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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 ...

Banana Con Yelo Recipe

Banana Con Yelo is saba that is a banana in the Philippines that is cooked in sugar and often in halo halo dessert that has shaved ice with other ingredients. Some people also eat the banana con yelo with shaved ice and milk this way can also be eaten with sago added to the banana con yelo. Banana Con Yelo Recipe: Ingredients: 1 - Kilo Saba (banana) slice 2 inches 2 - Cups Brown Sugar 10 - Pieces Tanglad leaves (lemon grass) cut in half 4 - Cups Water Cooking Instructions: In a pot add water and pandan leaves let it boil add brown sugar and banana cook for 20 minutes until banana is cooked. Ready to be served. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

Celebrating 4th of July in Two Places

Happy 4 th July to my family and friends in the States to us we are also celebrating this day when you’re celebrating Independence Day. We are celebrating a family member’s wedding anniversary to them this day means a lot for them. So no matter if I am not in my first home I still gets to celebrate it not with my family and friends in the States, but in a far I am celebrating it in the Philippines. Cheers to everyone and here is our menu for our special day as I am to share it with you and all recipes are in my blog. Due to coronavirus we cannot celebrate it together this year since there are limit person in one household so this time we will celebrate it in our own home and disturbed  all the food that was cooked in our home to all be safe at this time. I am sure in other places it may be the same for Independence Day where activities have been cancelled and we feel everything is being ruined by a virus we hope someday it will go away and a cure to be discovered so we can soo...