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Mom Violy and Carmina’s dining experience at Dean & DeLuca

  Mom Violy told me she wanted to order the Paella Negra from Dean & Deluca. Carmina suggested we dine in since we’d never really tried their main courses, always just getting takeout with the cream puffs . Mom Violy agreed, and we arrived about thirty minutes before the lunch rush began. The service was very slow, even though we had ordered ahead of time. They mistakenly brought out the Paella Valenciana , despite Mom Violy repeating the order three times to the person who took it. It turned out the cook on duty made the error, even though it was written down clearly. We know Paella Negra takes a long time to prepare, which is why Mom Violy had requested it to be cooked beforehand. She wanted it as her main meal, but because of the mix-up and feeling hungry, she took a piece of Carmina’s Turkey Club Sandwich and asked for the bacon on the side. I didn’t expect the turkey to be just one piece, and the bread was toasted so hard that it removed one layer of the sandwich. Since ...

Life and Its Fishes

When we are not looking for someone comes in front ourselves and when we have no feelings for that certain person we need to say we don’t feel the same way for you. I know it took courage for a person to ask how you may have felt for that person, but you have no feelings for your friend you have known your friend so many years and you never knew that person had a huge crush with you. When that time comes across when your friend begins giving you a name and it is not what everyone calls you that your parents gave you when you’re born. You begin to question why your friends start calling you a different name and tell you because that name represents what you are to them. You begin not getting all the hints your friend keeps giving you but you know it is so wrong because you only like your friend like a sibling you never had. I am sure a lot of people have gone through this before and there has been times you feel bad you are not losing a friend but someone you’ve got use to talking w...

Ginataang Langka Recipe

Ginataang is a dish cooked with coconut milk in which we call gata. Langka is known for a jackfruit it is a Filipino vegetable and it is cooked with fish, shrimp and sometimes combined with hot chili pepper to make it spicy. Ginataang Langka Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 - Fresh Langka 3 - Pieces Dried Danggit (daing) 1/2 Cup - Shrimp (remove shell, head and chopped) 3 Cups - Fresh Gata (coconut milk) 1 - Onion (chopped) 3 - Cloves Garlic (chopped) 1 - Tsp - Ginger (peel and shred) 1 - Tsp - Salt Cooking Instructions: In a medium pot pour small amount of cooking oil when hot add the garlic, onion and ginger  Add shrimp and daing Add gata Cook for 30 minutes Season with salt Ready to serve. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

Takwa't Baboy Recipe

Here in the Philippines to match with Lugaw, Chicken Arroz Caldo and Goto is to combine another dish on the side is tokwa't babay which is fried tofu with pork belly served with soy sauce, vinegar and onion. Takwa't Baboy Recipe Ingredients: 1/2 Kilo Pork Belly  1/4 Cup - Soy Sauce 1 1/2 Cup - Vinegar 1/2 Kilo - Tofu 1 - Onion (chopped) 1 Cup - Water 1/2 - Knorr Pork Cube Cooking Oil Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Fry the pork belly in a pan with cooking oil after it has been cooked cut into small pieces place in a serving bowl. Fry the tofu in a separate frying pan with oil and cut into cubes place in the bowl along with the pork belly. In a small pot combine soy sauce, vinegar, water and pork cube let it boil and mix together until pork cube has dissolved. Pour in a serving bowl best served hot. Ready to serve NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.