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When Mom Violy spotted Crisostomo’s handwritten menu, something in her chest lit up: home-style lumpia, sinigang steaming in clay pots—could this be the comfort food she’d been missing?

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...

A Salad without Any Lettuce Recipe


Your cook tells you that someone was able to buy you lettuce when you feel like eating something healthy because the food that is being served is something you don't eat. When you asked Manang V to cook you two hardboiled eggs, and you have some ingredients to add to your salad you come down to find out there was never any lettuce to begin with what do you end up doing with your ingredients.

I ended up making a meal out of no lettuce because either way I wanted to eat something healthy, or this is what my ingredients we're the following:

  • 2 - Hardboiled egg (sliced in circles)
  • 1 - Ripe avocado (sliced into cubes)
  • 2 - Pieces Artichoke Hearts (marinated from the bottle)
  • 3 - Stripes of Cooked bacon (chopped)

I just added anything I had around in my home and just combined everything together you can add salad dressing of your choice or eat it how it is.

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