Lunch At Q Roaster, Bandar Cyber, Ipoh

We happened to be in Bandar Cyber, and initially we intended to eat at a friend's shop but it was closed. Then I remembered this place that someone shared on Whatsapp chat. It is just behind our friend's shop. 

After browsing through the menu, ordering and payment is at the counter. I would prefer them to provide order chit for customers to tick and then proceed to the counter to order and pay for the food.

While waiting for the food to be served, I took some photos.

Just some simple decorations on the wall.

Sour mustard green was to first to be served @ RM3.50.

Hubby enjoyed it all by himself because I am still refraining from spicy and sour food.

A quarter roast duck,

accompanied by the above: egg wrappers, cucumber strips, spring onion and 2 types of sauce.

Oiled rice for hubby and plain white rice for me.

Place a piece of roast duck, cucumber strips, spring onion, sauce and wrap it up to enjoy.

An enjoyable lunch for both of us.

Would love to return to try the pipa duck and herbal duck.

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Critters for Saturday's Critters.

Fire coloured beetle.

King fisher on a power line outside my house (left side) one evening.

At the same time, same evening, these birds were perched on the power lines (right side).

Cat sitting on the roof of a car.

I took this snapshot on our morning walk.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Laziness lets the roof leak, and soon the rafters begin to rot.

(Ecclesiastes 10:18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Reunion CNY Dinner 2023

I have been missing in action after my last post on the 18th January, 2023 and that is about 4 days. I had to do the last minute spring cleaning because the cleaner woman's daughters were sick and couldn't come. I had to do the last minute shopping plus getting ready some Chinese New Year snacks.

Here is wishing "Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Chinese New Year 2023" to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Crunchy home fried arrowhead chips or nyaku and imitation crab sticks on the left and toasted cashew nuts.

The above 2 types of Love Letters were bought. On the left is love letters with peanut butter and chopped almond filling.  On the right is love letters with chicken meat floss filling.

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The following were all gifts from friends.

Cashew nut cookies and pineapple tarts.

On the left is Almond Florentine and on the right is Seaweed Crisps.

On the top is Chocolate nut cookies, on the left is Chicken biscuits and on the right is Pistachio nuts.

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Simple home cooked Reunion Dinner.

Fried Prawns

Roast Duck ordered from a restaurant.

Yee Sang or CNY prosperity toss salad dish ordered from a nearby restaurant.

The vegetables were all hidden underneath the crunchy stuff.

Blanched Ipoh beansprouts with garlic oil, oyster and soy ssauce.

Left over salted vegetable + roasted pig leg soup from lunch.

Reunion dinner 2023.

We had left over roast duck for the next day.

Ushering in the CNY 2023 with this beautiful Adenium flower, a gift from a friend.

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Breakfast this morning, Monday 23rd January (2nd day CNY).

Most of the coffee shops in our area are closed for 2 days and only 2 shops are opened and they were overflowing with customers. In the end, we went to a Mamak shop for a relaxed breakfast to avoid the crowd.

I ordered tosai with plain water and hubby ordered roti canai with teh tarik (Forgot to snap photos) Elder son ordered the above roti canai sarang burung with kopi ais. Younger son still sleeping in his room.

Visit Perak mural for Monday Mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow.

Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land

you are about to enter and occupy.

(Deuteronomy 5:33, New Living Translation-NLT)

Fish Noodle, Pork Noodle & Roasted Duck Rice

After about 4 days without rain, I get to get some sunrise clicks yesterday morning. 

7:10am - starting out on our morning walk.

7:16am.

For yesterday's breakfast, I ordered grouper fish meat with rice vermicelli. Normally, this fish noodle will come with salted sour vegetable which I enjoy very much. Since I am not suppose to take sour food, I asked to omit the salted sour vegetable.The fish is fresh and the soup is sweet.

Looking east, this was yesterday's evening sky at 7:30pm.

Looking west, this is the sky at 7:30pm.

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Today's breakfast after morning walk.

I ordered pork noodle and I requested for wheat flour (mee sua).

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I am feeling much, much better today and I have the energy and mood to do some tidying of the outside garden.

This is my one and only bougainvillea plant and it does need some trimming. This is an old photo and it has grown into a bush. Initially, I thought of just giving a trim to make it a bit like a mushroom top. But after I started to trim, I found that underneath the leaves were a lot of dead and rotten twigs. So I started to remove and clear all the dead twig and the end result is a bald top for my bougainvillea plant. Lol!

The trunk has shown sign of rot due to the rainy season and hopefully by removing all the leaves and branches, the sun will put a stop to the rot. Bougainvillea is a sturdy plant and I hope new branches will appear soon.

After all the hard work, we went to Restoran Tuck Kee to buy roasted duck rice for lunch. I asked for breast meat rice @ RM7. I wanted to order for Chinese New Year and was told that the new price list for 2023 will only be out in January.

Turn from all known sin and spend your time in doing good.

Try to live in peace with everyone; work hard at it.

(Psalm 34:14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Stuffed Tofu Puffs, Roast Duck & Steamed Chicken

This was 1st day of Chinese New Year 2022 (Tuesday, 1st of February). End of January, a friend gave me a packet of tofu puffs from Bentong. These tofu puffs are very different from our local ones and their taste and texture so much better too.

Lunch for 4 people.

Stuffed tofu puffs with minced pork and fish paste.

The Thai sweet chili sauce is a good dipping for the tofu puffs.

This is the 2nd half of the roast duck hubby bought for reunion dinner.

Sauteed long beans and chive flowers with garlic and salt.

Both were from my garden.

Every day, my mind will be planning the menu for lunch and dinner. I stood in front of the freezer compartment of the fridge and finally took out a frozen chicken.

Steamed chicken with abalone.

I rub salt all over the chicken and let it rest for about 30 to 45 minutes before I steamed the chicken.

Steamed chicken with blended ginger.

I sliced the abalone thinly for easy eating

The leftover stuffed tofu puffs cooked with fresh mushrooms and carrot.

Blanched greens (choy fah), drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Home cooked dinner for 4 people.

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The following sky shots were taken end of January, 2022 during one of our morning walk.

Sunrise at 7:16am.

7:21am

7:26am

7:27am.

Wishing everyone a happy and cheerful new year!

Linking To Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

When a man is gloomy, everything seems to go wrong;

when he is cheerful, everything seems right!

(Proverbs 15:15, The Living Bible-TLB)