A rainy Dampa afternoon
Share The Filipino word “dampa” means hut or shanty. Normally a hut that is located inland is called “kubo”. However if the same kubo is built beside the ocean, it is called “dampa”. A dampa is built on bamboo stilts strong enough to withstand the currents. Dampa is also the name of one of the [...]
October 5, 2008
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Arpee · 
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Tags: amolar's, cubao, cubao seafood restaurants, dampa, dampa at farmer's market, dampa paluto, dampa seafood restaurant, eating at the wet market, farmer's market, farmer's market cubao, fresh seafood, jun castillo, ninang lyn, paluto at dampa, relief for chemotherapy, trinity seafood, turo turo restaurant, turo-turo style eating · Posted in: restaurants
Red Ribbon’s S’mores Chocolate Cake
Share Yes, Ninang Lyn, I know you recognize this logo! It’s one of my most favorite cake shops too. I also remember your old favorite Merced Bakeshop! I wonder where they are now. I remember back in the 1980s you would bring boxes of Merced Bakeshop goodies, which in the 1990s and early 2000, were [...]
October 1, 2008
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Tags: cake with marshmallows, ninang lyn, red ribbon cakes, smores chocolate cake · Posted in: restaurants
Dear Ninang
ShareThat’s me and my Ninang Lyn. In Filipino, “Ninang” means godmother. When Catholic children are baptized into the religion, parents choose those who can be godfather and godmother to them. More than just being family friends, Ninongs and Ninangs are positions of responsibility. They are required to take over some parental obligations in the absence [...]
October 1, 2008
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Tags: erlinda flores, ninang lyn, relief for chemotherapy · Posted in: pinoylife
