Breakfast At Restoran Chooi Yue Dim Sum, Ipoh Garden.

Woke up about 7 am on a Monday morning because we decided to skip the morning walk. I went out to sweep the dry leaves and watered my plants. It looked like it was going to rain but I saw this sun rays shining down through the grey cloud on my right.

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This is the best I can capture with my smartphone.

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One last shot before I finished watering my plants.

We were joining our friends for breakfast in Ipoh Garden.

The sky grew dark again.

It started to drizzle by the time we reached our destination.

Breakfast at Restoran Chooi Yue Dim Sum.

We ordered the following dim sum for 4 people.

Steamed flat rice noodle (chee cheong fun) with vegetable filling.

Served with 2 plates of spicy sambal belacan.

It is my first time eating this, with vegetable filling.

Steamed buns with bbq pork filling.

Inside of the bbq pork bun.

Two types of fried crispy bean curd rolls.

Stuffed red and green chilies

Fish paste topped with blended ginger.

After breakfast, it was still drizzling.

The hills were covered with low clouds and the sky gloomy.

This was taken at 10.30 am and the sun remained hidden for most of the day.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

He knows about everyone, everywhere.

Everything about us is bare and wide open to the

all-seeing eyes of our living God;

nothing can be hidden from him to whom

we must explain all that we've have done.

(Hebrews 4:13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Simple Home Cooked Dinners On Two Separate Evenings.

Lately, I seldom cook everyday as there are only two of us eating. I have been cooking almost everyday for so many years and I guess I am getting lazier as I age. Plus, my hubby doesn't mind eating outside food. Whenever we have some evening events to attend to, then I will usually cook on such evenings.

1st Home Cooked Dinner

After having tasted the double steamed chicken soup in a coconut, I wanted to cook my own version. I went to the wet market to buy one old coconut with flesh that are thick and hard. It was a small coconut. I told the boss that I just wanted it cracked open in halves. I brought it home, somehow I managed to separate the white flesh from the shells. I cut the white flesh into thick pieces. I cut the half chicken into 4 big pieces.

I boiled water in the pressure cooker, add the chicken pieces, coconut flesh, some red dates and some goji berries. Cover the pressure cooker and let it cooked over low fire for half an hour. As it was cooking, I could smell the soup from the hall.

 My own version of chicken+coconut+herbal soup!

Hubby and I had a big bowl of soup each.

 And a simple plate of stir fried vegetables with garlic.

This was our dinner without rice because the chicken is enough to fill us.
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Some fence photos for joining Good Fences.

 Crown of Thorns next to a picket fence.

Next, I will share with you my 2nd home cooked dinner.

2nd Home Cooked Dinner

There is one dish which we enjoyed at a restaurant and looks like a simple dish to cook. Instead of using salted fish with minced meat, I replaced the salted fish with chopped dried cuttlefish. I marinated the mixture with pepper, oyster sauce, light soya sauce, salt and sugar to taste. The restaurant named this dish as "Poh Poh Tofu". 

 I sliced the soft, silky tofu and lined them up in the centre.

Then I place a thin layer of minced meat mixture on both sides of the tofu.

Then steamed the dish for about 10 minutes or until cooked.

Garnish with some sprinkling of crispy fried onions.

 I bought a big bunch of water convolvulus or kangkong for RM1 at the roadside stall at the recreational park. I stir fried it with garlic.

 These were some left over salted fish strips from the previous evening.

 We had this dinner with rice. We couldn't finish the salted fish and kept it to be eaten with porridge the next evening.

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Some more photos for joining Good Fences.

These are from the compound of the Salvation Old Folks home.

 Nice arch

 The compound is spacious, well kept and clean.

A very peaceful and quiet place.

Linking to Good Fences.

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession

and thanksgiving be made for all people -

for kings and all those in authority, that we may

live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

(1 Timothy 2:1-2, New International Version-NIV)

Yellow Dancing Ladies Orchid & Cup Of Gold Flowers.

I am not good with orchids and a few have died under my care. But this great friend of mine didn't give up on me! She chose to bless me with a few more pots of baby orchids. Some have dried up but some are just hanging on. They grow very slowly and are not very healthy looking either. Maybe I should try using the liquid fertilizers to spray on them.

So it came as a surprise to see this pot of Dancing Ladies started to flower. The flower stalk was thin but nevertheless, the flowers were lovely!

 I hung this pot of orchid onto the metal railing on top of the concrete wall.

 It gets a few hours of sunlight each day.

I suppose I am not giving the proper care and attention to my orchid plants. 

The yellow flowers look like pretty yellow faces with 2 eyes with eye brows, pink mouths and wearing yellow gowns......my imagination!

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 I have another yellow flowers to share with you, the Cups of Gold flowers!

 The plant has been flowering non-stop.

 I think it loves the sun and the hot weather.

 The cups of gold are bright and showy. They are very attractive and I have people coming to ask for cuttings which I gladly gave to share with them.

I would be rich if these are real gold! Lol!

Linking to Floral Bliss.

Silver and gold are purified by fire,

but God purifies hearts.

(Proverbs 17:3, The Living Bible-TLB)