Treasure Pot With Noodles, & Red Beans With Longan Sweet Drink

For the eve of Lunar New Year, we had treasure pot or "poon choy" for dinner which was posted here if you want to see the post. Since the treasure pot was meant for 5 people, hubby and I only managed to take a third of it. 

I woke up early in the morning on the first day of Lunar New Year. I took out the treasure pot from the fridge and added napa cabbage to the dish. Once the napa cabbage is cooked and soften, I off the fire. Then I cooked 2 bricks of dried noodle.

Treasure pot noodle or poon choy noodle for breakfast.

We managed to finished half of the amount from the pot and kept the remnant for lunch.

A hearty and filling breakfast on the 1st day of CNY, 2021.

I boiled red bean with longan sweet drink or tong sui for lunch. We each took a big bowl of tong sui and finished whatever was left of the treasure pot or poon choy.

Reflection of sunset on that evening at 7:20pm.

Sunset at 7:22pm.

Twisted or crooked green eggplant.

The first fruit from this plant in my garden before it was harvest.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Wisdom will save you from evil people,

from those whose words are twisted.

These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths.

They take pleasure in doing wrong,

and they enjoy the twisted way of evil.

Their actions are crooked, and their ways are wrong.

(Proverbs 2:12-15, New Living Translation-NLT)

Breakfast & Dinner On Chinese New Year Eve 2021

This is Thursday (yesterday), the eve of Chinese New Year 2021. For once, I need not have to think about cooking because I have ordered a small "Treasure Pot" or "Poon Choy" for our reunion dinner before the MCO was extended. This CNY eve was like any ordinary day and our day started with a breakfast in town. We are now allowed to dine-in but only 2 people per table. Hubby wanted to eat pork noodle at Pusat Makanan Sun Hor Lok, Ipoh. We haven't been here for a long time.

Pork Noodles and unsweetened coffee for 2 people.

Misua or flour vermicelli for me.

The current price per bowl is RM8.

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Our Treasure Pot (poon choy) for reunion dinner was delivered to us about 7pm after the deliverer had made his round and I think we were the last receive.

The Treasure Pot (poon choy) came in this stainless steel pot and the gravy in the plastic container. The cost of this small Treasure Pot is RM238 (for 5 people).

We were told to heat up the gravy and poured it over the treasures in the pot. After that, the whole pot was placed over a low flame to heat up for about a minute or more.

Out of curiosity, I checked and I think there were about 16 treasures in the pot. The treasures consist of 5 prawns, 5 abalone, sharkfin, fresh scallops, dried scallops, dried oysters, shiitake mushrooms, sea cucumbers, pork tendon, bean curd sheet, fish maw, poached chicken, stewed pork, broccoli, carrot and napa cabbage.

Hubby and I enjoyed this Treasure Pot.

We ate about a third of the Treasure pot and kept about two-third in the fridge.

The night was still young and we decided to try the above roasted chestnut.

Hubby went out to buy 2 cans of beer 1664 blanc for us.

Nice to munch on the roasted chestnuts with a can of chilled beer.

For Jehovah enjoys his people; he will save the humble.

Let his people rejoice in this honor.

Let them sing for joy as they lie upon their beds.

(Psalm 149:4-5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner Tastes More Delicious When Shared

One morning while having breakfast together with friends, we started talking about the need to cook to clear our fridge. Then the idea came that it would be nice to cook and share our dinner. We decided to have an early dinner in my house. Dinner was ready by about 5.30 pm. My friend contributed the following 2 dishes.

 Dried prawn curry with long beans by my friend.

 Canned poon choy with added napa cabbage by my friend.

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I cooked the following 2 dishes.

 Yam bean cooked with carrot, dried prawns and cuttlefish strips

Old cucumber soup boiled with rib bones.

When we shared our dinner, we get to enjoy more variety.

It is also a good opportunity to enjoy one another's company.

Work happily together. Don't try to act big.

Don't try to get into the good graces of important people,

but enjoy the company of ordinary folks.

And don't think you know it all!

(Romans 12:16, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch & Dinner - 2nd Day Of Chinese New Year 2019

We couldn't finish the treasure pot or poon choy from the previous dinner, so we have some left over. For the 2nd day's Chinese New Year lunch, we had the following dishes for lunch.

Left over poon choy or treasure pot - reheated.

Fried fish fillet cooked kung poh style.

These two dishes were our lunch for 4 people.

My reddish pink periwinkles wishing "Gong Xi Fa Cai" or Happy Chinese New Year!
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That evening, I cooked the following dishes for dinner.

Steamed fish with blended ginger.

(Part of the fish brought back by son)

Fried fish paste stir fried with assorted vegetables and fresh mushrooms.

Chinese cabbage dish.

This dinner was for 3 people as one of my son had a dinner gathering with his friends.

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After dinner, hubby and I went to the nearby supermarket. 

On the way home, we dropped by at Starbucks for some iced hazelnut chocolate drink.

The place was quite packed with both the young and not so young people.

We drove home after we have finished sipping our hazelnut chocolate drink. 

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We resumed our early morning walk on the 3rd day of CNY.

Breaking of dawn at the park - 3rd day of CNY.

Sunrise - Oct 2016

 Morning sky - July 2018

 Breaking of dawn - Dec 2018

Linking to Skywatch Friday & Friday Bliss.

The Lord is close to those whose hearts are breaking;

he rescues those who are humbly sorry for their sins.

(Psalm 34:18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Homecook Prosperity Dish - Poon Choy.

This year I tried something new. For the 1st day of Chinese New Year, I tried cooking a Prosperity Dish aka "Poon Choy" or "Treasure Pot". It is up to the individual to choose whatever treasures to make up the dish.

Since I was cooking a braised pork leg with black mushrooms, I used it as the main centre ingredient.

Other ingredients surrounding the braised pork leg (clockwise starting from the bottom): black mushrooms, prawns, fresh white mushrooms, cloud ear fungus, scallops, canned abalones, and cauliflower. Only the prawns and scallops were pan fried, the rest of the ingredients were blanched. The thickened gravy from the braised pork leg were then poured over the whole dish.

This was our dinner for the 1st day of CNY. Our prosperity or treasure pot plus 2 other left over dishes from previous meals.

Dawn photo taken at the recreational park.

Lovely reflection in the water.

I can't remember what I have sowed. It looked like Hyacinth beans plant. Will have to wait to confirm.

Both brinjals are already too old to be edible. Will be using the seeds from these old brinjals to grow new plants.

Linking to Good Fences.

Light-seeds are planted in the souls of God's people,

Joy-seeds are planted in good heart-soil.

(Psalm 97:11, The Message-MSG)\