Christmas Blessing From Neighbour And Friend

I will start this post going back to Tuesday. It was a bright and sunny day.

Kledang Hill bathed with sunlight at 7:38am.

We returned from our morning walk and breakfast to find that the roof work had started on one of our neighbour's house.

They chose a good day to change the roof tiles.

The work was completed in less than a day. All the old tiles were carted away and everything was cleared away.

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I harvested some purple and green brinjals from the garden for dinner.

I cut them into thick slices, soaked in salt water. Then I drained off the salt water, sprinkled pepper onto both sides of the brinjal slices and pan fried them until cooked. I served this with some chili oil and roasted sesame dressing.

Fried a thick slice of grouper fish with fried ginger strips and soy sauce. These we ate with plain rice porridge.

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This year I didn't make or buy any thing for Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, I received 2 items from our neighbour.

A fruit cake.

And a fruit jelly.

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On Christmas Day, I received a message telling me to collect something from a friend (ex-colleague's house after church.

Traditional roast pork with potatoes (without oven), using her grandma's recipe. I was told to heat up and sliced the pork thinly before serving which I did as above.

And I cooked non-fried Cintan dried noodle.

Before serving, I poured the gravy over the pork and noodle.

This was our Christmas Day dinner.

There was enough leftover for the next day's dinner.

Panda Bears mural found by the river in front of the Riverfront Hotel.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Judgment will again be founded on justice,

and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

(Psalm 94:15, New Living Translation-NLT)

Seafood Dinner At Hai Boey Seafood, Penang.

We booked an apartment at Tropicana 218 Macalister, Penang for a one night stay. We were informed that we could check-in at 1:30 pm and to wait for someone to deliver us the key to the apartment at the lobby.

Taking snapshots and checking messages on our smartphones while waiting at the lobby.

This is the apartment with 3 rooms.

View from the apartment at level 32.

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We rested and some even took a short nap. After being refreshed, we set out early for dinner to avoid  the evening traffic jam.

Someone recommended Hai Boey Seafood Restaurant at Pasir Belanda, Teluk Kumbar to us.

Fresh seafood

Mantis Shrimps

Menu

For drink, everyone wanted coconut water.

6 local coconuts for RM 30.00

Appetizer: deep fried eggplant (if I am not mistaken) RM 12.00

Nyonya Coconut Prawns - RM 28.00

Lemon steamed Kappa (clams) - RM 15.00

Ladies fingers with spicy sauce - RM 12.00

Red Snapper in clay pot - RM 40.00

Clay pot Flower Crab soup - RM 65.00

Jack fruit - no charge.

Cost of dinner including rice (s size) for 6 people - RM 219.00

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While waiting for the food to be served, we took snapshots.

Cute sculpture with missing front teeth.

Someone wanted a closer shot and photo bombed.

Another cute sculptor.

The restaurant enjoys lovely sea view and beach.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Let the heavens be glad, the earth rejoice;

let the vastness of the roaring seas demonstrate his glory.

(Psalm 96:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Early Dinner At Restoran Hooray, Menglembu.

The dish that draws us back to Restoran Hooray is their signature fried pork with pickled onions. Whenever we are at this restaurant, we always ended up ordering the pork with pickled onions dish. This round was no exception but for the other 2 dishes, we ask the boss to recommend something new which we haven't tried.

 The boss recommended this purple brinjals (eggplants) with preserved vegetable.

 The brinjals were deep fried and topped with preserved vegetables (mui choy) and gravy.

Another dish he recommeded was this - Stir fry fresh crunchy bamboo shoots slices, meat slices, mushrooms, wood fungus, carrots, etc.

 And finally our favourite - fried pork with pickled onions.

These 3 dishes is more than enough for 4 seniors.

Decoration for the moon cake festival at a mall.
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The following pictures are for joining Skywatch Friday.

At 7.20 pm one evening, we were blessed with this stunning sunset sky.

Even hubby was interested in taking a few pictures.

We were going out for dinner.
I have to get out of the car to take these snapshots.

At 7.30 pm on the opposite side of the sunset.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

In the farthest corners of the earth

the glorious acts of God shall startle everyone.

The dawn and sunset shout for joy!

(Psalm 65:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch Gathering At Restoran Yum Yum, Greenhill Drive, Ipoh.

I was out with a friend on Friday morning to pay our bills, had breakfast together and came back home. Just as I was settling down with a glass of drink to relax, I received a message from another friend calling to meet for lunch in half an hour's time. Before I could reply the message, a call came through to make sure that I received the message. I told her that I will be at our meeting place on time.

Our lunch venue was Restoran Yum Yum at No. 5, Persiaran Greenhill, Ipoh. This restaurant serves Nyonya cuisine. It is not easy to find parking places at this location at peak lunch hours. We circled 2 rounds before we could find one, thankfully it was quite near to the restaurant.

While waiting for the others to join us, we ordered the dishes for our lunch.

As usual, I will be looking around for interesting things to take snapshots. I saw this colourful lamp just above our table.

This pretty kebaya top was framed and hung on the wall next to our table, There is another one next to this but I couldn't get a good view of it from where I was seated.

 The first dish to be served - Nyonya Braised Turnips With Shredded Cuttlefish (Ju Hu Char), small portion @ MYR 11.00 (approx. 2.57 USD).

 The Ju Hu Char and lettuce was served in the above boat shaped dish.

 This is Yum Yum Egg or Thai Egg topped with minced pork.

Small portion @ MYR 10.00 (approx. 2.33 USD).

 Lemongrass Chicken,

Small portion @ MYR 13.00 (approx. 3.03 USD)

 Fried Yum Yum Brinjal with Saltfish.

Small portion @ MYR 10.00 (approx. 2.33 USD). 

Sambal Ladies Fingers (topped with spicy prawn paste).

Small portion @ MYR 10.00 (approx. 2.33 USD)

 5 plates white rice.

Small portion - MYR 5.00 (approx. 0.23 USD)

Lunch for 5 people - MYR 64.00 (approx. 14.93 USD) incl. 6% GST.

If I take part in the meal with thankfulness,

why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do,

do it all for the glory of God.

(1 Corinthians 10:30-31, New International Version-NIV)