Chicken With Pickled Ginger, Nyonya Steamed Fish & Steamed Pork Salted Fish

This was 2 Fridays ago. After morning walk, we drove to Menglembu for breakfast.

Our breakfast at Restoran Meng Meng Kee, Menglembu.

As usual, hubby ordered the above Hor Hee mung bean noodle (glass noodle) and a glass of Chinese tea.

I ordered the above because I don't feel like eating noodle that morning. I requested for the butter and kaya to be served separately.

Some of you might have guessed that I wanted the butter to be served separately for this purpose - that I can put in a little of the butter into my coffee.

Just a little butter will do. Give it a quick stir and enjoy the coffee while it is still hot.

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That evening, we went to a new place which a friend recommended for dinner.

Restoran WSF 33 at Taman Hover, Ipoh.

We ordered this fried sticky chicken with pickled ginger cubes.

Steamed minced pork with salted fish.

Steamed Tilapia Nyonya style.

Total cost of dinner including rice for 4 people - RM77.00

Will be returning to try the other dishes.

This is one of the routes we take for our morning walk. This wall surrounds a Chinese school in our area. The wall is covered with many Chinese art murals.

This is one of the murals on the wall.

This is probably a soldier bidding farewell to his mother and family members before he rides off on his white horse.

Linking to Monday Murals.

Dear brothers, don't be too eager to tell others their faults,

for we all make many mistakes; and when we teachers of religion,

who should know better, do wrong,

our punishment will be greater than it would be for others.

(James 3:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Butter Coffee + Toast, Fried Rice + Salted Egg Yolk Vegetables

This was in the last week of January. The sky was gloomy due to the rainy season.

7:14am, before we started on our morning walk.

After morning walk, we drove to Restoran Meng Meng Kee, Menglembu for breakfast.

We ordered unsweetened coffee (kopi-o kosong) and Chinese tea.

Ordered toast. Requested for butter and kaya to be served separately.

The reason: We wanted to use some of the butter to add to the coffee. Just a little bit, won't taste good if too much butter is added.

Hubby ordered hor hee with mung bean noodle.

I ordered 4 pieces of stuffed items without noodle.

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For lunch, we went to Restoran Wong Sheng because we happened to be in the same vicinity.

We ordered fried rice (small portion) to share.

And salted egg yolk assorted vegetable to go with the fried rice.

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Since we had a late lunch, we had a simple late dinner.

I cooked some instant noodle and mixed it with the chili oil which my friend gave me. Plain but yummy.

This mural is behind a row of shop houses in Ipoh new town. It was painted in February, 2021 by local artist Eric Lai (Perak Kuchai Culture & Arts Association).

Linking to Monday Mural.

The person who has been born into God's family does not make

a practice of sinning because now God's life is in him;

so he can't keep on sinning, for this new life has been

born into him and controls him - he has been born again.

(1 John 3:9, The Living Bible-TLB)

Boiled Cassava Root With Palm Sugar Syrup

This was last Friday morning. After morning walk, we drove to Menglembu for breakfast. Hubby ordered hor hee noodle. I walked over to the next shop to take a look at what they have at the bakery shop.

I bought this piece of garlic bread. I took half of it for breakfast.

I also bought this piece of curry puff to try and I had it for breakfast too. I like both the garlic bread and curry puff. Kept half the garlic bread for mid morning tea but by then it had soften and was no longer nice.

I also bought 2 polo buns for my neighbour who was on leave from work. Her feedback was that these polo buns are very nice.

These were what I ordered for breakfast that morning.

Toast and coffee for sharing.

Hubby wanted a small piece of butter to be added to the coffee.

A small piece will do because too much won't taste good.

Wild mushrooms growing in my flower pot.

Our friend has space to grow cassava or tapioca plants.

That afternoon, he called to inform that he has pulled out 1 plant and the roots were waiting to be collected.

I removed the skin from the cassava roots and took out a small portion to boiled with some salt and water. The rest I kept in the freezer for later use.

I love boiled cassava root with pure palm sugar syrup without any sugar added. I don't get to eat this often because my garden has no more space for growing tapioca plants.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure

and full of quiet gentleness. Then it is peace-loving and courteous.

It allows discussion and is willing to yield to others;

it is full of mercy and good deeds.

It is wholehearted and straightforward and sincere.

And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace

and reap a harvest of goodness.

(James 3:17-18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Coffee With Butter & Breakfast In Pusing

When I was a little girl, my father used to take me along for his regular cup of coffee. He will place me on the back seat and I will hug him around his waist, making sure my little feet will not get caught in the back wheel as he cycled to the coffee shop. At the coffee shop, he will then lift me up onto the chair next to him. He will pour some of the hot coffee from his cup onto the saucer to cool and passed it to me.

What is so special about the coffee? That hot coffee was served with a piece of butter in it. That was many years ago and I have totally forgotten about the coffee with butter until recently. Someone shared a video about his foodie outing in Pusing and mentioned the coffee with butter. Hubby and our friends were interested and off we went to Pusing for breakfast on the last Thursday of April which happened to be a public holiday. This was before the implementation of MCO 3.0, nationwide lockdown.

We managed to find this Loong Foo Kopitiam, located at Jalan Keretapi Lama, Pusing. We were seated at a table for 4 people. 1 kopi-o ice and 1 kopi-o kosong (unsweetened) for the ladies.

2 hot coffee with butter for the men.

I took a few sips and it was really good getting the taste of butter in it. This coffee with butter is best enjoyed when the coffee is still hot.

Our lady friend ordered a bowl of curry noodle with some stuffed items.

I cannot resist assam laksa, so I ended up with a bowl plus some stuffed items.

Beef brisket with daikon soup noodle for the 2 men.

After breakfast, we took the back lane to the Pusing wet market.

We stopped to buy our favourite taro or yam from a roadside stall.

Pillow shaped glutinous rice dumpling with wrapping removed.

We also bought the above glutinous rice dumpling, wrapped in the shape of a pillow from a roadside stall.

After steaming the rice dumpling to heat it up, the leaves wrapping was removed to reveal the inside of the dumpling. It was packed with ingredients. Hubby and I shared this dumpling plus soup for lunch.

I took out the leftover chicken herbal soup from the fridge to heat up. One bowl for hubby and one bowl for me. This heavy lunch lasted me until past dinner.

Friends came over to have dinner at the nearby food court. Hubby ordered the above, meatballs and garlic bread for his dinner. No dinner for me because I was still full from having a bigger portion of the glutinous rice dumpling. That showed that my digestion has slowed down.

I took a snapshot of this antique kid tricycle on one of our visit to Concubine Lane.

My new Coleus plants are doing well in my garden and I was able to share some cuttings with friends.

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

Our earthly fathers trained us for a few brief years,

doing the best for us that they knew how,

but God's correction is always right and for our best good,

that we may share his holiness.

(Hebrews 12:10, The Living Bible-TLB)