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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 ...

Fresh Sweet Corn from SnG Mart Ph

Years ago Mom Violy and Carmina would go to the public market to purchase their vegetables. Due to our condition being stranded in our own homes Mom Violy was craving for sweet white corn to make some corn soup out from it. Mom Violy asked her daughter if she can look online and have fresh vegetables shipped to her home. Carmina was able to find the white corn from  SnG Mart Ph  Online Lazada Philippines for PHP 116.00 ($2.42) per kilo. Carmina prefer yellow corn. She went ahead and placed an order for one kilo yellow corn for PHP 90.00 ($1.88). There is no COD (cash on delivery) you will be paying another way to purchase online. I prefer paying through Gcash paying wireless is the easy access. There will be a shipping and handling fee being delivered to your location. Living in separate home Mom Violy had requested it to be delivered to her home although it had arrived earlier than expected. Carmina decided to share it to the household where she is living at for our merienda ...