These days…

So what have we been up to these days? Nothing much really, I would say – just the usual routine, a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

My girl made these gluten-free cheese and almond flour cookies…

…which turned out very nice but they were not sweet – in fact, they were more on the salty side and she used olive oil following the recipe that she had at hand. I wonder if it would be the same if she had used butter instead as I do prefer its special fragrance and taste.

These deep fried or koi (Chinese steamed yam cake)…

…that my missus bought from the Kanowit ladies here were very nice. I could feel the texture of the yam in it – many around here are kind of wobbly and wriggly, the result of too much flour and not enough yam so I would steer clear of those.

She also bought these Nestum-coated mochi with peanut butter filling…

…from the shop round the corner from our house and of course, I was delighted. I am not a fan of mochi but I love these. In the past, they would only get them from Sarikei on Saturdays but for a long while now, they had not done so and it wasn’t a Saturday that day when my missus dropped by there. Of course she wasted no time at all in grabbing a pack for me knowing how much I enjoy them.

We did drop by here that evening for a quick dinner for the simple reason that it is near my house and the guy opens his shop quite early – before 6.00 p.m. The ladies said they were still quite full from our lunch that day so my girl just had their Sarawak laksa (RM5.50)…

…and the mum had the fried noodles (RM4.50)…

I ordered this bowl of beef noodles (RM6.00)…

…with a special request for all the taugeh (bean sprouts) to be omitted as I always feel that it would affect the taste of the soup in some way.

I thought we could share these honey chicken wings (RM9.80)…

…as well but they said what they had individually would be enough and in the end, I had to finish all three myself.

What about all of you? Been up to anything exciting lately?

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