Lunch At Restoran Fook Kee, Sungai Siput, Ipoh

It was a Wednesday morning, end of April. We were looking forward to a foodie trip to Sungai Siput. The first after the pandemic restriction has been lifted. From my place, it is about 45 minutes drive, depending on the speed and the traffic on the road.

Morning sky at 7:05am.

We have plenty of time for our walk, watering of my garden and getting ourselves ready as the appointed time was 10:30am.

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It was a smooth drive all the way.

As we entered the restoran to go to the air-conditioned room, we passed by these groundnuts.

We took one packet (RM4 to be charged to the bill) to try while waiting for the food to be served. We ordered the following dishes for 4 people.

We ordered a plate of fish paste noodle cooked with assorted ingredients.

Stir fried rice porridge with dried squid and etc.

This is my first time tasting stir fried rice porridge.

We like it and I hope to try to cook this one day.

Steamed mixed fish and meat balls with egg white as base.

Cuttlefish with water spinach (kangkong) and peanut sauce.

Stewed pork (wild boar) belly in clay pot.

We didn't finish this because the pork belly was still tough and not tender enough. I don't like to waste food, so I requested to pack for take-away for dinner.

All in, we paid RM100 for the lunch,

(inclusive of Chinese tea and plain water).

When we reached Ipoh, we stopped for cold dessert with ice shaving as the weather is hot and humid.

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For dinner, I re-stewed the pork belly that was leftover from lunch. I searched my fridge and found carrot, home grown white bitter gourd and okra. I added them into the stew.

Ta da! Well balanced, all in 1 dish.

I also picked the remaining green amaranth from my garden and blanched them, using them as base for the stew dish.

No rice, just cooked dried instant noodle to go with the stewed dish.

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The following photos were from a friend.

Photos credited to Aislynn.

Her newly adopted kittens and their mama cat.

Her youngest son found the strays and brought them home to his mother.

She took them in and provide a temporary home for them.

One of the babies.

The sweet mama and her 4 babies.

Both mama cat and her babies are now sheltered and well taken care of.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS!

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust."

(Psalm 91:1-2, New International Version-NIV)

Dinner At Best View Restaurant, Ipoh

We woke up late on this particular morning but we still set out on our walk. The difference is that more people are already up and about at this time.

Even the birds were making a lot of noise up on this leafless tree.

This leafless tree has been leafless for a long time. Parasite plants have been growing on it.

Beautiful sunrise at 7:44am.

Cucumbers hanging from the cucumber vines in my garden.

During this dry season, most of the cucumbers harvested were used to make salad or juice.

The cucumber vines have ceased fruiting and they have been removed. I have yet to decide whether I should plant bitter gourd or cucumber again.

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It was a Tuesday evening, and we booked a table for 6 people at the Best View Restaurant, Ipoh.

Green vegetable (celtuce) sauteed with fermented bean curd (fu yue) @ RM12.

Sweet potato leaves with shrimp paste in clay pot @ RM8.

I didn't noticed it before but now I can see that the sides of the clay pot was chipped off. Probably at that time we were all engrossed in the food.

Stinky beans with minced pork and spicy prawn sambal @ RM20.

Steamed brown mable grouper fish @ RM75 (per fish).

Stewed pork belly with wood fungus and red fermented bean curd in clay pot @ RM25.

Total cost of dinner including hot water and rice - RM149.60

It was a great evening because both the food and service was good.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

For this reason he had to be made like them,

fully human in every way, in order that he might become

a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God,

and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

(Hebrews 2:17, New International Version-NIV)

Simple Meals & Snack On Day #101 MCO

We were looking forward to our morning walk when we woke up yesterday morning but have to cancel it because we could hear the pitter patter of rain on the roof awning. So I ended up preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

 Hubby had 2 half boiled eggs, burger, Taiwan garlic sausages and Nescafe. I had oat porridge with pine nuts, walnut chunks, cranberry and Nescafe.

 A friend gave me a guava. I sliced and pickled it with salted plum or assam boi.

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Home Cooked Dinner

 Stewed pork belly with red fermented bean curd (nam yue). 

 Steamed home grown white eggplants and snake long beans. Drizzled with olive oil, oyster and soy sauce and chili oil.

 A friend gave these sweet potatoes. So instead of oat porridge, I had steamed sweet potatoes. It may sound weird that I ate sweet potatoes with savoury dishes for dinner but I enjoyed it.

 Simple home cooked dinner for 2 people.

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I was having breakfast with a friend one morning and my eyes caught something swimming in a big fish tank in the coffee shop.

Can someone identify this?

 When I went near to take a closer look, this water pet swam towards me.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Turn me away from wanting any other plan than yours.

Revive my heart toward you.

(Psalm 119:37, The Living Bible-TLB)

Stewed Pork With Dried Lily Buds & Cloud Ear Fungus

It was raining from Sunday evening right up till the wee hours of Monday morning (62nd day MCO). When the rain stopped, I went out to take a look at the sky. Under Conditional MCO, many have gone back to work.

 Break of dawn at 6:42 am.

I had some minor upsets during this MCO.

#1 - I noticed my smartphone battery was bloated 1 day before MCO. Quickly sent to the phone shop but due to MCO, the workshop is closed. Waited for about 7 weeks for the shop to send my phone to the workshop and ordering of new battery. Until now my phone is still at the workshop waiting in queue. Thankful that a friend let me use her spare phone until my own phone is restored.

 Morning sky at 6:52

#2 - Sometime in April during MCO, my computer mouse started to have freezing problem. I have to unplug and plug to keep the mouse working as I do not have a spare mouse in the house. I called up the computer "doctor" and he said the problem could be a faulty mouse. I waited for the "DIY" stores to re-open for business to get a new mouse and thankful that the problem is now solved.

 Morning sky at 6:52

#3 - Saturday morning, my computer monitor started acting up. 1 minute it was working normal, and suddenly it went blank. I thought it was the power cable. After changing the power cable it went back to normal for a few hours. The same thing repeated on Sunday but I was able to listen to the online Sunday sermon. After I have published the day's blogpost, the monitor went blank again. I sent my computer and monitor to the "doctor" and my monitor was pronounced dead. After a few hours, I got back my computer with a brand new monitor and thankful that everything is back to normal again.

 Gloomy sky at 7:00 am and for the whole day.

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On our way back from the walking exercise, we stopped at Restoran Zui Le Xuan Dim Sum to buy the following items for breakfast.

Steamed glutinous rice with chicken or "Loh Mai Kai"

Dumplings

I wanted "siew mai" and "har gao"

Taro puff with bbq pork filling or "woo kok".

 Breakfast for 2 people.

Green tea for hubby and nescafe for me.

 Time to cut these 2 mangoes.

 These mangoes for our mid morning snacks

 The mango is sweet with a slight sour taste making it very delicious.

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Late Lunch

 Around 3:00 pm, hubby went out to buy lunch and he came back with a packet of roast pork and "siew cheong" rice. I taxed 3 spoonful and hubby ate the rest.

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Home Cooked Dinner

Stewed pork belly with dried lily buds (kam cham in Cantonese) and black cloud fungus (wan yee in Cantonese).

Stir fried Chinese chive flower buds (kau choy fah) with extra firm tofu slices and chopped garlic.

 Dinner for 2 people.

I kept some of the stewed pork dish for next day's dinner.

 While I was cooking in the kitchen, a friend drop by to give us these mangoes from his garden. These mangoes will need to keep for a few days for them to ripen. 

These 2 mangoes which I bought from the supermarket are now ripe enough to be eaten.

Love these sweet and juicy mangoes.

An old antique motorbike found at the Gopeng Gaharu Tea Valley.

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

He placed springs in the valleys

and streams that gush from the mountains.

They give water for all the animals to drink.

There the wild donkeys quench their thirst,

and the birds nest beside the streams

and sing among the branches of the trees.

(Psalm 104:10-12, The Living Bible-TLB)