Herbal Fish Soup, Kung Pao Fish Slices & Sweet Potato Leaves

It was a Friday. The morning was clear, nice and cool, great for morning walk.

Sunrise at 7:07am

On the reverse side, low cloud over Kledang Hill - 7:09am.

Sunrise at 7:10am.

On the reverse side, reflection of sunrise on Kledang Hill - 7:12am.

Sunrise partially blocked by dark clouds - 7:32am.

Kledang Hill - 7:35am.

This was another day with overcast sky.

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Back in my garden.

This is one of 2 pots of cauliflower in my garden.

This is what is left of the 2nd cauliflower plant. The grasshopper had eaten most of the leaves. I had to shoo, shoo, shoo the grasshopper away, hope it will not return to my garden.

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Dinner with friends at Restoran Makanan Laut Piew in Falim.

We ordered snakehead fish (san yu in Cantonese).

The fish slices cooked as "kung pao" style.

The bony part of the fish was used for cooking herbal soup. There was very little wine in the soup. We could hardly taste the wine, more of a herbal soup.

Sweet potato leaves in claypot.

Overall, it was a yummy-licious dinner for 4 people on a rainy evening.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

With good men in authority, the people rejoice;

but with the wicked in power, they groan.

(Proverbs 29:2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Piew Seafood Restaurant, Menglembu

The day started with the following sunrise. For the past weeks, the sky has been mostly cloudy.

Sunrise at 7:38 am

Sunrise at 7:40 am

Hibiscus by the roadside near my house.

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For dinner, someone suggested a revisit to Piew Seafood Restaurant which we have not been to since our previous dinner about 2 years ago.

We ordered pork belly with salted fish in clay pot @ RM15.

This is a very appetizing dish.

An assorted vegetable dish @ RM8.

We ordered 1 snakehead fish (freshwater) to be used to cook 2 types of dishes.

The meat slices cooked with ginger slices and spring onion.

The rest of the fish used to boil herbal + wine soup.

Both the fish dishes cost RM67. Dinner for 4 people costs RM96.

Since the pandemic and the current increasing cases of Covid-19, business has not been good.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

 Dear friends, God the Father chose you long ago and

knew you would become his children.

And the Holy Spirit has been at work in your hearts,

cleansing you with the blood of Jesus Christ

and making you to please him.

May God bless you richly and grant you

increasing freedom from all anxiety and fear.

(1 Peter 1:2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Restoran Wah Chai, Bandar Baru Menglembu.

It was a Friday and it was not a bright, sunny day. Throughout the whole day, the sky looked like it was going to pour down heavy rain any time. We were able to enjoy our early morning walk at the park.

Morning sky at 6:50 am at the park.

That evening, it was our usual Friday dinner with friends. We wanted to try a new place in Menglembu, we had the address but we need Waze app to direct us to the exact location.

Koon Poh Snakehead fish meat slices

(cooked with onions, ginger, dried chilies and spring onions)

Herbal and wine soup cooked with the bony parts of the Snakehead fish.

Paku Pakis fern cooked with spicy prawn paste. 

Fried tofu with minced meat gravy.

Sourish stewed pork leg in clay pot.

It was a delightful and satisfying dinner for 6 people.

Linked to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble!

Then your light will shine out from the darkness,

and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day.

And The Lord will guide you continually

and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too;

and you will be like a well-watered garden,

like an ever-flowing spring.

(Isaiah 58:10-11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Restoran J.J. Fatt, Lawan Kuda, Gopeng

Our next stop after breakfast at Restoran He Ping Xiao Shi in Brinchang, Cameron Highlands was at Kea Farm. Our purpose was to get some vegetables for home use or as gifts for our neighbours. 

Nice view from Kea Farm, Cameron Highland.

White clouds and blue sky

It looked like it will rain soon.

We are now in the midst of the northeast monsoon season, and we decided to start our journey home early before the rain started.

Daikon or white radish from Cameron Highlands.

No, we didn't buy this because I have this growing in my garden.

We bought some local grown beans and asparagus to take home.

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We reached the lowlands about 1:00 pm and stop for lunch at Restoran J. J. Fatt, Lawan Kuda, Gopeng.

Stir fried fern heads or paku pakis with spicy prawn paste.

Roast pork with leek.

We ordered snakehead fish (sang yu).

The flesh used for stir frying with ginger slices and spring onions.

And the bony parts of the fish used for boiling herbal soup with wine added.

We came across this Vespa bike during one of our early morning walks at The Quintet.

Thank God for His protection and journey mercy to and fro for our 3D2N holiday in Cameron Highlands.

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

We live within the shadow of the Almighty,

sheltered by the God who is above all gods.

This I declare, that he alone is my refuge, my place of safety;

he is my God, and I am trusting him.

For he rescues you from every trap and

protects you from the fatal plague...

(Psalm 91:1-3, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Tambun Prawn Village Restoran In Bukit Tambun, Penang.

After spending 2 hours or more at the Ikea Store in Bukit Kawan, we were looking forward to an early dinner in Bukit Tambun.

Further down this road is the Jetty Seafood Restaurant.

Restoran Makanan Laut Prawn Village, Bagan Bukit Tambun.

You could easily miss this place because the restaurant is lower than the road and there are steps leading down to the restaurant.

Chinese art next to the entrance of restaurant.

Snapshot taken from the restaurant.

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We had the following dishes for dinner for 5 people.

Simple stir fried green amaranth and carrot slices with garlic.

Medium size @ RM 12.00

A herbal soup base to cook the Grouper fish slices

Giant Grouper fish slices.

Fish slices + herbal soup base @ RM 55.00

Curry Prawn Bread @ RM 30.00

Meat crabs cooked in sour and spicy sauce @ RM 80.00

I love to eat bread dipped in this sauce.

Eating crabs cooked in this way can be very delicious but also very time consuming and messing. Anyway, we have the time to enjoy our meal.

Total lunch including tea, rice, etc for 5 people = RM 203.00

Mud crabs all tied up to prevent them from getting away.

This restaurant has been recognised for its "Fair Price" by the Ministry of Domestic Trade And Consumer Affairs. This was displayed outside the restaurant.

I know very well how foolish it sounds to those who are lost,

when they hear that Jesus died to save them.

But we who are saved recognize this message as the very power of God.

For God says, "I will destroy all human plans of salvation no matter

how wise they seem to be, and ignore the best ideas of men,

even the most brilliant of them."

(1 Corinthians 1:18-19, The Living Bible-TLB)

Driving All The Way To Lawan Kuda For Dinner At Restoran JJ Fatt.

The places that we usually go for dinner are in and around Ipoh. But there will be times when one of us will suggest some places that are outside of Ipoh. Our latest out of Ipoh dinner with friends was at Restoran J.J. Fatt, main road of Lawan Kuda, Gopeng. This is one of the regular restaurants we will visit whenever we are in the same vicinity or happen to be passing by during meal time.

The restaurants here are known for serving the popular snakehead fish dishes.  Snakehead fish is also known as "san yu in Cantonese" or "ikan haruan in Malay". We usually order one fish and have it cooked in 2 different ways as seen in the following 2 pictures.

Fish meat slices stir fried with dried chilies and sauce.

The remaining bony parts of fish for cooking herbal soup.

Lemon grass chicken.

Paku pakis fern sauteed with spicy prawn paste.

After dinner, we will take a leisure drive back to Ipoh.

The day started with a lovely sunrise @ 7.20 am.

Mid day sky @ 1.25 pm.

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The following pictures are for joining Saturday's Critters.

This looks like some kind of grasshopper.

A spotted orange grasshopper?

A tiny insect on my Malabar Spinach leaf.

This looks like the same type of insect found on the Malabar Spinach leaf above.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse

so that there will be food enough in my Temple;

if you do, I will open up the windows of heaven for you and

pour out a blessing so great you won't have room enough to take it in!

"Try it! Let me prove it to you!

Your crops will be large, for I will guard them from insects and plagues.

Your grapes won't shrivel away before they ripen," says the Lord Almighty.

"And all nations will call you blessed,

for you will be a land sparkling with happiness.

These are the promises of the Lord Almighty.

(Malachi 3:10:12, The Living Bible-TLB)