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...
Every night after the end of the day we sometimes have left over rice from the meal from our dinner and the best way to eat it the next day is cooked it as sinangag which is garlic fried rice. Most people in the Philippines love to eat rice in every meal and there is a point in our life we are tired of eating plain white rice so in order to add more flavor to our rice we would add something to it. When you have your typical breakfast served in the Philippines for example dried fried fish, tocino, longanisa people love to eat garlic rice to complete their meal along with sunny side up egg and sliced tomato. Our meal doesn't get complete if we don't have all these ingredients for our breakfast this is the reason why in the Philippines, we are known to be a rice eater no rice to some people is not a complete meal for them. Sinangag Garlic Fried Rice Recipe Ingredients: Left over rice cooked rice Garlic (minced) or garlic powdered Cooking oil Salt Cooking Instructions: In a pot ad...