Tom Yam Soup, Fried Noodle & Chives Omelette

It has been quite a while since we last had combined dinner with our friends at my place. My friends said "yes" and someone will be contributing a dish but she didn't specify what type of dish. I informed them that I will be cooking tom yam soup and chives omelette. It was to be a simple dinner since the four of us couldn't eat much.

This is my pot of tom yam soup with prawns, cauliflower, carrot and abalone mushroom.

Omelette with mantis prawns and home grown chives from my garden.

Contribution from our friends:

Fried yellow noodle with big prawns.

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After dinner, the men watched TV while the women did the washing up. We rested awhile and then someone suggested going to Aeon Big for some dessert.

These birds on the tree top opposite my house were very noisy, happy to return home to rest for the night. I took this snapshot before I got into the car.

Our dessert at Sun Yin Loong Cafe at Aeon Big, Falim.

We ordered 2 sets of Affogato (ice cream with black coffee)

Hubby and I shared this Affogato and Honey Lemon drink.

Crepe Jasmine or Pinwheel Jasmine by the roadside.

I stopped for this snapshot on our walk home.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

A father can give his sons homes and riches,

but only the Lord can give them understanding wives.

(Proverbs 19:14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Fu Lim Restaurant, Ipoh

We have been talking and asking for venue suggestions for dinner on the 1st Friday of March from our group. We finally decided on Fu Lim Restaurant, Menglembu because one of our group members has not been there before. We booked a table for 6 people for 6:30pm to avoid the dinner crowd. We ordered the following dishes.

Stir fried baby Chinese kai lan.

Fried tofu with minced pork topping.

Assam prawns, fish slices and squid, very appetizing dish.

Deep fried chicken marinated with prawn sauce.

Total cost of dinner = RM112.89 (incl. rice and drink). After dinner, we drove over to Aeon Big Falim. After having bought fruits and a few things from supermarket, we stop at Sun Yin Loong White Coffee to ice-cream.

We ordered 3 Affogato ice-cream (with black coffee) for 3 couples to share. The photo showing the coffee poured over the ice cream turn out blurr, so I have to discard it.

Orange Firecracker flowers from my garden.

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All photos credited to Joshua.

Today, I am sharing another aquarium fish from a friend.

Blue King Tetra (Cochu's Blue).

These are some of the smaller varieties of tetra fish. For the best result and for beautiful aquarium scenery, they do best on a planted aquarium.

This blue coloured fish is small in size and is one of the best choices for a schooling fish for a planted tank. A densely planted tank with a lot of hiding places will help to bring out its colour to the fullest. It is usually streamlined in shape and it can grow lengthwise up to 1.6 inches.

Linking to Saturday's Critters & Garden Affair.

You are my hiding place from every storm of life;

you even keep me from getting into trouble!

You surround me with songs of victory.

(Psalm 32:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Teochew Porridge At Restoran Sin Hup Heng Chaozhou, Ipoh

Last Monday, our friends wanted to eat Teochew porridge. We agreed to meet at Restoran Sin Hup Heng Chaozhou at Jalan Theatre, Ipoh. We have to be there before the lunch crowd to get a table that can accommodate 4 people according to the requirement of MCO for physical distancing. We ordered the following dishes for 4 people.

Fried salted pork belly. Crispy on the outside and succulent on the inside.

Braised tofu in soy sauce.

Lala or clams cooked with salted soy beans.

Watercress with belacan or prawn paste.

Onion omelette

Crispy deep fried fish (precooked or "suk yu" in Cantonese).

Sweet potato porridge

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After lunch, we drove over to Sangkaya because our friends wanted some ice-cream and coffee.

We ordered ice-cream to share and coffee for the men.

Chilling with good company on a nice quiet afternoon.

Be beautiful inside, in your hearts, with the lasting charm

of a gentle and quiet spirit that is so precious to God.

(1 Peter 3:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Chili Pan Mee (Dry Version) & Fried Tom Yam Beehoon

Yesterday, 92nd day MCO

It was a rainy morning, so we didn't go for our morning walk.

About 7:10 am, we were in our car driving out to town with the above stainless steel food carriers to buy breakfast. We had 2 food stalls in mind, either one will do.

The first place we went to, Kedai Kopi YW, was opened for business. We placed our order and the waiting time was not long. Before MCO, the shortest waiting time was 30 minutes.

 We bought Chili pan mee (dry version), served with minced meat, wood fungus, mushrooms, crispy fried anchovies and spicy chili oil.

 Accompanying the chili pan mee is green veggie in clear soup.

 Delicious and satisfying breakfast for 2 people. 

 From a different stall at the same coffee shop, I bought 2 curry puffs and sponge cake. We ate the curry puffs for our lunch.

 I managed to pluck this fig before the birds could get to it.

Even though not fully ripe, it was slightly sweet and nice to eat.

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Simple dinner

Out of the blue, I was craving for fried tom yum noodle. I used whatever ingredients I could find in the fridge to cook a big batch of fried tom yum noodle. We ate the 1st half portion for dinner and kept the 2nd half for next day's breakfast.

 After dinner, we had Magnum ice cream for dessert.

 Something that is sweet and cold to complete our dinner.

The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.

(Proverbs 27:9, New Living Translation-NLT)

Home Made Gui Ling Gao - Chinese Herbal Jelly

Yesterday morning (79th day MCO), I woke up to the sound of pitter patter of the falling rain on my front porch awning.

By 7:00 am, the rain stopped. 

 Lovely sunrise at 7:10 am.

 Starting off on our morning walk at 7:20 am.

 Reached home after morning walk at 7:50 am.

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Breakfast

I took out the 4 bbq steamed buns given by a friend from the fridge. To warm up the buns, I re-steamed them for breakfast. 

 Steamed bbq buns and Nescafe for our breakfast.

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Mid-morning, when I was de-cluttering my kitchen table top, I came across a packet of Gui Ling Gao powder. That was when I decided to make some herbal jelly.

Gui Ling Gao or Chinese Black Herbal Jelly

These chilled herbal jelly is soothing to the throat.

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For lunch, I re-baked 2 croissants bought from the supermarket. I slit the croissants lengthwise to spread pineapple jam along the slit. Hubby and I had croissants with pineapple jam for lunch. (Sorry, no photo to show).

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Mid-afternoon

 I have shown the above picture in an earlier post. I bought the above ice-creams from the supermarket, kept them in the freezer and totally forgotten about them. Hubby remembered and took out the 2 vanilla cornetto (blue wrapper).

 Hubby handed 1 vanilla cornetto to me.

Love the chunky nuts and crunchy waffle cone.

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Dinner

I don't feel like eating rice so I cooked noodle for dinner.

 Ingredients for my home cooked noodle (wet version):

• Stir fry chopped garlic in a little oil, then add fresh mushrooms slices, stuffed beancurd slices and stir fry.
• Add in cut napa cabbage and add in water (just enough to make a small amount of soup base) and let the water boil.
• Then add in the dried noodle and let it cook till the cabbage and noodle softened.
• Add in the prawns (pre-marinated with a little sugar), oyster sauce and salt to taste.
• Add the spring onions and the 2 eggs. Cover the 2 eggs with the noodle, off the fire and lightly stir.
• You can dish out the noodle into a big bowl or into individual serving bowls.
• The noodle is best eaten with the following condiments:

 Condiments: Dry spicy sambal and bird's eye chilies in soy sauce or sambal chili belacan if available.

Yellow Hibiscus with multi layer petals from my garden.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

God - the one who made all things

and for whose glory all things exist -

wanted many people to be his children and share his glory.

So he did what he needed to do.

He made perfect the one who leads those people to salvation.

He made Jesus a perfect Savior through his suffering.

(Hebrews 2:10, Easy-to-Read Version-ERV)

Indian Cuisine For Breakfast, Glutinous Chicken Rice For Dinner.

We have been passing by this roadside stall whenever we go on our morning walk. There will customers waiting in line to take away their breakfast. So yesterday the 78th day MCO, we crossed over to the other side of the road to see what the Indian lady and her daughter are selling. They sells nasi lemak, fried rice vermicelli, and idli (rice cake). Since this is the first time, we bought the following items to try.

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Breakfast

Fried vermicelli Indian style with spicy sambal.

Hubby's breakfast with Nescafe.

My breakfast with Nescafe.

2 idli (rice cake) with coconut chutney and dhal curry. I asked for 1 idli but I was told that I had to take 2 idli instead.

Mid morning: Hubby and I went shopping at Aeon Big Falim. Among the items I bought were the above ice-creams and some potato crisps (not in the picture).

A friend sent some of their home grown Jack fruits to us.

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Lunch

Herbal chicken soup with croissants bought from Aeon Big Falim.

Remaining portion of the herbal chicken soup from the previous day.

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Dinner

2 pax of glutinous rice with chicken (lor mai kai) from a friend.

I rather they do not use these aluminium foil.

To warm up, I steamed the lor mai kai.

Onion and egg omelette - special request from hubby.

Blanched baby kai lan (Chinese broccoli) drizzled with garlic oil and soy sauce.

Strange combination for a satisfying dinner for 2 people.

Dear friends, don't be bewildered or surprised

when you go through the fiery trials ahead, for this is no strange,

unusual thing that is going to happen to you.

Instead, be really glad - because these trials will make you partners

with Christ in his suffering, and afterwards you will have the

wonderful joy if sharing his glory in that coming day

when it will be displayed.

(1 Peter 4:12-13, The Living Bible-TLB)