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)

Fresh Palm Wine & Seafood Lunch At Makanan Laut Jit Yue Hiong, Sitiawan.

Once we have finished our sightseeing, it was time for lunch and we were looking forward to a seafood lunch. We still preferred our regular place and once we have settled down, my friends did the ordering. We didn't order much because of the kompia or bagel snack. We also ordered 2 bowls of Foochow red wine chicken noodle to try while at the sightseeing site. I didn't take any photo of the noodle.

 Whenever we are here, this is a must order - very fresh palm wine.

A friend requested for a small bottle of Guinness Stout to mix with the fresh palm wine. I took a sip to taste but I found that I preferred the plain palm wine on its own.

Oyster & egg omelette - Sitiawan style.

Someone took a piece before I could get my camera ready. Lol!

Steamed fish - Teochew style - fish very fresh and tasty.

A plate of fried rice vermicelli.

Stir fried green veggie with garlic.

A small bowl of sweet sour fish maw soup.

I love this but none of my family member likes this.

We were the early birds.

Then followed by the later birds....

Signboards by the roadside....Kampung Cina, Sitiawan.

It was about 2 pm and time to hit the road to Damai Laut. GPS showed about 26 km and will take about 35 to 40 mins to reach depending on the traffic flow. It was a smooth drive all the way.

"That, by the way, is what baptism pictures for us:

In baptism we show that we have been saved from death

and doom by the resurrection of Christ;

not because our bodies are washed clean by the water

but because in being baptized we are turning to God

and asking him to cleanse our hearts from sin"

(1 Peter 3:21, The Living Bible-TLB)