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)

Seafood Tom Yam Noodle & Savoury Long Bean Rice

This was a public holiday. Started our morning walk late because we woke up late.

Morning sky at 7:15am.

7:20am

After morning walk, we stopped at Kedai Kopi Sin Choi Yuen for breakfast.

I ordered the above Seafood Tom Yam noodle (RM10).

Hubby ordered his usual fried noodle (RM6). No photo to show.

There were clams (lala), fish paste, 3 big prawns, tomato, green vegetable and rice vermicelli. An appetizing bowl of noodle to start off the day.

Walking home after breakfast at 8:10am.

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Since it was a public holiday, our neighbours did some shopping and bought the following 2 items for us.

2 tubs of tofu fa.

One with ginger syrup and one with palm sugar.

And Chinese fruit rojak.

Very nice with lots of crushed peanuts.

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Home cooked dinner.

Hubby went to visit his friend who recently had a knee surgery and the friend's wife gave him a bundle of home grown long beans.

I used two thirds of the long beans to cook steamed savoury rice.

Ingredients used: chopped garlic, diced shiitake mushroom, diced roast pork, diced cuttlefish, oyster sauce, soy sauce, black sauce, cooking oil, sesame oil, long beans and brown rice. I stir-fried the ingredients till fragrant before transferring to the above pot, add water and steamed till the rice is cooked.

Sambal belacan with lime juice as condiment.

It was a delicious dinner and I couldn't resist having 2 helpings of the rice.

There was enough leftover for the next day's lunch.

I tried to but I couldn't remember when I found this mural.

Hornbills painted on the sealed windows looks like framed paintings of hornbills.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so that

there will be food enough in my Temple;

if you do, I will open up the windows of heaven for you

and pour out a blessing so great you won't have room

enough to take it in! "Try it! Let me prove it to you!

(Malachi 3:10, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Restoran J.J. Fatt, Lawan Kuda, Gopeng.

This was a Thursday and we had a lunch appointment with a long time friend, my ex-colleague and ex-housemate.

Morning sky at about 7:40am.

Our friend wanted to taste the food in Lawan Kuda, Gopeng and so we took her to this restaurant. This photo was taken few years ago when we were here for dinner. Lawan Kuda is known for snakehead fish dishes, so we ordered 1 fish. The restaurant will use the fish to cook 2 dishes.

Fish meat slices cooked with ginger slices, onions, and spring onion.

Soup using the bony parts of the fish, tofu and salted vegetable.

The soup was very flavourful.

Chinese kai lan vegetable sauteed with garlic and salt.

After having ordered the food, I took our friend out to the side of the restaurant to show her the vegetable garden. Most of the green vegetable served in the restaurant comes from this garden. After seeing the vegetables, my friend wanted to order another vegetable dish.

Water spinach with sambal belacan.

Total cost of lunch for 3 people = RM90.60

(incl. 3 small rice & warm water).

After our lunch, we went opposite where there is a roadside cendol stall. Usually the cendol will be sold out by 2pm but that day, it was still open at 2.30pm so my friend has the chance to enjoy this cendol ice.

This bowl of cendol ice consists of the green jelly made from rice flour, kidney beans, palm sugar syrup, coconut milk and shaved ice.

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Photos credited to Shirley.

Photos taken by her and sent to me through whatsapp.

Have you seen a coconut shaped like a watermelon or a squash?

Have you seen these long papayas?

I have seen but have not tasted any.

Our friend found this bug on a mat in her house.

On a closer look, she saw that the bug was laying eggs on the mat.

Can you see the 4 eggs?

The back of the bug looks like a shield or a face mask.

With Google Lens, it was identified as the Brown Marmorated Stink.

If crushed, it will release a stinky smell.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken.

We are perplexed because we don't know why things happen as they do,

but we don't give up and quit.

(2 Corinthians 4:8, The Living Bible-TLB)