Scrumptious Dinner At Restoran Fan Chen Mei, Bercham

Recently, hubby's foodie friend recommended a restaurant and we went to try out the food on an evening when I didn't cook. We overheard one of the customer ordering coconut chicken soup and we too wanted to order the same. It has been a long time since we last had this soup. Before we ordered, we were told that their offer item for that day was clam (lala). To qualify for the offer, we have to order 2 other dishes excluding the soups. Since we wanted the soup, we declined the offer and will return to enjoy the offer on another day.

Double steamed coconut chicken soup @ RM6.80 (2 servings). When the soup was brought to our table, we could smell the fragrance of the coconut soup.

Fried soft and silky tofu @ RM13.00, topped with pickled radish & minced pork.

They made their own tofu.

Marmite pork rib @ RM16.00. Nice and tender.

Total cost of dinner: RM38.40.

(including 2 small portion rice + 1 Chinese tea)

Business hours for dine-in: from 2pm to 8pm.

Tuesday is their off day.

Location: 3a, Persiaran Medan Bercham 3,

Taman Bercham Baru, Ipoh.

The next day, we returned to the same restaurant with our friends.

On Friday, their offer item is Tilapia fish.

Steamed Tilapia fish with spicy sauce @ RM16.80.

To qualify for the offer, we ordered the next 2 dishes.

#1 - Stinky beans with minced pork @ RM16.00

#2 - Water spinach (kangkong) with fermented bean curd (fu yue) @ RM7.00

Spicy sour fish maw soup (Foochow style) @ RM13.00

This is enough for 4 people.

We also ordered coconut chicken soup for our friends to try @ RM6.80.

Total cost of dinner for 4 people = RM65.10

(including 4 rice, small portion and drink).

Sunset at 7:06pm

After dinner, we took a short drive around the area.

Sunset at 7:14pm.

Sunset at 7:15pm.

Sunset at 7:22pm.

On our way home, driving on the highway.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate!

The highway to hell is broad and its gate is wide enough

for all the multitudes who choose its easy way.

But the Gateway to Life is small,

and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.

(Matthew 7:13-14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Cuttlefish With Peanut Sauce & Home Cooked Dinners

During this rainy season, my sweet potato leaves are growing fast. We couldn't consume fast enough and I have been distributing the leaves to my friends and neighbours. One of the ways of cooking sweet potato leaves is to blanch them and drizzled with garlic oil and soy sauce. Another way is to saute them with garlic and salt.

 Sweet potato patch in front of my house.

This is one of the many varieties of sweet potato plants.
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Dinner #1

Sauteed sweet potato leaves with chopped garlic

Sprinkled with crispy deep fried chicken skin.

 I boiled chicken in coconut water together with the coconut flesh, red dates and goji berries. Yellow noodle for hubby.

 I prefer mine with mee sua (soft and fine wheat flour noodle).

This is one of our favourite snack i.e. cuttlefish and water spinach with peanut sauce.

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Dinner #2

Pan fried frozen paratha bread with non-stick pan.

Paratha bread is best eaten with home cooked beef and potato curry.

Sauteed home grown cucumber with dried prawns and garlic.

Sharing with you my Orange Firecracker flowers from my garden.

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There was a Family Fun Day event at the Polo Ground, Ipoh.

After breakfast, we stopped at the recreational park.

It was about 9:05 am and it was a sunny day.

It was a busy Saturday morning at the park.

The event had ended and many were preparing to leave.

It was hot and I stood under the shade of a tree to snap these photos.

These photos were taken against the sunlight.

After a few snapshots, we went back to our car and drove home.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you

with inner strength through his Spirit.

Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him.

Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong.

(Ephesians 3:17-17, New Living Translation-NLT)

Dinner Again At Restoran Makanan Laut Old Man, Ipoh.

When we enjoyed the first meal, naturally we will go back for the second meal. Our second dinner happened to fall on the eve of Malaysia Day celebration. This round, we decided to order something different from what we had previously.

Double steamed coconut chicken soup will be great on a cool, wet night.

Chicken and dried Chinese herbs soup steamed in an old coconut together with the coconut flesh @ MYR 22.

This is the amount when the soup and content was poured out into a big bowl. The soup was thick and sweet, very rich in flavour. Each of us get to enjoy a small bowl of this nutritious soup.

They make their own bbq pork, served with some vegetable salad and thick bbq sauce @ MYR 13.

Stinky beans with minced meat with sambal belacan @ MYR 15.

Sweet potato leaves with sambal belacan @ MYR 8.
Total cost of dinner for 4 people = MYR 63.20.

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The following photos are for joining Skywatch Friday.

New housing project.

I managed to snap these photos from the front passenger seat as we were passing by.

Blue sky with white clouds.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

When a king's face brightens, it means life;

his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

(Proverbs 16:15, New International Version-NIV)