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After a long day of errands in Fremont, Carmina's dad found himself yearning for the vibrant flavors of Vietnamese cuisine, igniting a culinary adventure that would tantalize his taste buds.

  After doing errands with the family my dad wanted to eat Vietnamese food in the area of Fremont . My dad brought us to  Pho Lan Noodles House  for our lunch. We all decided to eat one of our favorite Vietnamese dishes. We had ordered some appetizers fried wanton and fried chicken with fish sauce . My dad had ordered Lemongrass chicken include with rice and salad in his meal but was already full when he had eaten his wife's meal. She had ordered the Chicken Banh Mi and chicken clear soup. I wanted to try their Pork Banh Mi sandwich and requested no jalapeno pepper on it. The sandwich is quite big had to slice it in the middle and the remaining was for takeout. The filling of the pork was a lot of serving soft and tender had a lot of flavoring. The bread was also soft even if it was toasted. Family members had ordered the Garlic Chow Mein with Shrimp . NOT SPONSORED. Check out my channel @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube  and click on the subscribe button for more vid...

To Give and To Receive


Every time I decide to clean out my pantry I see food I hardly feel like eating anymore and hasn’t been expired. I give to those who can’t afford to buy it so they too can appreciate eating the food.

Those people you give are so grateful for what you do to them. They are not necessary poor or have no money. They are people living at your home who no nothing what kind of food you have in your food pantry.

I think I become generous this way and people also thank me for who I am.

My mom is the same way when she has leftover food and she can’t seem to want to eat it anymore she gives it away to the workers living in her condominium. These workers get to try home cook meals or food coming from a restaurant. These people appreciate her generosity because sometimes they don’t have time to bring food to work or they don’t earn enough to supplement their family needs.

My mom loves giving away not only food, but clothing that no longer fit her or clothes she get tired wearing. She gives it away to her friends or she gives it to me. I give it to the people who work at the house for freelance.

I am not the same size as my mom. I am much smaller than her. Our style is the opposite so you don’t see me wearing her clothes that often.

My in-law’s also do the same thing when they receive bulks of food given by their clients they divide their food by per family for example my in-law’s received cherries last Christmas. They placed it in zip lock bags knowing they can’t consume it on their own. Each family member had received a zip lock bag full of cherries.

I had shared it with my mom and gave her half of my portion no one in my family eat it only me.

When our cooks decide to cook some sort of Filipino dishes I would put my mom’s portion in a Tupperware and place it in the freezer. By, the time I see her she has a new set of food to eat. She does the same when her friend’s give her dessert she saves some for me and I’d come by her home and pick it up.

We never run out of food or items to give away. Everything goes in a cycle just how life is at times. You give and then you receive.

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