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...
When you're busy accepting calls and text during your working hours. You're mom leaves a message requesting for shrimp chips and kimchi that you've ordered before and brought it to her home. My pattern is always when my mom wants to order something might as well combine your Korean groceries along with hers being delivered to your home. It is almost lunch time. I wasn't able to eat my first meal of the day. I decided to try something new from Ceci Korean Grocery Branch in Katipunan through Grab Mart. I had ordered Beef Bibimbap with sauce for PHP 199.00 ($3.98). Beef Bibimbap with Sauce the ingredients are beef, carrots, scramble egg, radish, lettuce and rice in the bottom. Mixing everything together with the sauce shown in the picture below is enough to eat for the whole day since I am a light eater. The beef bibimbap with sauce is actually my first time although I have tried it before somewhere else. You see this Korean dish common showing in Korean drama in what I ...