4 days. I had to do the last minute spring cleaning because the cleaner woman's daughters were sick and couldn't come. I had to do the last minute shopping plus getting ready some Chinese New Year snacks.

Here is wishing "Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Chinese New Year 2023" to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Crunchy home fried arrowhead chips or nyaku and imitation crab sticks on the left and toasted cashew nuts.

The above 2 types of Love Letters were bought. On the left is love letters with peanut butter and chopped almond filling.  On the right is love letters with chicken meat floss filling.

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The following were all gifts from friends.

Cashew nut cookies and pineapple tarts.

On the left is Almond Florentine and on the right is Seaweed Crisps.

On the top is Chocolate nut cookies, on the left is Chicken biscuits and on the right is Pistachio nuts.

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Simple home cooked Reunion Dinner.

Fried Prawns

Roast Duck ordered from a restaurant.

Yee Sang or CNY prosperity toss salad dish ordered from a nearby restaurant.

The vegetables were all hidden underneath the crunchy stuff.

Blanched Ipoh beansprouts with garlic oil, oyster and soy ssauce.

Left over salted vegetable + roasted pig leg soup from lunch.

Reunion dinner 2023.

We had left over roast duck for the next day.

Ushering in the CNY 2023 with this beautiful Adenium flower, a gift from a friend.

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Breakfast this morning, Monday 23rd January (2nd day CNY).

Most of the coffee shops in our area are closed for 2 days and only 2 shops are opened and they were overflowing with customers. In the end, we went to a Mamak shop for a relaxed breakfast to avoid the crowd.

I ordered tosai with plain water and hubby ordered roti canai with teh tarik (Forgot to snap photos) Elder son ordered the above roti canai sarang burung with kopi ais. Younger son still sleeping in his room.

Visit Perak mural for Monday Mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow.

Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land

you are about to enter and occupy.

(Deuteronomy 5:33, New Living Translation-NLT)

Dinner At Restoran Sipu Claypot Chicken Rice, Bercham

This was a Friday. We had to go to Ipoh town and ended up having lunch at the old Kopitiam Sum Ho Lok at Persiaran Greenhill.

My colleagues and I will regularly patronize this stall when we were working. The stall closes at about 1pm and we were there at about 12:30pm.

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For dinner, we went to try out the claypot chicken rice in Bercham which a friend recommended.

Restoran Sipu Claypot Chicken Rice.

There were 4 of us and we ordered the following items.

Claypot noodle (yee mee) - small pot @ RM8.

Fish balls - 6 pieces for RM10.

Stewed chicken feet - RM9.

Claypot chicken rice - Big @ RM17.

Drinks - RM3.70

Total cost of dinner - RM47.70

Opposite the restaurant, by the roadside is a papaya tree with many small papayas.

Managed to take a snapshot of this evening sky from a moving car on our way home.

What do you think the cloud formation looks like?

I saw this mural in Heritage Town Cafe in Gopeng.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Come before him with thankful hearts.

Let us sing him psalms and praise.

For the Lord is a great God, the great King of all gods.

He controls the formation of the depths of the earth and

the mightiest mountains; all are his.

(Psalm 95:2-4, The Living Bible-TLB)