Last week's photo theme was The Golden Hour.
They even included a hint in case we didn't know what that meant: "The period of time just after sunrise or just before sunset when the light is infused with red and gold tones."
Unfortunately, all week the golden hour was not very golden...there were also days when the sun hid behind the clouds!
In the end, I decided on this photo, taken during the golden hour, but when something else was golden. :P
Last week's photo theme was waves.
Even though my office is beside the sea, it is hard to take a photo where we can see the waves!
So I decided that these metal waves would be clearer :P
Because the photo theme (for the past two weeks) was holiday.
And I couldn't get a better idea. :P
Tong Sui Kai in Ipoh has a very famous beef noodle stall. But it is only open three days a week...from Thursday to Saturday. So we never managed to try it. This time, we reached Ipoh on Saturday, and our first stop was this stall.
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| the famous Cheong Kee beef noodles |
Yummy indeed. We added beef balls. The meat and stomach were tender enough, and the meatballs were nice and chewy.
We also tried a new dim sum restaurant called Love Full Dim Sum.
The dim sum was quite good in general (quite a lot of prawn mixed into the meat, it seems). The pastry had a nice buttery taste, and the egg tarts were the best! Buttery and also soft inside. We even went back to the shop to buy some before we left for Kuantan, but unfortunately they were sold out at that time. (probably more would be baked later…but we didn’t want to wait)
Besides that, we went to a new coffee shop for breakfast. The most notable thing about this coffee shop is the extensive chee cheong fun menu!
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| (We ignored the extensive menu and just asked for good old char siew chee cheong fun, which wasn't even listed on the menu.) |
To me, everything was good except the last item, which was ordered by Snorlax because he’s a fan of dry curry chicken noodles.
The shop is called Welcome Kopitiam. We will definitely visit again in future!
In addition to the meal at 8Haus, my father treated me to cheesecake from Cat & the Fiddle.
Even the boxes look fancy; there's a window on top that shows the cake inside. One is blueberry and the other is mango (they had fancy names too, but I've forgotten what those were)
Not to be outdone, my brother bought me croffles. Croffles are made by putting croissant dough into a waffle-pan, instead of baking it in the oven. It was our first time trying croffles, although I had heard of them before.
Each croffle came in its own individual box. Not as fancy as the cheesecake boxes, but very practical.
The plain-looking one is with maple syrup. The one on the bottom-right is with almonds, and it was the least good because it was quite dry. The others either had maple syrup or chocolate sauce on them, so we preferred those.
Just before Christmas, we made a trip to KL. The trip coincided with my birthday, so in addition to looking for good local food, we also had some “classy” cuisine.
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| Haus Pandan Soda - RM9.30 |
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| HausMade Manjito - RM10.30 |
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| Porky Nachos - RM14.80 |
We didn't expect it to be just plain nachos with a bit of their roasted pork on it. Not worth it... But I'm impressed at their idea of how to finish up the odds and ends of their roast pork. :P
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| Roasted Haus Pork Roulade (Double) - RM37.80 |
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| close-up of the roulades |
The skin was very crispy indeed. Definitely their signature dish. I didn't like the sauce very much though; I preferred eating the pork without it.
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| BBQ Chicken - RM19.80 |
This was lackluster. Not bad. The black pepper sauce that came with it was better than the sauce that accompanied the pork roulade. I even used this sauce for the pork instead. :P
For both main courses, we opted for one side dish only (we could choose either one or two sides, at different prices of course). We shared these dishes between the four of us because we had been eating other things all day...
Prices above are before including 10% service charge.
P.S.: We spotted a gift-wrapped house nearby! (pity the gift was not for me :P )
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