Seafood Lunch At Restoran Thong Lok, Tanjung Tualang

It was a Monday and our day started early as usual with our morning walk.

Morning sky at 7:05am

After I have swept my porch area and watered my plants, we got ready and waited for our friends. We were to gather at my house at about 10am.

We stopped at Pusing town to buy these pillow shaped bak chang or glutinous rice dumplings. It was RM7 and now selling at RM8 and the dumplings were not as tasty as before.

We reached Tg Tualang at about 11:40am. This is part of the small town.

Friends at the fruit stall.

This is Pisang Tanduk or Banana Horn. The hand is to show the size of the bananas. Pisang Tanduk is usually used for cooking e.g. making banana chips.

Opposite the fruit stall is the market.

A few restaurants were closed on Monday so we came to Restoran Thong Lok for lunch.

A worker plucking the paku pakis (wild ferns) in front of the restaurant.

Live fresh water prawns swimming in the aquarium.

Tourists come to Tg Tualang for its fresh water prawns, reared in fresh water ponds or rivers.

A friend ordering the dishes and we had the following dishes for 7 people.

Paku pakis salad with tiny dried shrimps topping.

Fried tofu.

Fried fresh water prawns.

Steamed fresh water prawns.

Fried clams or lala.

Steamed fish (from the cat fish family).

Steamed free range chicken with blended ginger sauce.

Total cost of lunch for 7 people = RM272

(incl. 4 small portion rice and Chinese tea)

Pink/Purple Spider Lilies.

Saw this at the Prawn Village when we visited after lunch at Restoran Thong Lok to snap some photos. Initially, we wanted to have lunch here since we haven't been here before but was told they only open at 3pm on weekdays.

The colour of the lilies looks like purplish pink

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Look at the lilies! They don't toil and spin,

and yet Solomon in all his glory was not robed as well as they are.

And if God provides clothing for the flowers that are here today

and gone tomorrow, don't you suppose that he will

provide clothing for you, you doubters?

(Luke 12:27-28, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Restoran Chuen Kah Fook, Ipoh

We are still in the monsoon season with lots of rain. It was raining the whole night before but by early morning, the rain has stopped and we were able to go for our morning walk.

Just before we started our morning walk.

Sunrise at 7:05am.

Sunrise at 7:20am.

7:25am

The last time we had dinner at Restoran Chuen Kah Fook was in November 2020, just before the 2nd Movement Control Order started. So for our dine-out evening, our friend suggested this restaurant. We ordered 4 appetizing flavourful dishes and all of them in clay pots.

#1 - Pumpkin and taro in clay pot (small portion) - RM15.

#2 - Eggplant in clay pot (small portion) - RM15.

#3 - Taufu in clay pot (small portion- RM18.

#4 - Steamed chicken with blended ginger (small portion) - RM20.

Total cost of dinner for 4 people - RM77.40

(incl. rice and Chinese tea)

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Yellow hibiscus from my garden.

This yellow hibiscus has multi layer petals.

My yellow hibiscus plant is happily blooming now.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

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)

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)

Steamed Chicken With Dang Gui, Red Dates & Goji Berries

After our morning walk, hubby went out to buy his breakfast.

He bought steamed rice roll with yam bean filling (chee cheong fun). He added fish cake, fish ball and he opted for curry gravy instead of mushroom gravy.

I stayed home to make coffee and re-heated 2 curry puffs in the oven for myself.

Remaining strawberry apples and kiwi fruits for lunch.

The tiny apples were very crunchy and sweet.

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Home cooked dinner.

Steamed chicken, angled luffa and steamed rice.

Steamed half a chicken (seasoned with some salt) with red dates, goji berries and ginger slices.

Home grown angled luffas with dried shrimps.

Saw this pair of garden snails while on our morning walk.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

When the Lamb broke the third seal,

I heard the third living being say, "Come!"

I looked up and saw a black horse and

its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.

(Revelation 6:5, New Living Translation-NLT)

Mee Jawa, Yam Bean Fritters & Steamed Chicken

This was a Wednesday, 2 weeks ago. It was another day with gloomy sky.

Sunrise at 7:45am.

For breakfast, hubby went out to town to buy mee jawa.

I thought of buying fried noodle but the stall was closed.

So, we drove back to our own place to buy my favourite - yam bean fritters. I bought 4 pieces at 90 cents per piece.

We also bought the above - 3 pieces for RM5.

From top clockwise: siew pau, curry puff and yam puff.

We shared the above for lunch. I cut everything into halves.

From top clockwise: yam puff, siew pau & curry puff.

We had the above for breakfast and lunch.

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Home cooked dinner.

Steamed free range chicken (half a chicken) with tong kuai slices, ginger slices, red dates, and goji berries. This time I forgot to add in home made glutinous rice wine.

Steamed home grown green brinjals and purple brinjals, sprinkled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Steamed home grown snake beans and ladies' fingers, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

I didn't want any rice, so I cooked 1 packet of Indomie instant noodle for hubby. Add a spoonful of spicy dried shrimp chili to the noodle.

The above 2 big plates of vegetables were the reason why I didn't want any rice.

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From my garden.

I was watering my plants when I spotted these big grasshoppers.

One was piggybacking on the other.

These 2 were big grasshoppers. They weren't there when I went to check in the evening. They were probably paying a visit to my garden

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Dear brothers, you are people who do not belong to this world.

You are like visitors who are on a journey.

I beg you, do not do the things your body wants to do.

Those things fight against your soul.

(1 Peter 2:11, Worldwide English-WE)