Breakfast On A Gloomy Day

The ground was still wet from the early morning rain. 

Low cloud covering the top of Kledang Hill - 7:10am.

Sunrise at 7:20am - as we were driving out to town for breakfast.

I took these photos from a moving car. Hubby was the driver.

We had breakfast at Kedai Kopi Keng Nam, which we haven't been to for a long time.

Hubby ordered dry curry noodle.

I ordered chee cheong fun or steamed rice noodle roll.

Half without filling and half with yam bean filling.

Curry gravy, chili sauce and pickled green chili.

When I am here, I couldn't resist ordering this steamed glutinous rice with kaya (coconut jam). The glutinous rice is "lemak" with "santan" or coconut milk.

Our drinks: Unsweetened black coffee for me and Chinese tea for hubby.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Don't do anything that will cause criticism against yourself

even though you know that what you do is right.

For, after all, the important thing for us as Christians is not

what we eat or drink but stirring up goodness

and peace and joy from the Holy Spirit.

(Romans 14:16-17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Curry Noodle, Roast Pork, Glutinous Rice With Kaya & Chempedak Cake

This was the last Wednesday of September.  As usual, we did our morning walk.

In the compound of a corner house that we pass by on our morning walk, there is a pair of papaya trees. On the left is a male papaya tree with flowers on long stalks and without papaya. On the right is a female papaya tree with 2 papayas.

Is this modern art?

After morning walk, drove out to town to buy curry noodles for breakfast.

While I was waiting for the curry noodles, hubby went next door to buy RM10 roast pork.

Curry noodle (dry version) for hubby - RM7

Curry noodle (soup version) for me - RM7.

Both curry noodles have roast pork, char siew & chicken meat.

On the way home, I stopped to buy the above glutinous rice (coloured with blue pea flower) with coconut jam (kaya) - RM2.50

I also bought chempedak cake - RM12.

Curry puff - RM2.60

All the above snacks were kept for lunch and afternoon tea.

Cloudy sky for the whole day.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

These trials are only to test your faith,

to see whether or not it is strong and pure.

It is being tested as fire tests gold and purifies it - and

your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold; so if 

your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials,

it will bring you much praise and glory

and honor on the day of his return.

(1 Peter 1:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Sichuan Salted Vegetable Soup & Steamed Chinese Sausage

This was a Thursday. No rain, nice weather, and we can go for our morning walk. Yay!

Morning sky 7:17

Sunrise at 7:25am.

Sunrise partially blocking the sunrise - 7:35am.

Simple and cheap breakfast.

Nasi lemak RM1.50.

2 pieces of fried dough (ma keok), RM1.10 per piece.

2 pieces of toast with coconut jam (kaya).

Chinese art mural on the wall of a Chinese school.

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Home cooked dinner

Sichuan salted vegetable soup with carrot, tomatoes and pork rib.

Sauteed cabbage + home grown ladies fingers with garlic and salt.

Steamed Chinese sausages.

I totally forgotten that I have a packet of Chinese sausage in my fridge. It was a Chinese New Year gift from our neighbour. These sausages come in handy when I can't think of what to cook.

Linking to Monday Mural.

For the free gift of eternal salvation is now being offered

to everyone; and along with this gift comes the realization that

God wants us to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures

and to live good, God-fearing lives day after day,

looking forward to that wonderful time we've been expecting,

when his glory shall be seen - the glory of

our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

(Titus 2:11-13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Curry Noodle, Coconut Jam & Glutinous Rice Wine Chicken Soup

 The following sky shots were taken in July before the rainy season started.

Sunrise at 6:57am.

7:05am

7:10am

7:17am

Golden sunrise at 7:26am.

Clear blue sky on the reverse side.

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We drove out to town to buy breakfast.

Curry noodles and fried ingredients.

Dry curry noodle for hubby and curry soup version for me.

Hubby doesn't like mint leaves, so I had all the mint leaves.

Curry soup noodle with roast pork and bbq pork.

These fried ingredients were made by the boss and his wife.

Fresh and tasty.

Saw bottles of freshly made coconut jam (kaya) on a table. I bought one bottle as I am too lazy to make kaya these days.

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Home cooked dinner.

Chicken with home made glutinous rice wine.

I added wood fungus, red dates, gojiberries, and lots of pounded ginger.

Sauteed home grown snake beans with garlic and salt.

Red Huernia Oculata from my garden.

This is how the plant or succulent looks like. It grows easily. Just break off 1 section and lay it on the soil surface for it to root.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts,

living within you as you trust in him.

May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.

(Ephesians 3:17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Fried Noodle, Chicken Varuval & Fried Chicken For Dinner

Lately, I have not been spending much time in the garden. One reason is that I do not have the mood for gardening, and another is that the weather is very warm. I just do the watering and harvesting whatever can be harvested. Due to the neglect, the leaves of the eggplants have been seriously infected with pest. The only thing I did was to remove those leaves that were infested. While watering the plants, I noticed that the chives are flowering again.

The chives buds can be harvested and they are good for stir fries. The seeds can be collected to grow more chives but I already have 4 pots of chives which is more than enough for our consumption.

It is good to slow down and take time to enjoy the pretty tiny chive flowers.

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Breakfast

Received a glutinous rice dumpling (bak chang) from a friend. Hubby and I shared the dumpling. Hubby had a piece of bread with coconut jam (kaya) and I had a piece of bread with sambal sardine.

A close up shot of this pretty Cup of Gold flower.

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In this warm weather, my kitchen is like a sauna.

A good excuse not to cook dinner, so we had take-away dinner.

Fried rice vermicelli with sambal (Indian style).

We love this chicken varuval, bought from the same Indian stall.

We also bought a piece of fried chicken from the next stall.

Dinner for 2 people.

Evening sky at 7:10pm.

Looked very quiet outside.

Most families will be having their dinner at this time.

Lord, when doubts fill my mind, when my heart is in turmoil,

quiet me and give me renewed hope and cheer.

(Psalm 94:19, The Living Bible-TLB)