Dinner 2nd Day CNY 2023

On most days, I only have to cook dinner. Many eateries were closed on the 1st and 2nd day of Chinese New Year 2023 (Sunday & Monday). Those that were opened were fully booked. So since Sunday, I have been cooking both lunch and dinner.

Blanched Chinese baby kai lan, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Poached Bearded Chicken.

There is a vast difference between a steamed and a poached chicken in texture and taste. My whole family prefers poached than steamed chicken.

Pounded ginger mixed with a bit of salt and with some hot garlic oil poured over it. A great condiment to eat with the poached chicken. Preferably add in some chopped spring onions but I didn't have any. I thought I bought some but couldn't find any spring onions in the fridge.

2 Sundays before Chinese New Year, there was a sponsored buffet lunch at The Salvation Army Perak Home For The Aged in Jelapang. It was a combined celebration of Christmas 2022, New Year 2023 and Chinese New Year 2023.

An old fashioned house front in Penang. The house looks like nobody has been staying in it as you can see all the letters were not picked up.

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

Stay always within the boundaries where God's love can reach and

bless you. Wait patiently for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ

in his mercy is going to give you.

(Jude 1:21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Reunion CNY Dinner 2023

I have been missing in action after my last post on the 18th January, 2023 and that is about 4 days. I had to do the last minute spring cleaning because the cleaner woman's daughters were sick and couldn't come. I had to do the last minute shopping plus getting ready some Chinese New Year snacks.

Here is wishing "Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Chinese New Year 2023" to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Crunchy home fried arrowhead chips or nyaku and imitation crab sticks on the left and toasted cashew nuts.

The above 2 types of Love Letters were bought. On the left is love letters with peanut butter and chopped almond filling.  On the right is love letters with chicken meat floss filling.

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The following were all gifts from friends.

Cashew nut cookies and pineapple tarts.

On the left is Almond Florentine and on the right is Seaweed Crisps.

On the top is Chocolate nut cookies, on the left is Chicken biscuits and on the right is Pistachio nuts.

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Simple home cooked Reunion Dinner.

Fried Prawns

Roast Duck ordered from a restaurant.

Yee Sang or CNY prosperity toss salad dish ordered from a nearby restaurant.

The vegetables were all hidden underneath the crunchy stuff.

Blanched Ipoh beansprouts with garlic oil, oyster and soy ssauce.

Left over salted vegetable + roasted pig leg soup from lunch.

Reunion dinner 2023.

We had left over roast duck for the next day.

Ushering in the CNY 2023 with this beautiful Adenium flower, a gift from a friend.

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Breakfast this morning, Monday 23rd January (2nd day CNY).

Most of the coffee shops in our area are closed for 2 days and only 2 shops are opened and they were overflowing with customers. In the end, we went to a Mamak shop for a relaxed breakfast to avoid the crowd.

I ordered tosai with plain water and hubby ordered roti canai with teh tarik (Forgot to snap photos) Elder son ordered the above roti canai sarang burung with kopi ais. Younger son still sleeping in his room.

Visit Perak mural for Monday Mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow.

Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land

you are about to enter and occupy.

(Deuteronomy 5:33, New Living Translation-NLT)

Growing Goji Berries or Wolf Berries In my Garden

Even though I have a very small garden, it didn't stop me from trying to grow new things in my garden. I think it was end of 2021 or beginning of 2022, I sowed some seeds from a single goji berry or wolf berry. A few seedlings appeared and I kept 4 for myself and gave away the rest to my friends. I now have 4 pots of goji berry plants in my garden.

Goji berry or wolf berry plant.

This photo was taken end of April, 2020.

Middle of July, 2020.

January, 2023.

Finally, after about 3 years, one of my goji berry plants has started to flower.

The first flowers didn't turn into berries. More flowers are appearing on the plants and I am hoping to see some berries on the plant soon. I am also hoping for the other plants to bear flowers.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

"I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Gardener.

He lops off every branch that doesn't produce.

and he prunes those branches that bear fruit for even larger crops.

He has already tended you by pruning you back for greater strength

and usefulness by means of the commands I gave you.

(John 15:1-3, The Living Bible-TLB)