Fish+Veggie Curry, Eggs+Green Amaranth, Fried Pork Rib & Steamed Lala

The weather forecast showed that there will be rain in the morning. The sky was dark but it didn't rain so we set out on our morning walk.

Morning sky with dark clouds at 7:25am.

There is a foldable umbrella in the backpack that hubby used to carry and it will come in handy if it rains.

It remained gloomy and cloudy for most of the day without any rain.

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One of our favourite restaurants is Restoran Mun Ji, Menglembu. We have our favourite dishes which we will order without fail. Below are 2 dinners about a month apart that we had and you will know what are our favourites.

1st Dinner

#1 - Fish curry with assorted vegetables and tofu puffs.

#2 - Green Amaranth with egg gravy

(century egg, salted egg and normal chicken egg).

#3 - Fried pork rib

Purple Wishbone flowers from my garden.

These will sprout out in the flower pots and ground in my garden.

After a while, these will dry out and will be removed. After a while, new plants will reappear. They come and go as they like.

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2nd Dinner.

#1 - Fish curry with assorted vegetables and tofu puffs.

#2 - Green Amaranth with egg gravy

(century egg, salted egg and normal chicken egg).

#3 - Steamed spicy and sour clams or lala.

As you can see #1 & #2 are fixed, so we try to order something different for #3 whenever we dine here. Sometimes, we will order Dong Po Yoke (Jiggling Braise Pork Belly) for the 3rd dish.

Lovely Pink Showers Mexican Petunia from my garden.

This busy bee came just after I had watered the plants.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World & Garden Affair.

He will listen to the prayers of the destitute,

for he is never too busy to heed their requests.

I am recording this so that future generations will also

praise the Lord for all that he has done.

And a people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.

(Psalm 102:17-18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Dinner At Restoran WSF 33, Taman Hoover, Ipoh

This was the last Monday of June, last month. 

We set out on our morning walk at about 6:45am.

We finished our walk at about 7:45am.

I watered my plants and we got ready to go out for breakfast with our friends. 

We drove to Gopeng and had rice noodle (lai fun) for breakfast. After breakfast, we had durians at the roadside stall. I didn't take any photo of breakfast and the durians.

But I did take 2 photos of this building of a goldsmith shop.

What attracted me to this building is these designs on the front of the building. After our breakfast and having enjoyed some durians, we drove back to Ipoh and loiter (lepak) in Aeon Big Falim Shopping Mall, Ipoh.

There was a band and singer busking, playing and singing nice oldies.

Later we left for home and rested in our place until it was time for dinner.

Our friends suggested this place for dinner because we were looking forward to enjoy some Chinese fruit rojak after dinner.

Blanched sweet potato leaves.

Steamed lala (clams).

Chicken and potato curry.

Steamed fish with savoury sauce.

4 dishes for 4 people.

 We were disappointed that the Chinese fruit rojak stall was closed and has shifted elsewhere but we don't know where.

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

The more lowly your service to others, the greater you are.

To be the greatest, be a servant.

But those who think themselves great

shall be disappointed and humbled;

and those who humble themselves shall be exalted.

(Matthew 23:11-12, The Living Bible-TLB)

Soy Sauce Prawns, Steamed Lala & Home Grown Vegetables

On this particular morning, we went for our morning walk. After we had walked enough, we walked home without taking any breakfast because we had breakfast appointment with our friends. We went home, took a shower and drove to our friend's house.

Sunrise at 7:30 am.

On the way out, we stopped to buy some roast pork for breakfast.

That morning, we tried something new. Hubby and I shared this bowl of noodle that tasted like lor mee and they served it with black vinegar.

Later in the morning, I bought some langsat (local fruit) from a roadside stall in my area.

That morning, I harvested the above white brinjals from my garden.

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That evening, I had friends over for a home cooked dinner.

Steamed home grown white brinjals, sprinkled with garlic oil and drizzled with oyster and soy sauce.

Sauteed broccoli with some minced pork and garlic.

Soy sauce prawns with spring onion and chives. Our friend contributed these big prawns bought from the evening market.

Lala or clams cooked Thai style which is sweet, sour and spicy. Every complained that they couldn't get enough of the appetizing broth.

Delicious and satisfying no rice dinner for 4 people.

This mural was painted on the wall surrounding a school in my area.  The mural depicts a classroom scene. A teacher teaching the students in a classroom.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

If your gift is that of serving others, serve them well.

If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching.

(Romans 12:7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Simple Home Cooked Dinner Father's Day

We woke up early on Saturday morning (95th day MCO) and we walked to the recreational park.

Reached the park at 6:50 am.

 We did 1 round of walking and bought 2 medium sized taros and pork rib from the roadside stalls. We then walked to our regular coffee shop to pick up the lala that our friend helped to buy for us.

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Simple home cooked dinner.

Steamed spicy and sourish lala or clams.

Place the lala in a stainless steel plate. Sprinkle chopped garlic, home grown ginger strips, chopped home grown bird's eye chilies, lime juice and cooking oil. Omit the cooking oil if garlic oil is available. When the lala is cooked, drizzle some garlic oil on the lala.

Mixed vegetables

(broccoli, napa cabbage, fresh mushrooms and prawns).

Pan fried Tulips luncheon meat with bacon

ABC soup with carrot, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and chicken meat.
Comfort soup for a cool, rainy evening.
Celebrating Father's Day with a simple home cooked dinner.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY & BLESSED SUNDAY !

See what great love the Father has lavished on us,

that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

(1 John 3:1, New International Version-NIV)

Homemade Kaya Jam & Home Cooked Seafood Dinner

It was a Saturday morning and since our early breakfast appointment with friends was called off, we went for our morning walk. 

 After our morning walk, we drove to town for breakfast. On the way home, we stopped at the Ipoh wet market to buy mud crabs and clams (lala) to cook for dinner and also some coconut milk.

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With the coconut milk, I wanted to made kaya jam (coconut and egg jam). It has been a long, long time since I last made kaya. I pounded and extracted some juice from my home grown pandan or screwpine leaves. I prefer the natural sweet aroma of the pandan leaves to the caramel.

I cooked the kaya in a small stainless steel container since the amount is small.

The recipe yields 3 small tubs of kaya. This picture shows only 2 tubs because 1 tub was given away to my neighbour. The colour is pale green minus the dark orange caramel.

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I cooked the following simple dishes for dinner that evening.

 Steamed 2 mud crabs with ginger strips, chopped garlic and Chinese cooking wine.

Steamed clams (lala) with ginger strips and chopped garlic.

Steaming is the best way to enjoy the natural sweetness of fresh seafood. 

Stir fried home grown Malabar Spinach with chopped garlic and salt to taste.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

For we speak as messengers from God,

trusted by him to tell the truth;

we change his message not one bit

to suit the taste of those who hear it;

for we serve God alone,

who examines our hearts' deepest thoughts.

(1 Thessalonians 2:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Steamed Lala Clams & Lala with Angled Luffa Soup

The morning was cool and nice. It rained in the wee hours of the morning and stopped in time for us to enjoy our walk.

 Some even started their walk while it was still drizzling.

 One complete circle around this lake is more than a thousand steps.

 Deep pink periwinkles from my garden.

 Deep pink or red Japanese rose from my garden.

 The 22 inches angled luffa was harvested from my garden.

Will be using this to cook soup for dinner.

 I saw and took a snapshot of this tricycle at a snack and dessert shop.

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We stopped at the main wet market on our way home from breakfast.

We passed by the stall selling lala clams. The clams were very fresh.

I bought 2 types of clams to cook for dinner.

 Half kilo of the thick shell clams to cook soup with the angled luffa harvested from my garden.

 Clams, carrot, luffa, ginger strips and chopped garlic to make 2 bowls of tasty soup.

Steamed 1 kilo of the above lala clams.

Ingredients used: chopped garlic, ginger, shallots and chilies.

Hubby and I finished all the above with some steamed white rice.

Our cravings for lala clams satisfied for the time being.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure,

a craving for everything we see,

and pride in our achievements and possessions.

These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

(1 John 2:16, New Living Translation-NLT)