Crunchy Skin Roast Pork & Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun In Jelapang

The weather has been hot and humid. Today, the highest recorded temperature is about 92 deg F or 33 deg C. Last night at 10.30pm, as I was preparing this post, the temperature recorded was about 81 deg F or 27 deg C.

Sunrise at 7:30am on a Saturday morning.

7:30am on the reverse side of the sunrise.

We were driving to Jelapang for breakfast after our morning walk.

Breakfast at Restoran Fei Chai Yau, Jelapang (near the wet market).

Unsweetened coffee (kopi-c kosong).

It was so full and it spilled over by the time it reached our table.

I bought roast pork from the roast pork stall. It cost RM30 for the above (1 rib). While waiting for our noodles to be served, we ate some of the roast pork.

I ordered 2 plates of Hong Kong chee cheong fun with bbq pork and prawn filling served with sambal dried shrimp.

Inside the restaurant with ample sittings.

The place was filled up a short while after this.

This is where they make the drinks.

There are about 12 or more stalls selling different types of noodles in this restaurant.

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Home cooked dishes for our dinner.

Sambal petai or stinky beans with sambal shrimps which we bought from Tg. Tualang. The beans were big and were cut into small pieces.

Home grown green amaranth (yeen choy).

I sauteed the green amaranth with remaining roast pork and leftover fried dace with fermented black beans to clear these from the fridge.

I found this wall mural at a school when we were in Tanjung Tualang last month.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Your throne is founded on two strong pillars -

the one is Justice and the other Righteousness.

Mercy and Truth walk before you as your attendants.

Blessed are those who hear the joyful blast of the trumpet,

for they shall walk in the light of your presence.

(Psalm 89:14-15, The Living Bible-TLB)

Beautiful Sunset & Home Grown Chinese Cabbage

A friend sent me the following sunset shots which he took from his house on Monday evening. His house is less than 5 km from my house. I was busy cooking dinner, so I missed taking snapshots of the sunset that evening.

Sunset photos credit to: KC Boey

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I had this sambal shrimp paste for cooking stinky beans but I can't remember where I bought it from.

This is from a local manufacturer.

I used the paste to cook stinky beans with minced pork. As you can see, the paste was dark in colour. It is on the sweet side. I prefer the paste to be less sweet and more spicy. I used some oil to fry the minced pork before adding the paste. So, I ended up with a lot of oil and I will have to scoop up the oil from the plate before we start our dinner.

I needn't have to buy green vegetables since I had Chinese cabbage growing in my front garden.

 Just 2 plants is enough for a plate of green for dinner.

I blanched the vegetable in hot boiling water, drizzled some garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce over it. I added the remaining crunchy roasted almond chips on top.

This was our dinner with steamed brown rice.

The above photo was taken before I added the almond chips.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

The Lord's blessing is our greatest wealth.

All our work adds nothing to it!

(Proverbs 10:22, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Restoran Fan Chen Mei, Bercham

After our visit to Gunung Lang Recreational Park which I shared in yesterday's post (please click here if you are interested), we had lunch at Restoran Fan Chen Mei, 3a, Persiaran Medan Bercham 3, Taman Bercham Baru, Ipoh. We were the first customers and we occupied the biggest table. There were 7 of us. We were early and we have plenty of time to go through the menu. Our friends finally settled for the following dishes.

Ordered 2 types of soup. One is the double steamed coconut chicken soup. I didn't snap photo of this soup.

The 2nd soup is this spicy sour fish maw soup Foo Chow style.

Tofu with minced pork.

Stinky beans with minced pork and sambal belacan.

The beans were tender and everyone enjoyed this dish.

Steamed fish (I don't know the name of this fish).

Fried soy sauce prawns.

Everyone enjoyed the delicious lunch. Hubby's friend and family will be returning to this restaurant the next evening with his siblings.

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The following photos were taken at the Gunung Lang Recreational Park.

There are many monkeys on the other side of the lake but this one stood out from the rest. It wasn't afraid of people and came quite close to us.

It was watching hubby and probably expecting food from hubby.

Good thing it didn't disturb us because we were not carrying any food items except for some bottle of drinking water.

It didn't mind when I pointed my phone camera in its direction.

Finally, it decided to give me a good pose by looking directly into the camera. Thank you, my little friend.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

A mirror reflects a man's face,

but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

(Proverbs 27:19, The Living Bible-TLB)

Scrumptious Dinner At Restoran Fan Chen Mei, Bercham

Recently, hubby's foodie friend recommended a restaurant and we went to try out the food on an evening when I didn't cook. We overheard one of the customer ordering coconut chicken soup and we too wanted to order the same. It has been a long time since we last had this soup. Before we ordered, we were told that their offer item for that day was clam (lala). To qualify for the offer, we have to order 2 other dishes excluding the soups. Since we wanted the soup, we declined the offer and will return to enjoy the offer on another day.

Double steamed coconut chicken soup @ RM6.80 (2 servings). When the soup was brought to our table, we could smell the fragrance of the coconut soup.

Fried soft and silky tofu @ RM13.00, topped with pickled radish & minced pork.

They made their own tofu.

Marmite pork rib @ RM16.00. Nice and tender.

Total cost of dinner: RM38.40.

(including 2 small portion rice + 1 Chinese tea)

Business hours for dine-in: from 2pm to 8pm.

Tuesday is their off day.

Location: 3a, Persiaran Medan Bercham 3,

Taman Bercham Baru, Ipoh.

The next day, we returned to the same restaurant with our friends.

On Friday, their offer item is Tilapia fish.

Steamed Tilapia fish with spicy sauce @ RM16.80.

To qualify for the offer, we ordered the next 2 dishes.

#1 - Stinky beans with minced pork @ RM16.00

#2 - Water spinach (kangkong) with fermented bean curd (fu yue) @ RM7.00

Spicy sour fish maw soup (Foochow style) @ RM13.00

This is enough for 4 people.

We also ordered coconut chicken soup for our friends to try @ RM6.80.

Total cost of dinner for 4 people = RM65.10

(including 4 rice, small portion and drink).

Sunset at 7:06pm

After dinner, we took a short drive around the area.

Sunset at 7:14pm.

Sunset at 7:15pm.

Sunset at 7:22pm.

On our way home, driving on the highway.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate!

The highway to hell is broad and its gate is wide enough

for all the multitudes who choose its easy way.

But the Gateway to Life is small,

and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.

(Matthew 7:13-14, The Living Bible-TLB)