How to save a life…

In the past, Father worked and provided for the family. Mother stayed at home to clean, wash, cook and take care of the children. Sometimes, dad had to be at work all day and he had to bring his lunch along in the morning or it had to be delivered later – be it to the padi field, the plantation or the shop. This was where the tiffin carrier came into the picture…

You can click this link to watch the very touching video of one of my favourite songs. There is a scene where the daughter sends her father his lunch in a tiffin carrier. Sadly, in this modern day and age when both parents are working, the daily meals for the family have been pretty much neglected and children would patronise fast food restaurants regularly and this has given rise to weight problems among the youth in many countries. Perhaps everyone can think about going back to the tiffin carrier and buy wholesome balanced meals from the food outlets that consist of protein such as fish or meat…

…and vegetables…

However, it may be a bit expensive and also, some people may worry about the amount of monosodium glutamate (msg) that is usually used. Alternatively, it might be a better idea to hunt around for somebody who does it at home, in which case you will be able to have more affordable home-cooked meals. For around RM250 a month, you should be able to get two protein dish of meat…

…or fish or other forms of seafood…

…one vegetable dish such as this one…

…or this…

…and a soup. That should be enough for at least 2-3 persons for 2 meals. Then, on weekends, you can consider cooking some special delicacies to give the whole family a special treat and that may contribute towards bonding stronger family ties which seem to have weakened over time as everybody seems to be busy with everything else! For one thing, compared to the present-day eating habits, this should be relatively healthier and you may well be saving some lives…

Would you like to share your opinion on this?

Lady…

I had been wanting to go to this coffee shop here in Sibu for the shrimp piansip (wanton/dumplings) ever since I saw kongkay’s post on it a couple of months back. Lady’s Cafe is the name and it’s along Lanang Road, after the lane to SRB Sacred Heart (Chinese), on the left if you are going from the town.

Pollie may be interested to know that the guy in the red t-shirt on the left (sitting down) is her ex-colleague, Mike. I did not really know what to order but I did see on the sign that “piansip udang” (shrimp/prawn wanton/dumplings) were available at 60 sen each. Then I saw something somebody else was having, so I just said I wanted the same. In the end, I got the dumplings (RM3.00)…

…but there were no whole shrimps nor prawns inside. I was expecting something like har kau but I guess it was just minced meat with shrimps added, the way we prepare the filling for sio bee/siew mai or ngor hiang. Then for RM3.50, I also got this yong tofu kind of soup; they call it sup campur (mixed soup)…

On the whole, it was pretty nice…but not to the extent that I would go through all the trouble to go there to eat it. I may just go again should I happen to be in the neighbourhood, that’s it. Incidentally, while I was there, I happened to see this coffee shop round the corner…

What hall? A coffee shop’s a coffee shop! A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!…And cripes! Talk about blowing your own horn…! Nice food indeed! LOL!!!

Anyway, across the road from Lady Cafe, at the traffic lights, they had pretty nice beef noodles (but nowhere near those in KK) at that corner coffee shop at the junction…

…but I have not gone there for quite sometime so I would not know whether it is still good or not. Or you can head to the shops near the Sibu Bus Terminal, and right opposite the pathetic-looking market (which has hardly any business)…

…is this restaurant, Yi Shiang. I’ve gone there quite a number of times, even for dinner. The food is nice and the prices are reasonable, somewhere along the same line as places such as Ruby, Nice House, Mum’s or Y2K.

In the morning, they serve a few selected items for breakfast/brunch including beef noodles…

…but the other day, I had this bowl of bak kut teh noodles…

It used to be nicer, more fragrant…and with bak kut teh, I would prefer those packet egg noodles instead of the bigger freshly-made ones. Besides, for RM6.50, I felt it was a bit too expensive and given the choice, I would sooner go for something else elsewhere…