Gallimaufry#4

Just a bunch of random photos from my Huawei ...

Okra from our condo's community vegetable patch

Pizza fest on Father's Day

Skywatch from my balcony

Roadside shrine.  Explanation here.

Spotted these unique purple flowers by a roadside drain. Not sure what they are though.

 

Century egg congee

Clitoria ternatea aka Butterfly Pea

This genus was thus named because of its resemblance to a certain vital lady part!

The Malays and Peranakans use the Butterfly Pea as a natural blue dye for cakes, rice, dumplings and beverages.

A funny video to share

                         

Gotta love the cheeky banter!

Her: This is my clitorial bush.

Him:  Laughs nervously. That is called a clitorial bush?!

I Spy ...

with my little eye ...

something red starting with H...

Hibiscus

Gallimaufry#3

 Just a bunch of random photos on my Huawei ...

Frangipani

 Back in 2014, Malaysia saw an invasion of these giant moths.

A friendly bigass moth landed on my back!

The Lyssa Zampa tropical moth aka Laos brown butterfly has a wingspan of about 6 inches!

The BBC reported  that thousands of these gargantuan creatures have swarmed cities in Malaysia, and even disrupted a national football match!

Skywatch from my balcony

Malaysian street food —  rice noodle roll

A batter of rice flour is steamed over a piece of cloth. When the noodle sheet sets, it is peeled off the cloth and rolled with a filling of minced prawn and roast pork. The noodle roll is then sliced and topped with a sweetened soy sauce, fried shallots, sesame seeds and chili oil.

Palm berries

My go-to snack

Poppadam — Indian flatbread

The hubs had his first shot. I have not been called up yet.

Vaccinations in a repurposed convention hall 

Ferrero Rocher ice-cream cake for my son's last day of work from his co-workers

The Last Light

... the sun dips below the horizon ...

.... the last light of dusk dissipates ...

... darkness engulfs the sky.

“There's a special quality to the loneliness of dusk, a melancholy more brooding even than the night's.” ― Ed Gorman

Dusk unnerves me  — the day is dying and the darkness sneaks in.

But once it's dark, I'm good again.

It is that split moment between day and night that creeps me out a little.

Does dusk spook you?

Gallimaufry#2

Just a bunch of random photos on my phone ...

Malaysian street food

Squid and convolvulus

Blood clams

Dragon fruit

"Beauty is and always will be blue skies and open highway."

                                                                                                    Dave Hickey

 Chinese style crispy pan-fried salmon

Recipe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DKlH4K1ANA

A *new village viewed from my balcony

* New Villages represent a type of settlement that is unique to Peninsular Malaysia. They were originally established by the government as roadside relocation settlements for rural Chinese during the Malayan Emergency (1948–60), a period of intense conflict between the British administration and a (largely Chinese) communist guerrilla insurgency that arose after World War II. With the end of the emergency in 1960, some of the New Villages were abandoned, but most of them became permanent settlements.

"Words are like bees – some create honey and others leave a sting." 

                                                                                                            Unknown

Budae Jjigae

Budae Jjigae aka army stew was created shortly after the Korean War ended when food was scarce and many Koreans were starving.

Processed foods such as spam, hot dogs, baked beans, cheese, ham, etc were scrounged or smuggled from U.S military bases and the locals threw the American ingredients into a large pot together with an assortment of Korean vegetables, spicy seasonings and other leftovers to create a stew of sorts.

Thus, through ingenuity and resourcefulness, Budae Jjigae was born!

 My first time making the stew.

All you need is kimchi and some American processed meats and viola —  it's Budae Jjigae!

There really is no right or wrong way to make army stew because you can create hundreds of combinations with whatever ingredients you have on hand.

Steaming hot and bubbling and wonderfully hearty

Totally unhealthy but absolutely worth it!  And especially perfect on a cold, rainy night.

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