Picks

Hubby brought me to this well known Kuching Lok Lok shop in Ban Hock road for a late afternoon snack. Actually he was craving for stinky tofu but unfortunately the only stinky tofu stall in Kuching isn't in operation for time being. Look like there wouldn't be anyone selling this stinky delicacy for now.

So we ended up in Ban Hock road for some Lok Lok. Hubby did the ordering so here was his picks 

The steamed sticks consists of mostly vegetables and a stick of mussels. Of course I was more interested in the fried sticks. Such as the bishop's nose. They were so good and addictive!!!

Hubby also ordered 2 of these fried tofu with rojak paste filling. Pretty good as well. 

As for the sauce, you can opted what you want, either sweet or combination of spicy and sweet. 

A very warm day, so a bowl of tong sui was refreshing to have after digesting all the lok-lok. 

Of course we brought few sticks home for MIL and kids. 2 sticks of bishop's nose and 2 sticks of fried small crabs. The kids especially Jay enjoy them a lot. I didn't even had my dinner that evening. 

 

Claypots

It was last Sunday. Hubby, MIL and I went out around 3pm for some errands and then we drove to Jalan Song for early dinner. Actually meant to buy some stinky tofu in Simpang Tiga but the shop wasn't opened then. So we drove to Jalan Song for claypots dinner instead since we were rather hungry by then (around 430pm).

It has been a long time since we came to Number 6 Kopitiam for dinner. Used to do that quite frequent when we stayed nearer.

Hubby and MIL did the ordering and the first claypot to come was this braised pork. Tasted alright, tender meat. But I came for the lamb.

The lamb stew, hubby's favourite. Still tasted good. I prefer the lamb curry more. 

We had 4 claypots in total included the fish maw and meatballs soup. All so good to consume on a cold evening. After taking them, we were sweaty!! Lol.

Our dinner cost RM53, exclusive of drink. 
 

Car ride

Hubby, MIL, Jay and I went for a car ride on the 13th day of CNY. A Sunday.

We woke up early, so we went for breakfast in our favourite coffee shop, Y. Y. Cafe. Around 930am, the four of us left for Matang. Jan and Jamie stayed at home, while we went to check out on a property in Matang. Then we continued our car ride to Telaga Air. 

It was a nice morning for a countryside car ride so we took it light and easy. 

Like in the past, we had our lunch in D'White Station. Order of a set of the spicy seafood since only 4 of us. 

We also have a plate of midin but to our disappointment, it was not good. Tough, really not edible. 

Total bill was RM52 plus drinks for our lunch. Now the younger generation took over the business, sadly it wasn't as good as before. 

After lunch, we made a round around the small town. Wanted to buy some crabs at the market but unfortunately no more. So we headed back to Kuching. 

However we did not leave Telaga Air empty-handed at all. We made a stop at this Lemang House on our way back to buy some Lemang. Besides Lemang, they also sell rendang beef, rendang chicken and satay. 

RM10 lemang

They have different pricing for different length of Lemang, we opted for the shorter length. 

RM5 for this tube of peanut gravy

We also bought 1 tube of peanut gravy to go with lemang.

RM1.20 per stick for chicken, RM1.50 per stick for beef

Then at the side of the shop, they were grilling the satay. Option of chicken, beef and lamb but only chicken and beef satay were available at that time. So, we bought 10 sticks each for chicken and beef satay. And they gave us 2 small packs of peanut gravy!!! Btw, the peanut gravy was nice, we kept the tube in the fridge and finished off the 2 small packs.

Lemang was soft and fragrant. Option of pandan and original flavour, we bought the original flavour. It was very nice. Satay was nice and we'll marinated too. 

So we were happy with our purchase in Lemang House. It was just opposite to the place where we bought the coconut milkshake on our last visit.

From Telaga Air, we went home to our area. Made a stop at the bakery shop to get some snacks and bread for kids, and then to optometry shop to pick up my MIL and Jay's new glasses. 

We reached home slightly after 12 noon. It was been a nice morning car ride. Jan and Jamie were having their lunch (which I ordered from Food panda while on the road) when we got home. 

On the 7th

On 7th day of CNY, the boys went back to school. The girl was on rotation and she happened to stay at home and have online classes that week.

So, after dropped the boys at school, I steamed this 5 five blessing siu Mai for me, hubby, Jan and MIL. 

5 flavours such as pork, seafood, sotong, and salted egg. I not sure what was the last flavour, but they equally nice.

Then around 9am, we went to Big Mouth Food Centre to meet up with my KL sis and her hubby. They actually visited us on the 3rd day of CNY, spent quite a long time at our house. A brunch meet up in Big Mouth Food Court on the 7th day before they left for KL the next night. 

The 7th day of CNY (Chinese called it 人日), we were supposed to take the lui cha as a tradition but the Hakka lui cha stall wasn't opened!! Many people came for the lui cha, it was actually quite well known in Kuching.  But it wasn't opened and many customers left afterward. 

Anyhow, we ended with other available stalls since we were there. I went for the glass noodle soup from a stall at the back of the shop.

RM7 for my glass noodle soup. Pretty good to take. Something light, not so heavy for brunch.

And thanks sis and BIL for the chicken essence gift hamper.  Hope to meet you guys soon!!! Take care.

Hangout

A night out on 2nd night of CNY. Hubby took me out for a drink and gathering with his friends. I knew most of them and one is even my cousin. Somehow, few fishing trips put my cousin and hubby together and now they are buddies!

Sodu was our hangout place. A friend opened this bistro so we spent quite a lot time there. T has been a long time I had a good drink and went home the next day!! Lol. 

1 glass of beer and a tall glass of cocktail for me, and I was amazed I wasn't that drunk!! Lol. Alright, enough of my drinking episode. CNY has been relaxing this year. We didn't do much visiting. First day to my parents' house, then a friend's house in the evening, who served us abalone mee suah. 

On 2nd day, we visited 2 houses, both are hubby's relatives.  That was all the visiting we could have. 

Not much cooking at home especially breakfast. Now no worry of getting hungry and no eateries are opened during festive season. 

This Foochow stall opened on 3rd day of CNY. Both hubby and I enjoyed its Foochow fried noodle. So so good and delicious.

On another day, we went back to the same stall but I had the fried mee hoon with a fried egg on top!! Jan also liked its fried mee hoon.

When our other favourite coffee shop opened on the 5th, hubby and I walked all the way there. We didn't go for our morning walk much before CNY. Hope to get back to our walking routine soon.  

Kolo mee for us and takeaway for the kids and mil. 

Never missed it

Today is Chap Goh Mei, so wishing everyone "Happy Chap Goh Mei"!!

Back to the 1st day of the Year of Tiger, my mil and I woke up around 6am to cook chicken soup. We were having chicken mee suah for breakfast. A tradition in the family especially the Foochow to have a bowl of mee suah on 1st day of Chinese New Year. Since I married to my hubby, we have never missed it as either I cooked at home or we went to my in-law's house for it in the morning. 

After a breakfast of mee suah, we went to my parents' house and spent few hours and had lunch there. Then we went home to take an afternoon rest. My mil stayed at home as she didn't want to go out visiting and an aunt and family came to our house.

Hubby and I went to a friend's house which was a minute away in the evening. We had mee suah at his house. A scrumptious mee suah as we had abalone and maw with it!!

 

Mee suah represents longevity and good health, so I hope everyone stays healthy, safe and have an abundance of happiness and peace this year!!

Penang

We went for a breakfast cum meet up with an uncle (old friend of my in-law) at this food court in MJC. The Saturday before CNY. 

We ordered our breakfast from the Penang Pork Noodle stall.  This noodle set plus the pork soup. The kway teow was firm and tasty (with MSG!!) and the soup was nice and comforting to take. RM6.50 per set. 

We spent more than an hour talking with uncle. Many stories shared between him and my mil. A friendly uncle that never bored us with his humor and stories.