Fried Pork Rib, Steamed Fish & Potato Leaves For Dinner

These sky shots were taken with hubby's photo because my phone battery needed charging.

Sun shining through the dark cloud.

The dark cloud couldn't hold back the sunrise.

The cloud seemed to be getting darker.

The sun rays pierced through.

A bit of this and that from my garden.

They are all harvest from old plants.

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Brunch

Hubby bought mee goreng and rojak from the Mamak stall and I steamed the last bak chang (glutinous rice dumpling) given by neighbour. The container at the back with the cut cucumber contains the ingredients for the rojak.

I poured the rojak ingredients onto a plate and poured the sauce on top.

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Dine out dinner with friends at Kopitiam Mun Soon, Taman Boon Bak, Ipoh.

Deep fried pork rib (foh yim pai kuat)

Sambal belacan sweet potato leaves.

Steamed Tilapia with spicy sauce.

Total cost of dinner including rice (small portion) and Chinese tea - about RM54.

An antique wooden door of an eatery (formerly a house) that we visited.

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

I know you well; you aren't strong,

but you have tried to obey and have not denied my Name.

Therefore I have opened a door to you that no one can shut.

(Revelation 3:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Enjoy Mooncakes While They Are Freshly Baked

We thought there will be no morning walk when we woke up because it was raining. Surprisingly, it stopped a short while later. When we started out, the ground was still wet and the air fresh and cool. Today, I am combining 2 days posting into 1 post.

Day #1

The top of Kledang Hill was shrouded in mist - 7:30am.

Morning sky with dark cloud looming over us - 7:40am

A lone bird perched on the power cable.

Home cooked instant noodle with steamed pork rib with preserved black bean, leftover from the previous day's dinner.

I prefer to add some dried shrimp chili to my plate of noodle.

We stopped at a roadside stall selling biscuits, cakes and unbranded mooncakes. The mooncake festival is about 4 weeks away but mooncakes are already on sale. I have not bought mooncakes for many years, whatever we had were gifts from friends and neighbour. I couldn't resist because the mooncakes were freshly baked. I ended up buying 2 different types of mooncakes to taste.  

This is 5 mixed nuts mooncake which is my favourite.

Love this 5 nuts mooncake but now I have to take a long time to chew on the nuts because my gum is not as strong as before. It is fresh, tastes good, less oily and not very sweet.

This is white lotus paste with single salted egg yolk mooncake.

This is hubby's favourite. I took a piece (cut into 8 pieces) to taste.

This is also fresh, tastes good, less oily and not very sweet.

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Simple home cooked dinner.

Just 1 dish (sambal stinky bean with minced pork and dried shrimp) dinner. This dish is best eaten with white rice. 

My neighbour doesn't eat stinky beans so I kept this extra portion in the fridge for another day's dinner.

Day #2

A cool morning after a whole night's rain.

Mist or low cloud surrounding the hill.

Received 2 big steamed buns (tai pau) from our neighbour.

1 for hubby and 1 for me.

Steamed big bun filled and packed with delicious ingredients.

Since we like and enjoyed the mooncakes, I went back to the same stall to buy 4 more mooncakes:

2 white lotus paste with single salted egg yolk (RM6.80 each),

1 with 5 mixed nuts (RM7.80 each)

and 1 with 5 mixed nuts with Chinese ham (RM8.40).

No more buying of mooncakes, enough for this year.

The cook was in lazy mode, so we went out to buy dinner.

We bought fried noodle (Mamak mee goreng), 2 pieces fried chicken and some potato fries.

Since the vaccination program started, coconut water has been a hot selling item. There are about 5 stalls selling coconut water and they are enjoying roaring business. People has been queuing up to buy coconut water. It is believed that drinking coconut water helps to reduce side effects of vaccine such as fever and etc.

If you love someone,

you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost.

You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him,

and always stand your ground in defending him.

(1 Corinthians 13:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Hawker Food For Dinner @ Kafe Best Hillview, Ipoh

I was feeling lazy on this particular Sunday and I wasn't in the mood to cook. So we ended up having dinner with our friends at Kafe Best Hillview.

We were early, reaching at about 6pm and most of the stalls were getting ready for business.

Chinese rojak - small portion for 4 people to share.

We wanted to order different varieties to share.

Oyster omelette (or chien in Hokkien)

Bbq stingray fish (ikan panggang) with spicy sauce.

Prawn noodle (Hokkien mee).

For the purpose of sharing, we asked for an empty bowl.

Fried noodle Mamak style (mee goreng).

Sorry for the blur photo.

Evening sky at 7:12pm.

Once we finished our dinner, we left for home.

I sowed cauliflower seeds but this looks like Chinese kai lan from the look of the beautiful waxy leaves.

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Few days later, we went to Gourmet Square at Ipoh Garden for dinner with our friends.

We ordered bbq stingray fish.

Our friend ordered 2 pieces of spring rolls (popiah).

1 piece fried and 1 piece non fried.

In fact, we ordered a few more varieties but I forgot to snap photos.

This was the Ipoh Cathay cinema in the old days.

The cinema ceased operation and is now turned into a business centre.

This photo was taken in the year 2015.

The bright and striking red colour on the building is very eye catching.

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

If I try to hide in the darkness,

the night becomes light around me.

For even darkness cannot hide from God;

to you the night shines as bright as day.

Darkness and light are both alike to you.

(Psalm 139:11-12, The Living Bible-TLB)