Dinner At Restoran Wan Li Xiang Roaster

We are still keeping to our Friday dinner get together. Just the four of us consisting of a pair of husband and wife, my hubby and myself. We try to choose a less crowded place which allows for proper social distancing. This particular evening, hubby suggested Restoran Wan Li Xiang Roaster, off Jalan Pasir Puteh, Ipoh. When we entered, only 1 big table was occupied by 6 people. By the time we finished dinner, only 4 other tables were occupied. 

1st dish we ordered was this Black Pepper Venison.

Fish Head Curry in clay pot.

The curry was thick and creamy. It was very tasty but a bit too spicy. At the end of dinner, the remaining curry gravy was packed for takeaway. Instead of wasting the curry, I will add in some ingredients to make a delicious curry to eat with roti prata (roti canai).

For veggie, we ordered Chinese baby kai lan with roast pork.

Total bill came to RM89 incl. rice & plain water.

Wall decoration

Wall decoration.

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Back home sitting in front of my computer.

I was waiting for the computer to startup and when I turned to look at the screen, I saw this spider in the middle of a blank screen. At first I was puzzled, I thought it was a new screen saver or something. Then I looked closer. Cheh! It was a real spider on the screen!

An old Vespa scooter on display at a hotel in Malacca.

Yellow hibiscus with single layer petals.

This snapshot was taken at 9:05am when the sky was dark just before a heavy downpour.

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

Anxious hearts are very heavy,

but a word of encouragement does wonders!

(Proverbs 12:25, The Living Bible-TLB)

Fish Congee Or Fish Porridge

One night just before I went to bed, a friend texted me to ask whether I want to buy fresh fish because she had surplus supply. After a few text messages to and fro, it was agreed that I will collect the fish from her house the next morning.

Morning sky at 7am.

Sorry about the lamp posts and power lines that got into my photo. Not easy to avoid them when we are trying to snap sky photos in a residential area.

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After breakfast, I went to collect the fish from our friend's house. Initially, I intended to buy a grouper fish which weighed around 2 kg. Later I changed my mind and bought 2 groupers. The fishes were already scaled and cleaned and all I have to do is to cut them into fillets and packed them separately to be kept in the freezer.

That evening, I used 2 pieces of fish fillets to cook fish congee or fish rice porridge for dinner. I cut the fillets into smaller pieces, marinate them with some light soy sauce and cornflour and set aside. I boiled the rice porridge over low fire and when it was ready, I added in the marinated fish pieces. After a few minutes when the fish was cooked, I added salt to taste.

Garnished the porridge with young ginger strips, drizzled some sesame oil and a few dashes of white pepper powder on the porridge before serving.

I boiled 2 homemade salted duck eggs from a new batch.

I also blanched home grown sweet potato leaves and drizzled with garlic oil and oyster and soy sauce.

Our homecooked dinner for 2 people.

I wanted to taste the new sambal dried prawn from Penang which I ordered through a friend. Took out a few spoons to taste. This will come in very handy when I don't know what to cook. It is also good for making sandwiches.

A true friend is always loyal,

and a brother is born to help in time of need.

(Proverbs 17:17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Year End Blessings (Year 2020)

I woke up on the 2nd last day of year 2020 feeling tired because I wasn't sleeping well the whole night. As usual, I went for the morning walk, had a light breakfast, walked home, watered my garden and fed my guppies. Then I sat in front of the computer to prepare the day's blog post. Just as I was shutting down my computer, a friend called. Halfway through the conversation, someone was at my front gate ringing the bell. I ended the call and went to check on the visitor. It was an old friend whom I have not seen for a long time and with her mask on, I almost couldn't recognize her.

She came bringing me the above gift.

She knew I love smoked duck and she brought me a packet of frozen boneless smoked duck. We sat down to exchange updates and halfway through, someone called me on the hand phone. It was a friend wanting to drop by to pass something to me.

A few minutes later, she brought over the above cassava roots grown from the cuttings I gave her. So nice of her to remember and blessed me with some of the produce from her garden. After she left, I continued chatting with my friend and later, we went out for lunch. Just as we were finishing lunch, another friend called to inform that she will be sending over the items I have ordered through her.

My friend helped me buy the above fresh seafood from a fishing village. 2 tubs of fresh prawns, 2 packets of mantis prawns (lai lui har in Cantonese) and 2 tubs of vegetable acar. What I thought to be a boring day turned out to be a busy day.

Later in the afternoon, my neighbour returned from a day trip to Cameron Highlands and gifted us with the above - corns, sweet potatoes and strawberries.

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Year end dinner at Jimm's Cafe, a treat from our friend.

Our friend ordered this spaghetti pork chop @ RM15.90

The 3 of us ordered the above chicken chop set which includes a scoop of ice cream @ RM13.90.

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The following photos are credited to AshleyJ/Nyappy.

Insect found on the okra plant.

Google Lens identified this insect or pest as Dysdercus cingulatus, commonly known as red cotton stainer. It is a serious pest of cotton crops, which feed on the emerging bolls and the cotton seeds, transmitting cotton-staining fungi as it does so.

These pests were found mating in the photographer's backyard.

The adult females lay eggs in chambers they dug in the soil. The eggs will hatch after about 5 days and will take about 30 or more days to mature into adults.

 Thanks to my friend who gifted me the smoked duck for sharing the above photos with me.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Do you remember what the Scriptures say about this?

"He that gathered much had nothing left over,

and he that gathered little had enough."

So you also should share with those in need.

(2 Corinthians 8:15, The Living Bible-TLB)