Gulai Lemak Udang (Prawn Curry) & Roasted Pork For Dinner

We had a lovely sunrise on this particular morning.

Lovely pink sunrise.

Took these snapshots on our morning walk.

Beautiful sunrise.

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We walked to our regular coffee shop for breakfast.

We shared a bowl of fish noodle.

Polo bun sandwich with ham and fried egg for sharing.

I ordered herbal tea and hubby ordered unsweetened coffee (kopi-C kosong).

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After breakfast, we visited an old friend who came back from KL during the Hari Raya weeklong holiday.

We met at a food court near to her place. We ordered cold drinks and our favourite snack. The days pass by so fast and we want to appreciate every moment together.

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Home cooked dinner.

Gulai lemak udang or Prawn curry with turmeric and coconut milk. I used belimbing buluh and pineapples. This was suppose to be a one dish dinner.

Just as I was halfway cooking the prawn curry, my neighbour handed over some roasted pork. When the prawn curry was cooked, I handed over a portion to them.

A blessing that we are neighbours.

Ixora flowers from my garden.

It was in a semi shaded place, now we have moved it to an open space without shade.

Linking to Friday Bliss and Skywatch Friday.

The LORD himself watches over you!

The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade.

(Psalm 121:5, New Living Translation-NLT)

Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022

Happy New Year 2022!

We had a simple home cooked dinner at home on New Year Eve. Too eager to start dinner that I forgot to snapshot the dishes I cooked. Nothing special. I cooked bbq pork belly (char siew), stewed chicken feet with dried shiitake mushrooms, blanched 1 green (choy fah) and stir fry beansprout. We will be having the leftover with noodle for lunch later.

New Year Eve Blessings from a friend who came to visit us.

We were blessed with fragrant biscuits or Heong Peah bought from Taiping,

and pandan layer cake from Klang.

Pandan layer cake is one of my favourite cake.

We enjoyed this cake because it is not very sweet, just nice for us.

It says here that the pandan layer cake has to be consumed within 3 days.

We need to finish the pandan layer cake before we can start to taste the fragrant biscuits.

Hubby bought some deep fried stinky glutinous rice cake (nian gao) for our friend to try.

He also bought a few pieces of deep fried taro slices.

This time I remembered to take a snapshot of the sticky, gluey glutinous rice cake sandwiched between thin slice of sweet potato on one side and thin slice of taro on the other side.

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Breakfast on the 1st Day of New Year 2022.

Fish Noodle wine extra wine added,

plus some fried stuff,

and 2 bowls of herbal tea.

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The following photos were taken a few months ago.

I heard dogs parking and when I looked out I saw these beautiful dogs passing by led by their owners.

The owners were taking their 3 dogs for a walk and when they walked past, other dogs were barking at them.

This was on another day.

The dogs caught sight of a cat which ran to hide under the truck parked by the roadside.

The dogs were restrained from going after the cat that was hiding under the truck.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

A wise man restrains his anger and overlooks insults.

This is to his credit.

(Proverbs 19:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Shredded Chicken Noodle & Steamed Black Pomfret

On this particular Sunday, we went to one of our regular coffee shop for breakfast.

We ordered shredded chicken noodle (kai si hor fun).

Without prawns is RM5, with prawns is RM5.50.

We can now enjoy delicious kai si hor fun without having to drive out to town.

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Back home in my garden.

Home grown Bentong ginger in a shallow pot.

Bentong ginger growing in a shallow pot and in black plastic bag.

Hoping to harvest enough ginger for the coming Chinese New Year.

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Home cooked dinner for 2.

I need to clear some extra minced meat already thawed in the fridge and I wanted to also clear 2 frozen black pomfret so that I can stock up some fresh ones.

Home grown green brinjals (eggplants) sauteed with garlic and minced meat.

Steamed black pomfret with chopped garlic, pickled radish (choy poh) and chili. Seasoned with oyster sauce, salt and sugar. Squeezed some lime juice over the steamed fish before serving. We enjoyed the overload topping.

Mural on the side wall of a corner shop in Ipoh old town.

This snapshot was taken in 2015 and I think it is still there.

This is near to the restaurant which is famous for serving frozen beer.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Your faithfulness extends to every generation,

like the earth you created; it endures by your decree,

for everything serves your plans.

(Psalm 119:90-91, The Living Bible-TLB)

Shredded Chicken Noodle (Kai Si Hor Fun) & Chinese Rojak

This was Saturday, 1st of May, 2021. We started out early for our morning walk with the moon right above us.

It was dark at 6:15am.

Thanks to the moon and the street lights.

6:50am - We can still see the moon above us.

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We stopped at our regular coffee shop for breakfast. This was before MCO 3.0 and dine-in was allowed. We usually get to sit at our usual small table for 2 when there are not many people, except for the early birds.

I ordered a bowl of shredded chicken noodle (kai si hor fun) and herbal tea. 

Hubby and I shared the 4 pieces of fried stuffed items. Hubby's order came late and I was too busy eating to remember to take snapshot of his breakfast.

Kai si hor fun is flat rice noodle with shredded chicken, prawn slices and chives. I like to add the cut bird's eye chili to the hot broth.

Delicious kai si hor fun at Kopitiam Huan Le,

No. 3, Lorong Taman 11, Taman Pertama, Ipoh.

After shopping at Billion Mart, Jelapang, we had Chinese Rojak for lunch at Restoran Seong Seng, Jalan Jelapang. Hubby ordered fried noodle and it took a long time coming because of the queue.

This set was placed at the back of the restaurant.

Anything with shades of red is very striking and attractive.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

If you see some poor man being oppressed by the rich,

with miscarriage of justice anywhere throughout the land,

don't be surprised!

For every official is under orders from higher up,

and the higher officials look up to their superiors.

And so the matter is lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

(Ecclesiastes 5:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Jack Fruit, Roti Canai & Home Cooked Dinner

This was a Monday, 4th day of Lunar New Year. I didn't take snapshots of our breakfast and by now I have forgotten what we ate for breakfast that morning. That morning our friend gave us some Jack fruits which she bought when she was at the wet market.

I washed and removed the seeds and we ate as mid morning snack.

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Roti Canai for lunch.

Our friend also bought for us 3 pieces of roti canai from the same wet market.

I warmed up the roti canai in a non stick pan. There were 3 pieces which were not very big. I cut it up and placed it in 2 plates.

2 types of curry gravies were given which I also warmed up separately.

Monk fruit or loh han kor boiled with red dates and goji berries.

Simple and filling lunch for 2 people.

Afternoon sky at 4:30pm.

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Simple home cooked dinner.

Since the weather is hot, I boiled soup with lotus root, carrot, red dates, goji berries and pork rib. I blanched some home grown sweet potato leaves and drizzled with the remaining garlic oil without the garlic crisp. I will have to prepare a new batch of garlic oil.

After washing up after dinner, I took the garbage out. I quickly washed my hands and took out my smartphone to take this snapshot of this sunset sky.

In a wealthy home there are dishes made of gold and

silver as well as some made from wood and clay.

The expensive dishes are used for guests,

and the cheap ones are used in the kitchen or to put garbage in.

If you stay away from sin you will be like one of these dishes

made of purest gold - the very best in the house - so that

Christ himself can use you for his highest purposes.

(2 Timothy 2:20-21, The Living Bible-TLB)