Halalan Heat

THE PHENOMENAL PANSIT LOMI

Regular or special?  Dine-in or take out? Susan's or El Batangueno's? What lures many to avail lomi? What's so special about it?

Originally from Batangas, this cuisine has become the people's pick. The sticky soup, freshly-made noodles and tasty toppings (atay, kikiam and pork) make it a sought-after meal even by our kababayans who work overseas.

LOCAL LOMI HOUSES
Currently, we have 7+ lomi restaurants. We have Susan's Lomi Haus (Brgy. 4) and El Batangueno 1&2 (Brgy.4 & Coralan), Azon's and the lomi house near the town plaza. Surprisingly, there are lomi houses in Parang and Saksak.

The number of customers who visit these stores vary from day to day. Usually, these establishments, which open at sunrise and close at late afternoon, get crowded during Sundays due to tiannge.

Photo Above: Susan's Lomi Haus in P. Aguja Street, Brgy. 4;
Left: El Batangueno at Victorina Street, same baranggay;
 Right: Lomi store at Parang ng Buho;
Bottom: Restaurant at J. Santiago.

Price Range. I'll go for the Regular.

HOW TO EAT IT
This food is best eaten when hot. Soy sauce, calamansi and red hot chili pepper complete this tasty treat.

Terrific food at an amazingly low price.

BEHIND THE SCENES: PREPARING THE MAIN INGREDIENTS

Ate Evelyn Pontipedra, the former manager of El Batangueno, accompanied me to the noodle 'factory' located near the market's covered court. When the workers realized that they were being documented, they were quited alarmed. One exclaimed laughingly, 'baka bukas puntahan kami ng Imbestigador (paraphrase mine).'

When the flour is mixed, it goes to the roller and
 turns into long, tender strip. 

It is then put into this machine to be chopped into
thin strands.

Voila! We have our pansit!

The last step: packing and distributing them to lomi houses nearby.

Days after, I visited her restaurant. Having arrived a bit late, I caught a cook in the kitchen. He is done with the meat. Yet he had been eager to show me how he prepared the other main ingredients used in this dish. They include noodles, broth and meat toppings which are separately prepared.

Outside the store, the people roamed here and there, preparing for a day's work. I realized that it's great to be in the market area during early morning for you'll have the glimpse on how hardworking our townspeople are.

(1) El Batangueno's worker's cup of coffee. (2) A lugaw stall is situated a few steps 
from the lomi house. (3) Early bird catches the worm!

(1) Market sight during early mornings. (2) A perfect meal before a day's work. 
(3) Lomi shop beside EB.

NEXT ARTICLE:

On our next entry, we'll feature Mr. Bench Carpio, the current Manager of El Batangueno. He'll let us
know how the restaurant started and how he runs it.

Lovely Reading Nook

It has been my dream to set up a personal library. I never thought this would happen. 

Our living room got expanded, and I'm thankful that my mom had the idea of using the additional space as a reading area. We have 6 shelves and we were able place 200+ books on 3 of them. The book categories include apologetics, theology, language and literature, christian living, christian classics, missions, bible study materials, non-fiction, health, and philosophy. There are mags too :)

Quotes that made my day

Browsing my newsfeed, I was encouraged by these truths

The same sovereign God who planned the details of your life sent his Son so you would have what you need to face what he willed for you. -Paul Tripp

Only when God drives us to the end of ourselves do we begin to see life in the gospel.
-Tullian Tchividjian

‎"To be fully known and truly loved...liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us." - Tim Keller

Christ fulfilled the law's requirement, not so you would be a law breaker, but one who celebrates the grace that enables you to keep it. -Paul Tripp

‎"And if You had not loved me first, I would refuse You still." // So, so thankful for sovereign grace. -Bob Kauflin

Notes from Ravi Zacharias:: The New Spirituality

APOLOGETICS
reason for the hope in you

TESTS OF TRUTH (three things to do when u assert something)

logical consistency
empirical adequacy
experiential relevance


WORLDVIEW (four questions)
origin - where do i come from
meaning- what life really means
morality- what does it say about good and evil
destiny- what happens when we die

define life starting from what happens when you die
define life backwards not forward

5 disciplines
1. GOD
who is God?
2. REALITY/METAPHYSICS
how to deal with philosophical issues not in the laboratory.
meaning is not a scientific question
you don't define meaning with  empirical sicence
3. EPISTEMOLOGY
how do you know something is true?
how do you verify it
diff. fields of discipline have diff views
4. MORALITY
neurologically engendered
x values are totally autonomous
5. ANTHROPOLOGY

Photoediting Trick: Color Splash

One hearty meal at Cajun in Robinson's Galleria, Ortigas

1. Go to Pixlr.com/express 

2. Upload a photo

3. Go to the 'Adjustment Box'

4. Choose the 'Color Splash Box'. The photo will suddenly turn to grayscale mode.

5. Choose 'Brush'. A circle will then appear. Choose whatever object you'd like to 'color'.