Melt-In-The-Mouth BBQ Pork & Lettuce For Dinner

This was another wet morning. Not unusual because we are now in the monsoon season with lots of rainfall.

8:20am

We waited for the rain to stop because taking a walk to the nearby coffee shop for breakfast.

I like this photo.

The sunlight shining down through the clouds and a bit of the sunshine above the mountain, mostly covered by the dark cloud.

The air was cool and fresh after the rain, nice weather for walking.

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Our home cooked dinner.

Home made bbq pork (char siew).

I used 2 strips of pork belly. The above is 1 strip of pork belly cut into 3 pieces. The other 3 pieces I kept for the next day's dinner.

Melt in the mouth bbq pork (char siew) using a non-stick pan.

Using these raw home grown leafy lettuce to wrap the bbq pork. Yums!

Leftover soup from the previous day's dinner.

Simple yet delicious and satisfying dinner on a rainy day.

You sent abundant rain, O God,

to refresh the weary land.

There your people finally settled,

and with a bountiful harvest, O God,

your provided for your needy people.

(Psalm 68:9-10, New Living Translation-NLT)

Prawn Noodles, Garlic Butter Prawns & Char Choy Soup

Our younger son came home to visit the last weekend of November, one weekend after the elder son visited. This was last Friday of November and younger son will only be reaching home after lunch.

After morning walk, we drove to Menglembu new township for prawn noodles. We ordered a cup of kopi-C kosong to share.

Back home in my garden.

The green brinjals seem to like the rainy season.

The only problem is keeping a look out for the mealy bugs that like to attack the brinjal plants.

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Simple lunch in Falim.

We ordered a bowl of porridge, red bean tong sui (sweet porridge) and some fried fritters for 2 people.

2 pieces of fried yam bean fritters and 2 pieces of enoki mushroom fritters.

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Home cooked dinner for 3 people.

Fried garlic butter prawns.

Younger son requested for prawns minus the shells.

Blanched lettuce, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Soup

Ingredients used: Salted Sichuan vegetable (char choy), tomatoes, carrots and 1 small kampung chicken (free range chicken).

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A friend sent me the following bird photos.

Bird photos credited to BKC.

Can someone help confirm the identify of this bird?

Is this an egret?

This bird has been walking on the fence surrounding my friend's house. Inspecting the nice surrounding and probably wanting to make it home here.

Thank you, friend for sharing the photos.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

No, I don't need your sacrifices of flesh and blood.

What I want from you is your true thanks;

I want your promises fulfilled.

I want you to trust me in your times of trouble,

so I can rescue you and you can give me glory.

(Psalm 50:13-15, The Living Bible-TLB)

Beef Burger & Stewed Duck With Lotus Root

This was last Friday. We have a mixture of clear sky, white clouds and dark clouds.

Morning sky at 7:35am.

After morning walk, we drove out to buy breakfast. Further down our street, we saw a roadside stall in front of a house. We stopped to check what they are selling and we ended up buying the following:

Economy fried beehoon with a fried chicken drumstick for hubby.

2 curry puffs for me.

I didn't want any noodle because I want to enjoy my toast with marmalade jam.

Simple breakfast for 2 people.

For lunch, hubby went out to buy beef burger.

We each had one, no sharing.

Lots of vegetables (RM4.50)

Long time haven't eaten burger, don't know how to take the first bite. Lol!

In the end, have to use a plate. With a fork and knife, I cut the burger into halves.

After that, cut into smaller pieces, easier for me to eat without getting messy.

In future, I must tell hubby to add cheese for me.

Received this box of mooncakes from my neighbour.

This they bought from another friend.

Plus a box of these soft biscuits or mooncakes without filling.

Inside the red box were these 2 assorted nuts mooncakes.

These were freshly baked.

These will taste a bit dry when they are fresh.

They will soften after a few days.

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Home cooked dinner

Stewed duck with lotus root.

This dish is known as "puppy duck" (kow chai ngap in Cantonese). The original recipe is without the lotus root. Adding the lotus root is my version. I learned to cook this dish many years ago from my sister's domestic helper.

Blanched Romaine lettuce, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Yummy-licious dinner.

Evening sky at 7:11pm.

Every morning tell him,

"Thank you for your kindness,"

and every evening rejoice in all his faithfulness.

(Psalm 92:2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Kopitiam Mun Soon, Taman Boon Bak, Ipoh

The 6 of us decided to drive to Taman Boon Bak for dinner at Kopitiam Mun Soon. The last time we had dinner here was about 4 months ago. Good thing we were ahead of the dinner crowd to be able to get a table for 6 people. We ordered the following dishes.

Signature pork rib

Roast pork with Chinese leek.

Yau Mak choy (in Cantonese) sauteed with fermented tofu (fu yee).

Steamed 3 eggs (chicken egg, century egg & salted egg).

Signature spicy sauce steamed Tilapia fish.

Total cost of dinner including rice and plain water = RM89.80

Pretty wild flowers by the roadside.

These are considered as weeds.

Sugar candy at Concubine Lane, Ipoh.

These snapshots were taken in November, 2015.

The seller has to use a small hammer and chisel to break the sugar candy.

As a kid we used to love this candy.

A young family at the sugar candy stall.

As far as I know, this could be the only sugar candy stall in Ipoh.

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

The person who has been born into God's family does not make

a practice of sinning because now God's life is in him;

so he can't keep on sinning, for this new life has been born

into him and controls him - he has been born again.

(1 John 3:9, The Living Bible-TLB)

Kam Heong Mantis Prawns & Salted Egg Yolk Mantis Prawns

I have 2 packets of frozen mantis prawns in my freezer. I took out a packet of frozen mantis prawns to thaw. I washed and marinated the mantis prawns with some sugar, salt and pepper. Then I coated them with equal portion of tapioca flour and wheat flour mixture. After I had deep fried the mantis prawns, I saw that the amount was too much for 1 meal so I kept half for the next day's dinner.

Dinner #1

Kam Heong Mantis Prawns (Golden Fragrance Mantis Prawns)

Blanched glass lettuce.

Steamed home grown long beans and topped with leftover roast pork from the previous day's dinner.

We had steamed rice for dinner.

This is the 2nd green eggplant from my garden.

This lone green eggplant started to grow long.

It grew to almost a foot and I was eager to harvest it.

That morning I harvest 1 long green eggplant and 1 long green okra.

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Dinner #2

I steamed the green eggplant, green okra together with some home grown long beans. I topped with garlic oil and sambal dried prawn.

Salted egg yolk mantis prawns.

(with the 2nd portion of deep fried mantis prawns)

This bowl of chicken and scallop rice porridge was given by a friend. Hubby had the porridge.

I told hubby I missed eating instant noodle, so I cooked instant noodle to eat for dinner together with the dishes.

Antique irons and other brass or bronze items from the Flea Market.

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

I will go before you and will level the mountains;

I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.

I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places.

so that you may know that I am the LORD,

the God of Israel, who summons you by name.

(Isaiah 45:2-3, New International Version-NIV)