Muah Chee & War Memorial In Ayer Itam, Penang

On the 2nd day in Penang. After breakfast, our friends took us to Ayer Itam. No, not for assam laksa as we were still full from our breakfast. We got down from the car to take a walk.

We passed by this durian stall.

On we walked and I saw this familiar man and his muah chee stall. We bought muah chee from him when we were here in 2017. That is 5 years ago.

I love muah chee so I have to buy a small pack for us to share.

This wall mural is on the opposite side. I crossed the road to take this snapshot.

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On our drive out from Ayer Itam, we came to the war memoral park near the roundabout.

These structures are on our left side and the following snapshots were taken from a moving car.

World Peace Memorial with a flock of doves in flight.

The Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park.

Ayer Itam War Memorial.

These photos were taken from a moving car.

This memorial park (2011) is a memorial to the Chinese people of Penang who died under the Japanese Occupation in World War II.

Soldiers and their army truck.

This sculpture was made using fiberglass with bronze effect finishing.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ,

just as I do; and as Christ's soldier, do not let yourself

become tied up in worldly affairs,

for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army.

(2 Timothy 2:3-4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Home Made Mochi Snack

It was raining when we woke up yesterday morning, (76th day MCO). When the rain stopped, hubby went out to the nearby shop to buy his breakfast.

 Hubby's breakfast: Fried yee mee.

 I don't feel like eating noodle so I ate cream crackers with home made pineapple jam and peanut walnut butter.

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Lunch for 2 people

 Hubby went out to help a friend submit documents for some claims and the way home, he stopped to buy a packet of rice with 2 spicy chicken drumsticks from the Mamak shop.

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Home made snack

Out of the blue, I felt like eating mochi which is a kind of soft sticky rice cake rolled in crushed peanut and sugar.

Ingredients for tossing (can be prepared ahead)

• Fine white sugar or brown sugar
• Crushed peanuts (coarseness or fineness depends on your preference)
• Mix the peanuts and sugar together in a plate (sweetness according to your taste)

Soft glutinous or sticky rice cake

Simple recipe:

• 120 gm glutinous rice flour
• 10 gm cornflour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp cooking oil (or shallot oil if preferred)
• 200 ml water

Mix all the above ingredients together until the salt dissolve.

Steam the mixture for about 15 minutes

Using a pair of chopstick, stir the steamed cake until it reaches a sticky consistency.

• Take out a portion of the steamed sticky rice cake and rolled into the peanut and sugar mixture.
• Then using spatula, cut the sticky rice cake into small bite pieces, covering the sticky rice with peanut and sugar mixture.
• I have left over toasted sesame seeds and I added the sesame to the peanut and sugar mixture.

Mochi for our mid afternoon snack.

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Dinner

Kitchen was closed because the lazy cook don't feel like cooking. 

Hubby went to buy take away dinner from the Claypot Chicken Rice shop.

 1 fried mackerel fish 

Sweet sour kai choy or Chinese mustard.

Stewed duck or puppy duck (kow chai ngap in Cantonese)

Dinner for 2 people with home steamed multi grain rice.

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Late night snack

 Left over mochi for late night snack while watching Singapore Chinese Drama. At the same time, by watching these dramas I hope to improve my Mandarin language.

An antique telephone

I can't recall where I saw this phone.

 Caladium: Thai Beauty

This caladium died off and disappeared from my garden. Hope it will reappear some day just like some of my caladium plants.

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

In a race everyone runs, but only one person gets first prize.

So run your race to win.

To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things

that would keep you from doing your best.

An athlete goes to all this trouble just to win a blue ribbon or

a silver cup, but we do it for a heavenly reward that never disappears.

(1 Corinthians 9:24-25, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Spice Pisa Cafe, Bayan Lepas, Penang

After having enough of the foodie experience, we finally got ourselves checked in at the hotel. Those who were tired rested in their room while the rest of us decided to walk off some calories before dinner.

A few places were suggested for dinner and finally. a friend directed us to Bayan Lepas for dinner. We didn't mind the distance, after all we were not hungry yet. At the Spice Pisa Cafe, Bayan Lepas., we were spoiled for choice. We first took a walk to look at all the stalls before we could decide what we want to eat.

 We ordered baked mud crabs at RM 60 per kg.

These 3 crabs weighed exactly a kg.

 A plate of oyster omelette

First we ordered 1 plate, then followed by another plate of roasted pork.

By the time I took this snapshot, half plate already gone!

Penang prawns noodles.

2 plates of ikan panggang or spicy bbq sting ray

 A plate of thin pancakes 

 Muah chee or soft glutinous rice flour balls with peanut powder.

 This is a great place for those who love varieties and street food.

 And just across the road, there is this Lucky Eatery foodcourt. 

 A night view of of the Jubilee Clock Tower taken from a moving car.

A close up of an antique Chinese ink brush set.

(found this treasure at the dessert shop at Lebuh Melayu, Penang)

Linking to Tuesday's Treasure & Image-in-ing.

This is what I have asked of God for you:

that you will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love,

and that you will have the rich experience of knowing

Christ with real certainty and clear understanding.

For God's secret plan, now at last made known, is Christ himself.

In him lie hidden all the mighty,

untapped treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

(Colossians 2:2-3, The Living Bible-TLB)

Muah Chee or Glutinous Rice Snack With Peanut & Sugar In Ipoh Old Town

It was a Saturday morning and we had breakfast with friends. After breakfast, we drove through this part of Ipoh old town and there in front of Kedai Makanan Nam Heong, Jalan Bandar Timah, I saw this stall selling "ma chi" or "muah chee". This glutinious rice snack coated with peanut and sugar is one of my favourite snacks. 

I quickly told hubby to pull the car over to the side. We just had breakfast but I must have a taste of the "muah chee" snack!

I bought a small packet @ RM 3.50 to share with my friends. 

 The stall is operated by 2 sisters and it is only opened during the weekend.

Will be back again for the "muah chee"

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We went to get some fertilizer and we saw an interesting tree outside the gate.

Flowers on the tree.

Berries on the tree.

Bright red berries on the tree.

When asked, no one knows the identity of the berries or whether the berries are edible.

 Inside the compound, we saw these white bitter gourds hanging on their vines. White bitter gourd is very rare and not sold in the markets or stores.

Fortunately, there was 1 last packet of seeds available. I bought that packet and the seeds have sprouted and now growing in a pot in my garden. I was told that this is the Taiwan bitter gourd.

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The following photos are for joining Saturday's Critters.

Thanks to my friend for sharing these photos with me.

 She found this baby kingfisher bird in her garden.

 Before the cats could get to the bird, she quickly rescued it and brought her into her house.

 Just look at the strong beak and big black eyes.

 My friend bought crickets from the pets shop to feed this bird.

The kingfisher took a look at the crickets

It flew down to pick up one with its beak.

Then it flew back up before swallowing the cricket.

Ah! A beautiful pose!

This picture was taken before it was set free to live a free life.

Linking with Saturday's Critters.

You have died with Christ,

and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world.

So why do you keep on following the rules of the world,

such as, "Don't handle! Don't taste! Don't touch"?

Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.

These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion,

pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline.

But they provide no help in conquering a person's evil desires.

(Colossians 2:20-23, New Living Translation-NLT)