Indulgences…
Oy! Ever since arriving here for vacation, I’ve been doing a lot of eating! 
Last Sunday evening, the day that I had arrived, the entire family went to San Jacinto restaurant to help celebrate both Tita Josie’s and Donna’s birthdays. There were 18 of us there – not the entire kaboodle (Tito Joey, Tita Gina and Dani were in HKG). We feasted on a 12-course Chinese lauriat…times 2! Tita had ordered 2 of everything for the entire family, so there were a total of 24 dishes on the table! Needless to say, we were rolling out of there, since the food in San Jacinto is quite good!
I don’t know if I can remember all twelve course, but I’ll try – we had Bird’s Nest soup, a platter of Chinese cold cuts, glazed beef w/ kropeck (shrimp chips – YUM!), salt and pepper prawns (and when I mean prawns, I mean the large ones that we have here in the Philippines, not the small “prawns” you get in the US), Pancit Guisado, Yang Chow fried rice, Pata Tim, Lapu-Lapu in ginger sauce, ground beef in cabbage cups…god, I can’t remember the rest…you could say I was in a food coma after that!
And every morning, for breakfast, I’ve been indulging in sinangag (garlic fried rice)! Yum! I haven’t indulged in this on a daily basis in ages!
Oh yes, I finally even got a chance to have lanzones! It wasn’t sweet – it was a little tart, but I still enjoyed it! I have not had it in more than 20 years! Ah! Life is good!
