It’s another one of those rare mornings i went out for breakfast with hubby. I seldom get out of bed before 11am. It’s the school holidays, ok. Let me sleep in as long as i want. Hubby usually buys breakfast back as he likes to have a glass of Teh-Si-Peng (Iced Tea) with his breakfast. I’m such a pampered wife, arent i :p
The kids were still in bed. i woke up early this morning as i have to plonk some links up to my blogs. I took the opportunity to go out to get some fresh air. Not that we get fresh air these days either with the heat, draught and haze around us. I might as well claim i went out for the morning sun instead.
I wanted to have Jen Jen Kai Si Hor Fun, but the place were closed for three days, damn. We then proceeded to Chuan Fatt for Curry Noodles, also closed, wtf. In the end, we just went to the nearest coffeeshop as we were famished and we dont want to go home to screaming kids. I cannot recall the name but it’s the one along the same road as Moon & Moon Cafe. There was a stall selling seafood noodles and i chose to have that as my first meal of the day.
The Seafood Noodle i had just now was not too bad. It has a generous amount of noodles. As for the Sek Pan (Garoupa) fish, it was coated with ginger. Guess it’s supposed to act as a tenderizer and to get rid of the fishy smell/taste at the same time. Garopa fish fillet can be tough at times. The soup also ok alh. Just dont compare this Seafood Noodle to Fai Kee Restaurant at Jalan Seenivasagam, Greenhill, ok. That’s my favorite place as fas as Ipoh Seafood Noodles are concerned. At least, with a full stomach, my morning wasnt that screwed up after all.
Hubby wanted to play safe and ordered the usual Wan Ton Meen. Yeah, you can never go wrong with Wan Tan Meen. Especially when you happen to be eating at an never-been-to-before coffeeshop. Same goes for Chee Cheong Fun, lol. He claims it’s good and the noodles are springy and have bite to it. We decided to tapau a packet back for the kids.
Here’s the bowl of Wan Tan that came with the Noodles. As for drinks, we both had Teh-Si-Peng, so-so jek. So, what did you have for breakfast this morning?
Bought these from Tesco just now. One box of Nestle Honey Stars for my kids, and another box of Tesco’s Light Choices. Mine’s bran with Sultanas. Havent tried it before. It’s cheap at Rm12.99 for 650gm.
The box of Honey Starts also cost the same, but has lesser content at 600gm. Oh, whatever. As long as i can get malcolm to eat some rice, i’ll keep buying. Anyone here tried this Tesco Sultana Bran cereals before? Nice ah?
No doubt about it, eggs are one of most nutritious food on earth. If a chicken can hatch out of it, just imagine how much growth-promoting factor that’s packed inside the small oval-shaped wonder. I love eggs very much, especially those Omega enrichedeggs. We’ve run out of it, but i found a few normal ones in the fridge.
Eggs makes an excellent quick breakfast and goes well with everything. Hubby bought Gardenia Butterscotch bread and coffee-flavored Swiss roll the other day from 7-11 fro the kids. We still have some Drinho Home Soy left. As i was too busy to cook them something this morning, i just made them half-boiled eggs for breakfast.
I dug my plastic egg maker out from the kitchen cabinet, placed four eggs into a bowl of warm water to take the cold out. Put a kettle of water onto the stove and waited for it to boil. Next, place the four eggs into the egg maker and pour the hot water into it. As i’m making four eggs, i make sure water is almost to the top before i place the cover on. There are markers on the side of the egg maker to indicate how much water for making x-number of eggs. Wont go wrong.
Here’s a short video of how to make half-boiled eggs with an egg maker. Isnt it funny to see so much bubbles emitting from the eggs, hoh. You can also hear the hot water dripping into the base yellow-colored container.
I dont know how long it took. I was helping Gordon with his homework. I just asked hubby to go in and check if all the water has finished dripping or not and to knock two each into two separate bowls. Half-boiled eggs are best taken with soya sauce and pepper. For added nutrition, you can also add sesame oil or olive oil to it. BEST-nye. My kids love it!!!!
Hubby invited me out for breakfast with him this morning. After deliberating with him over what to eat, we adjourned to Restoran Jen Jen, the first corner coffeeshop situated right behind Tow Boo Keong Hall. There’s a stall there that sells one of the best Kai Si Hor Fun in Ipoh.
Here’s the coffeeshop i mentioned. I’ve not been here for a long long time. When Gordon was younger, i used to take him here for breakfast, but after the arrival of Malcolm, everything ceased, lol. It’s only about 7am when we arrived and there’s plenty of parking space for us. Otherwise, you’ll have to go round and round the place.
This is the Kai Si Hor Fun stall. You cant see it from the first pic. It’s on the left side from the pic’s orientation. This pic here was taken from the inside of the coffeeshop. The Kai Si Hor Fun stall is managed by a couple. Many people say the soup here is far too sweet. Some complain it’s not salty enough, lol. Whatever it is, it’s fine by me. Reminds me of the new TVB drama series, Sweetness In The Salt. Starts tonight. (ARCHIVED)
And here’s my order. A bowl of yummy Hor Fun with drumstick, prawns and chicken liver. Love it with the cilipadi. The soup here tastes somewhat like Oldtown’s Kong Heng Kai Si Hor Fun. Definitely better and more satisfying than this lousy Cowan Street Ngah Choi Kai.
It’s raining here in Ipoh now. Though the air-cond is set at 24 deg Celsius, i’m still feeling the cold with my sweater on. The last thing i want to do now is to get out of bed and cook something for my rumbling stomach. I really wanted to hide under the sheets but Gordon is up and he wanted “cookies”. Hubby bought a lot from Jusco Supermarket last week. And so, what to do. No choice but to get out of bed and head to the kitchen.
We seldom buy branded cookies nowadays unless they are really good. We’ve tried many different types of cookies from the cookies aisle near the wine section and found them to be fresh and tasty. Just like what you get in boxes, but minus the pricetag. Moreover, my kids get to try them before we buy, lol. We’re such a regular there that the workers couldnt be bothered to stop our kids from munching on the cookies. Of course, we dont go overboard with it. Only a few.
There’s food on the kitchen table. Some stir-fried cucumbers with dried prawns and chillies, and one fish. My MIL must have cooked this for my FIL early this morning. The lazybum in me decided to eat some of it with hot rice instead of cooking an instant noodle with egg. Afterall, this is Asia, and we do eat rice for breakfast, k. Rice is our staple food. What did you eat for breakfast this morning?
