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When Mom Violy spotted Crisostomo’s handwritten menu, something in her chest lit up: home-style lumpia, sinigang steaming in clay pots—could this be the comfort food she’d been missing?

Carmina informed Mom Violy that she would visit her home on Saturday, November 8, 2025. She asked if Mom Violy wanted to go out for lunch and mentioned needing to do some grocery shopping due to an upcoming big storm. Mom Violy suggested trying Crisostomo, a Filipino restaurant inside Robinsons Magnolia. Carmina forwarded the menu for her to choose what she wanted to eat, while Carmina already knew her order. I chose pork barbeque served in a set of three pieces with a vinegar dipping sauce. I skipped rice and opted for lumpiang hubad, fresh lumpia without a wrapper, topped with peanut sauce.  Mom Violy initially craved the classic Pinoy paella, but when it wasn’t available, she decided on sinigang na baboy with an extra serving of rice. A family member chose sisig with garlic rice. Carmina enjoyed her meal with Mom Violy and particularly liked the  lumpiang hubad , though she kept wondering why it had no wrapper. I explained that it’s called "naked" because it’s served witho...

Fear of General Check Up

Some people have fear getting their blood drawn just to get their lab work done. Every time a family member tells them to get their regular check up. The person keeps making excuses to get away from it. As their parents keep asking them to get a check up when they are eating meal at the table. They make up excuses to make an appointment for home service. You wonder why the person careless of their health and taking it all for granted. Every time they receive a prescription from their doctor they put it off and claim that they can't resist what food is serving at the table. Those people are just making excuses because they know deep in their heart they have an illness and they are afraid of hearing the results from the doctor. They sleep after they have eaten a heavy meal and usually that is a sign of being diabetic. They claim they are sleeping due to lack of sleep. I would rather get over with it knowing what is wrong with you than del...

Filipino Langka Recipe

Filipino Langka is made from jack fruit it is cooked with gata which is coconut milk. Often our employees eat this has their meal with matching fried fish of your choice. Filipino Langka Recipe : Ingredients : 10 pieces small shrimp (peel and remove head) 3 pieces garlic (minced) 2 kilo langka young jack fruit (chopped) 3 pieces coconut or 5 cups of gata (coconut) 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Patis (fish sauce) depends on your taste 2 pieces green chili pepper 1 Onion (chopped) Step 1 : Cooking Method : 2 tbs cooking oil placed in medium pot Saute garlic and onion Add shrimp, langka, green chili pepper, gata and seasoning Mix together as you are cooking  Fully cook for 30 minutes until tender and soft

Filipino Lumpia Shanghai Recipe

This is best food to always have in handy and stock up in your freezer in case you unexpected guest coming over to visit you. Filipino Lumpia Shanghai Recipe : Ingredients: Choose either ground beef, ground pork, ground chicken or ground turkey 2 kilos Choice of ground meat  2 tsp Salt 3 tbs all purpose flour 6 Egg (beaten) 1 Small Magic Sarap pack (optional) 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper 2 carrot (peel and grated thinly) 2 small onion 2 tsp garlic (minced) Lumpia Wrapper (enough for 100 sheets) Wax Paper Flat Tupperware or zip lock  1 bowl with water (sealing) Plate Step 1 : Wash and soak ground meat of your choice in a strainer Place in deep bowl Add Eggs Mix together Step 2 : Add carrots, garlic, salt, black pepper. all purpose flour Mix together Tip : The reason why we use all purpose flour it makes all the ingredients stick to each other. Step 3 : Separate the lumpia wrapper Tip : Make sure not near any source ...