Going up

My usual morning routine this year has been like this.  Wake up around 530am, get ready breakfast and snacks for school lunch box for Jan and Jamie, who are in morning session. 

By 615am, Jan and I are out while Jamie is waking up and having his breakfast at home. It takes around 25-30 minutes back and forth so by 645am, I would be at home and make sure Jamie is ready for his school which starts at 730am. Thank God that his school maintaining the 730am time since MCO, so it is convenient for me to drive him.  Being a solo parent with hubby not around on most weekdays, I think I adjust and compromise well.

When hubby is around on weekdays, he would follow me out, dropping Jamie at school and we go to have our breakfast, and sometimes to nearby butcher shop to buy meat and vegetables. 

Newest price list

On Tuesday, Jamie needed to be at school before 7am for assembly, so my morning routine started earlier. Managed to drop him in school before 655am.  Together with hubby, I drove to the butcher shop to fill up my vegetable and meat list. While I was at the butcher shop, the taukeynio was ranting on the price hike for pork. All I was able to catch from her morning ranting was the price of pork is going up again this year. 

RM6 kolo mee with wanton 

After done my purchases, hubby and I went to Y. Y. Cafe for breakfast. Again, while ordering our food, the kolo mee taukey told me that the price of meat is going up, so naturally char siew price will go up and subsequently, kolo mee as well. Geez, his noodle just went up by 50cents to RM4.50 few months ago!!  Now it is RM5.

Kueh chap cheng

Then the dishes that are pork based like kueh chap would definitely feel the pinch and need to hike up their price too. So I wonder how much a bowl of kueh chap cheng (without Kueh) would cost?? The last time I had one in Xing Xing Wang was RM12 per bowl. 

Another pork by product, luncheon meat is a must have in my pantry. My usual brand, Porkies keeps increasing in price and now it is one of the expensive luncheon meats on the shelves. So I switched to other slightly cheaper brands, such as the above. Somehow I prefer the texture and flavour of Porkies but both Pana and Herdsman (also from Denmark) are alright. But if there is any offer on Porkies, I will surely pile up some for my pantry.  That what I did earlier this week when I went to H&L Supermarket. That was the cheapest I can find for Porkies in Kuching!