Commander, general, chief, batas.. also known as “the wife” gave me the first paglilihi challenge of this pregnancy last night. The winning food craving was… drum roll please… lumpiang togue! Hahaha. It shouldn’t be too difficult coz I can just buy from one of the jolly jeeps. But noooo… i can’t just buy off the streets – too risky for mrs preggy of course. Hehehe. Here’s how it started… (harps and clouds please – flashback time)

I was driving along dela rosa when I got the sms so my first option was to check out the establishments below the carpark. First stop was tapa king – wala! Next was manong pepe’s (a subsidiary of Jollibee – naks!) – walang lumpiang togue! Back to mr. bonkers and drove to greenbelt 1 which was closer to home. Checked out Binalot – EEEENGK! Wala! Andoks – naddah. Then I remembered, Razon’s! Woohooo! Sure shot… but it was 8 pm already.. CLOSED! Booo! Ha ha ha. Anyway, I remembered Via Mare – all filipino favorites.. Yahoo! I took a look at the menu, no lumpiang togue and just lumpiang hubad. Booo! I asked the waiter, he said yes they have lumpiang togue but he also couldn’t find it in the menu. I told him it was for my wifey – “naglilihi kasi” and he swore that they served lumpiang togue. Finally, he saw a picture of one of their dishes with lumpiang togue as a side dish. There you go. Whew! Ordered 4 pieces and went home a hero. K, Thanks, Bye! Bow.