Enoki Mushroom & Blanched Nai Pak Choy

The sky looks dark and felt like it was going to rain anytime soon.

Morning sky at 6:45am.

6:50am.

We decided to drive out to town for breakfast.

7am.

Hubby was looking forward to his favourite curry noodle.

7:05am.

Not much traffic at this time.

7:10am.

Looking forward to having breakfast at Kedai Kopi Ah Chow, Ipoh old town.

Hubby's dry curry noodle (yellow noodle).

This round, I ordered the prawn noodle.

For extra oomph, I poured the whole plate of sambal into the bowl of prawn noodle.

Back home, I harvested the remaining nai pak choy from hubby's vertical garden.

For dinner, I blanched the nai pak choy and enoki mushrooms, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Our dinner consisted of brown rice porridge and the blanched nai pak choy and enoki mushrooms. This simple dinner is enough to fill our tummy. Just before retiring for the night, we each had a cup of hot milo-o (just plain milo with any sweentener).

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Hallelujah! Thank you, Lord! How good you are!

Your love for us continues on forever.

Who can ever list the glorious miracles of God?

Who can ever praise him half enough?

(Psalm 106:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Steamed Sweet Lips Fish & Fried Minced Meat Patties

3rd day of Chinese New Year 2022 (3rd of Feb). While the young men were still sleeping, the early risers (hubby and I) went out for our breakfast.

Sunrise at 7:20am

No morning walk for us for the whole week of Chinese New Year celebration.

Sunrise at 7:25am.

We had breakfast at one of our regular coffee shops.

I ordered 1 plain polo bun.

Hubby ordered pre-fried noodle (yee mee) in soup.

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Lunch for 4 people.

Sweet Lips Fish from elder son's fishing trip.

I cut the fish into 2 halves. Even half the fish was too much for 4 of us. I steamed the top half and topped with blended ginger and garlic oil.

Beef slices cooked with king oyster mushrooms and fresh shittake mushrooms.

Three dishes including a plate of green (blanched choy fah) for dinner.

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Dinner for 3 people.

Younger son going out for dinner with friends.

Minced meat with egg patties. This is something I which I haven't had for a long, long time. This is my childhood's favourite and also I used to cook for my sons.

Cabbage with beef slices.

Added the ladies finger harvested from my garden.

Simple dinner for 3 of us.

This mural shows 2 washer women signed by Kareem.

Dulang washers are usually women who pan for tin sediments at the water's edge.

Linking to Monday Mural.

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)

Steamed Enoki Mushroom & Pumpkin With Dried Prawns

While waiting to harvest the vegetables from my garden, I will buy some vegetables from the mini market after my early morning walk. I have used up all the home grown vegetables in my fridge except for one white bitter gourd. It is too small to cook a dish on its own. So I came up with my own recipe, and a weird one too! If my mother comes to know about it, she will shake her head in disbelief. Imagine adding bitter gourd to a pumpkin dish - a combination of sweet and bitter!

 Pumpking and white bitter gourd cooked with dried prawns.

I love pumpkin because it is sweet. I don't know what to do with a tiny bitter gourd, so I just simply add to this pumpkin dish. No worry, as long as I am the one eating it.

 Steamed Enoki Mushrooms

(Sprinkled with lots of fried garlic crisps, garlic oil, spring onion, scallop sauce and soy sauce)

 Chinese Cabbage Soup

(cooked with all the little of whatever I didn't used up, and needed to be cleared from the fridge)

 My simple dinner cooked with impromptu recipes using whatever ingredients I can find in my fridge.

 Lovely morning at the park after a heavy downpour.

 Sunset Bells from my garden.

The flowers and leaves are still wet with rain water.

Antique clothes irons found at the Flea Market.

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

A friendly discussion is as stimulating as the sparks

that fly when iron strikes iron.

(Proverbs 27:17, The Living Bible-TLB)

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As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend

(Proverbs 27:17, New Living Translation-NLT)

Dinner At My Kitchen Restaurant, Ipoh

The day started with a lovely sunrise. Took these sunrise shots from outside the front gate.

 Sunrise at 7:04 am

My yellow "dancing ladies" orchid.

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We had dinner with friends at My Kitchen Restaurant, off Jalan Gopeng. We haven't been here for a long time.

For drinks, we ordered: 2 hot Chan Pi Lemon tea - RM 9.60,

2 ice Chan Pi Lemon tea - RM 11.20

I was thirsty, drank before taking snapshot.

 Healthy rice x 4 - RM 6.00

From the menu, our friends chose Set A (RM 49.80) for 4 people.

 Sweet sour pork

 Steamed Enoki Mushroom

 Stir fried mix vegetables

 Lemon grass chicken

 Total cost of dinner for 4 people - RM 81.20

inclusive of 6 % tax.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Pay everyone whatever he ought to have:

pay your taxes and import duties gladly, obey those over you,

and give honor and respect to all those to whom it is due.

(Romans 13:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Simple Steamed Pork Ribs & Mushrooms Dishes For Dinner

I have started home cooking again as the weather is much cooler now. I choose to cook simple dishes such as the following where I don't have to spend long hours in the warm kitchen.

 Steamed savoury pork ribs (pre-marinated)

 Steamed fresh abalone mushrooms with lots of julienned ginger and vegetable oil & drizzled with oyster sauce before serving.

Blanched green vegetable topped with deep friend dried shrimps, garlic, garlic oil & oyster sauce.

 Pretty pink Mexican Petunias or Bluebell flowers and Periwinkles from my garden.

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Sharing some photos of the following items from the National Museum. 

1. Small copper cannon used as currency or for barter trade in the 19th century in Borneo, including Brunei. It was also used as a gift from a bridegroom to his bride's family in Brunei and Sarawak.
2. A kettle shaped copper vessel with a handle and a spout, used to hold water.
3. A cupak made from a coconut shell used as a traditional measuring cup.  

 The above vest was used by Bugis warriors in the 18th century. It is made from pieces of buffalo horn held together with iron rings.

A long keris or a kind of sword used by a warrior.

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

Telling lies about someone is as harmful as hitting him with an ax,

or wounding him with a sword, or shooting him with a sharp arrow.

(Proverbs 25:18, The Living Bible-TLB)