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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 ...

What sound scares you the most in your home or coming from the outside?

What sound scares you the most in your home or coming from the outside? Where ever you live inside your home we often hear fire truck, police car, ambulance, garbage truck and towing truck pass by does those sound bother you? Do you ever wonder if there is a fire around your area? Or have you experience having a fire near your home or neighborhood? There was one time a year ago I did experience hearing so many fire trucks passed by our home and we came out in the middle of our sleep to see what it was because there we’re smoke coming outside entering our home for that moment you had a scared feeling because you didn’t know how bad the fire is and where it was coming from. When living in the Philippines there are a lot of people who live and when they don’t take care of themselves leaving an electric fan, phone being charge during their sleep or leaving something being cooked while not remembering they had it on and no matter what the reason is everyone around them becomes to panic beca...