Having Friends Over For Lunch

On the last weekend of December, before we usher in the New Year, we had friends over for lunch. Once in a while it is nice to share our home cooked meals with friends and be blessed with encouraging fellowship. As usual, the day started with a morning walk at the park.

 Breaking of dawn

 Sunrise at the park

 Walking to stay fit and healthy

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After our walk, I picked up some items from the mini market. Then we had breakfast in our usual coffee shop. For lunch, I cooked plain Teochew rice porridge and the following dishes. The rest were contributed by our friends.

 I made the above "melt-in-the-mouth" char siew (bbq meat).

This time, I reduced the amount of sugar used.

 Fried egg omelette with preserved radish and home grown spring onions.

 We love deep fried crunchy anchovies with porridge.

 Another is this store bought crunchy preserved radish.

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The following 2 items were brought over by our friends.

 Arrow heads, leek, meat slices, etc, cooked by our friend.

 She also brought this packet of ice veggie bought from the wet market.

It is nice to have porridge during this dry and hot weather.

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After lunch, we went walking in one of the nearby shopping mall. Before we went home, the four of us shared the following items for an early dinner in Sun Yin Loong at Aeon Big, Falim.

 Chicken curry in bread.

Steamed sponge cake spread with kaya or coconut jam.

A gossip goes around spreading rumors,

while a trustworthy man tries to quiet them.

(Proverbs 11:13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner With Foodie Friends At New TS VIP Restaurant, Ipoh

On this Friday morning, we faithfully did our usual 6 rounds of walking at the park because that evening we will be joining another foodie group for dinner. 

 Lovely pink sky over the park - 7:05 am

 From pink it slowly changed to pinkish orange - 7:10 am.

 No more pink or orange by 7:20 am.

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Our 2nd time having dinner at New TS VIP Restaurant, Ipoh. This dinner was because of a FAVE promotion. It was a 7 course Chinese dinner at RM 188.

 Curry Chicken Bread

Starting to cut the bread.

 Bread cut into pieces and unwrapping of the foil.

Light fluffy bread is nice for dipping into curry gravy.

We enjoyed the bread and the curry gravy very much.

 Steamed red Tilapia with savoury sauce. 

 Tofu with minced meat topping and blanched veggie.

 Thin crispy pork belly with sticky sauce.

 Blanched okra or lady's fingers.

 Steamed eggs "sam wong tan" (fresh chicken egg, century egg & salted egg)

Soup

Dinner for 9 people.
This is our 1st Fave Pay Promotion dinner.

Looking forward to the next dinner gathering.

But our homeland is in heaven, where our Savior,

the Lord Jesus Christ, is;

and we are looking forward to his return from there.

When he comes back, he will take these dying bodies of ours

and change them into glorious bodies like his own,

using the same mighty power that he will use

to conquer all else everywhere.

(Philippians 3:20-21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At New TS VIP Restaurant @ Ipoh City & Country Club, Ipoh.

One of our church friends called up to invite us to join a group for a Chinese set dinner. A set dinner is usually prepared for 10 people. This is a promotion set dinner costing about RM 400 per set.

The dinner was booked for Monday evening which was a nice cool evening. We looked forward to joining this group not just for dinner but also for fellowship because most of us do not have the time to stay back after church. Our dinner consists of the following:

#1 - Four Hot & Cold Combinations

This is the way it was served.

Snapshot taken from another angle. This set is enough for 12 people.

The following are close up of the 4 combination.

a) Deep fried minced meat rolls.

b) Deep fried sweet potatoes rolls. 

c) Shark's fin omelette.

d) Bacon roll with sticky sauce.

#2 - Roast piglet with mantou or steamed bun.

#3 - Steamed King Garoupa with soy sauce.

#4 - Mongolian Curry Chicken Bread & "Wen Chang" Rice

a) "Wen Chang" claypot rice

b) Server cutting the bread

b) Mongolian curry chicken wrapped with aluminium foil enclosed inside the bread.

#5 - Three Kings Egg with Hong Kong Poached Greens

(Century egg, salted egg and normal chicken egg)

#6 - Double Boiled Snow Fungus with Soya Bean & Chinese Pancake.

We had a good dinner and wonderful fellowship.

We are looking forward to the next dinner.

But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ does,

then we have wonderful fellowship and joy with each other,

and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

(1 John 1:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

New TS VIP Restaurant Sdn. Bhd @ Ipoh City & Country Club,

Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Taman Mansion, Ipoh.

Linking to Good Fences.

Late Lunch At Barracks Cafe, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

After having visited the flowers and cactus gardens, it is time for our late lunch at the Barracks Cafe. Just to be sure, we used the Waze app to lead us to the exact location. It was somewhere off the main road. It was a weekday and there were not many customers. We would love to sit in the garden but were recommended to sit in the barrack because it was hot under the open sky. After having given our food order, it was time to look at the wall decorations.

 A brief history of Cameron Highlands

Located in the state of Pahang, Cameron Highland is Malaysia's largest hill resort. Standing at an elevation of 1524m above sea level. It has a consistently cool climate that never ranges beyond 20 degree celsius.

 It was first discovered in 1885 by William Cameron, a British surveyor in the government service. He stumbled upon this 'Fine plateau shut in by lofty mountains' (as described in his report) during a survey expedition of the mountain range for map-making of the Perak/Pahang border. It remain untouched until the early 1920s, when the narrow bridle path leading up to the mountain was widened and improved.

In 1925, Sir George Maxwell paid a visit to the mountain, which eventually led to the development of the hill station now known affectionately to us as Cameron Highlands.

Pictures of the army in the early days in Cameron Highlands.

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We ordered the following to be shared by 4 people.

Iced Lemon Tea and Hot Lemon Tea.

Mushroom Soup.
After I have taken a few mouthful of soup, only remembered to take pictures.

For every main order, we can choose to add on a set of 1 lemon tea plus a bowl of mushroom soup for an additional RM10.90. There were 4 main orders, so we had 4 add on sets.

We ordered 2 Nasi Lemak Ayam Rendang (19.90 x 2) - RM 39.80.

It consists of a whole chicken leg (ayam rendang), a fried egg, veggie salad, spicy sambal and the rice shaped like a barrack.

It was a big chicken leg.

1 Shotgun Chicken Curry Bread Bowl - RM 21.90

1 Aglio Olio Mushroom Trio - RM 16.90

Total cost of lunch for 4 people - RM 122.20

Toy helicopter hanging from the ceiling of the barrack.

Airplanes on the ceiling.

Display in a glass casing.

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Garden at the Barracks Cafe.

Nice place to enjoy your meal when it is not hot or when the sun has set.

Birds of Paradise in the garden.

You can enjoy your meal and also the lovely garden setting.

Painting on the side of the barrack

White lilies surrounding the Birds of Paradise.

Healthy mint plants growing in the garden.

This place is worth returning and I hope to try their tea and scones on our next visit.

Entrance to the Barracks Cafe.

Operating hours for weekdays - 2 pm to 10 pm,

Saturdays & Sundays - 12 pm to 10 pm.

Off day is Monday

Barracks Cafe,

No. 1, Jalan Gereja, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

The LORD alone guided them; they followed no foreign gods.

He let them ride over the highlands and feast on the crops of the fields.

He nourished them with honey from the rock

and olive oil from the stony ground.

(Deutoronomy 32:12-13, New Living Translation-NLT)