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...
My mom has been asking me to buy her brownies which she is use to eating everyday when she feels that she is hungry but yet she has no appetite to eat regular food. Sometimes when you have a habit of certain food you love to eat and when you haven't eaten those kind of food you start to look for it but the hard task for me was to find places that brownie for her everything I had tried to ordered online was either it was listed available but when the driver would pick it up at the bakery, cafe or restaurant it comes to mind their system is not updated and you get disappointed because it is sold out. The next morning you do the same thing find a place that has the brownie available to get the craving that your mom is looking forward in eating. Sometimes we cannot satisfy another person's cravings so you have to improvise and figure something close to a brownie. Finally, you have found a chocolate muffin just to pass up her cravings but when you find out there a...