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Balikbayan Invasion

Balikbayan - refers to a person of Philippine origin, living outside the Philippines, who is returning to one's homeland.

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Last week, we started welcoming Balikbayans who arrived to attend FIL's birthday celebration. The first to arrive was the Chicago chapter. Eight of them arrived on a Tuesday. These people are from Vic's mother's side of the family.

These people have a penchant for Filipino food. We decided to bring them to Barrio Fiesta for lunch since I am not in the mood for Chinese food. We agreed to meet at the Promenade before heading out to the restaurant. Our meeting time got delayed because we couldn't locate each other. Suddenly, I can recall how life was before the advent of mobile phones.

After nearly an hour of waiting for each other, the men were ready to enjoy Crispy Pata and Kare-kare. Knowing that hypertension, diabetes and cancer run in the family, we added bangus and fresh lumpia to even out the guilt brought by the hearty pata and kare. We capped it off with a round of leche flan and halo-halo for our Caucasian visitor.

I just realized that that was the 4th week I've had Pata and Kare.

I knew that that was the start of endless food tripping episodes.
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