This Time, I Like It!

@SIMPLYD (90721)
Philippines
October 14, 2018 2:00am CST
Today, Sunday, I am again the Officer on Duty of the mall after more than two months. Normally, I don't like it, because the centralized air-conditioner is switched off, so it's a bit hot inside my cubicle in the office. I am only using my small table electric fan. But at lunch, when I went to eat at the just recently restaurant and told the chef I want to try their Uragon burger, he readily said yes and that as a compliment he will give it to me for 50% of the price only. Oh, it was really delicious. As you can see in the picture the bun is made from the famous dish of the Bicolanos , the pinangat. Pinangat is made from taro leaves with small Thai chili, shrimp paste and some meat cooked in coconut milk. Then, I had the chance to just be by the side of the office , that is the site of the soon to be opened Cafe AlFresco, because the utility girl has to vacuum my cubicle. It is so refreshing there since it was drizzling. I love that nook, specially at lunch break. Now, this time, I like being the Duty Officer on a Sunday. How's your Sunday everyone?
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
14 Oct 18
I suppose the bun is colored with artificial color, it looks weird.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
I suppose yes, to make the color green of the taro leaves attractive. But the taste is that really of the dish pinangat.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
@LadyDuck Oh I wonder why black. Maybe it's flavored squid.
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
15 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD I have seen that last year in Japan they served a bun that was colored in black. I am not a fan of food coloring.
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@JudyEv (342104)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct 18
That is a very different looking hamburger. I'm glad you had a good day.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
Yes, because the bun is flavored and colored green. The yellow bun is squash flavored, while the red bun is sweet potato flavored. I tried this one because the bun is spicy because it's pinangat flavored,
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@JudyEv (342104)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD So the green is just colouring?
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
@JudyEv I think the color green was just enhanced a bit, because the taro leaves is a bit deep green.
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@mesbakh (2284)
• Indonesia
16 Oct 18
very different, enjoy it
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
Yes, it's different because the bun itself has its own flavor that tastes what food it will taste as in the menu board. Do you eat burger? It's made of beef.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
@mesbakh That's good. I also seldom eat beef because it's laden with cholesterol.
@mesbakh (2284)
• Indonesia
16 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD not too often
@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
Your pinangat is different from what we call our dish in Pangasinan or other part of Luzon.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
I think, you are trying to mean the fish with kamias or lots of sliced tomatoes cooked in some water until it is dry and we put some oil? We call that "pangat". But it's different from pinangat. A sample is attached.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD Yes that is correct. We have different terms.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
@jobelbojel We call that way of cooking fish "inun-on"
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Oct 18
I'm glad you had a good and delicious Sunday. Mine was okay.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
That's good to know too. What's the weather there today? Here, it is a bit rainy since yesterday.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
17 Oct 18
@just4him That is nice then.
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD It's cloudy and cool. It's not supposed to rain, so no doubt the clouds will disappear.
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• Philippines
19 Oct 18
I love Pinangat and anything with gata.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Oct 18
Really. Are you a Bicolana? I am half Bicolana and half Ilocana. But I prefer Ilocano foods than Bicolano foods. I like pinangat but not much. I like also foods that has coconut milk but sometimes, i am so "sawa" of it.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Oct 18
@freelancermariagrace Oh, i thought you are. That is nice that your late grandmother also makes the beat pinangat. Do you know that sometimes I make the pinangat as filling to bread during breakfast.
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• Philippines
20 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD I am not. I just love to eat anything with coconut milk on it. Plus, my late grandmother makes the best pinangat/laing. She's from Lopez, Quezon, by the way.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
It really is not a very exciting to be assigned on duty when it’s a weekend. But I guess being in a mall would give you lots of things to do and go around.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Yes, because it's supposedly rest day and to be with the family. It's tiring going around the mall but I enjoy it though. I did my rounds twice. One in the morning and one in the afternoon.
@jstory07 (139975)
• Roseburg, Oregon
16 Oct 18
I am glad that you enjoyed being the Duty Officer. The burger looks real good.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
Yes, I enjoyed it this time because I was able to eat that so delicious burger for free. That costs $3.61 which is too expensive more than double of my favorite McDonald's cheese burger de luxe.
@rakski (126068)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
Wow, that burger looks delectable to eat.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
It was so delicious. I was able to eat it all after about 15 minutes. Then, in the afternoon, my boss called for me to go down to the company's restaurant and get salad and buffalo chicken from the remainder of the foods we had prepared for the people who will welcome Bong Go.
@andriaperry (117140)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Oct 18
I am glad your day was good, the burger looks good, green but good. I worked on the homestead.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Thank you. It looks green because it is made from taro leaves cooked into my mentioned dish. What do you do in a homestead?
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Is that your favorite nook? It's really comfortable to be there.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Yes, I am always at that chair and nook.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Oct 18
I'm getting ready for work.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
So, it's already daytime yesterday, when you commented. We are indeed in the opposite time zone.
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
14 Oct 18
Just you look so lovely and happy and content sitting there Rebel. Great photos! Sunday it is snowing here right now and I am happy.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Thank you. Indeed, I was so happy yesterday. I hope the snow will not get so thick and makes every place and everyone feel so cold. Keep safe.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
@Courage7 That's nice to know.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
15 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD No it is nice and sunny today it has stopped snowing
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14 Oct 18
So nice
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Thank you.
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16 Oct 18
@SIMPLYD you welcome
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@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
15 Oct 18
Here Sunday are holidays no official works and except in any urgent work. But during Sundays I usually get up late or go for my friends or relatives home and some of them come to our house. We do have marriages, other functions etc. Sunday is mostly busy with social activities...
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Oct 18
Precisely, that's how Sundays are. So, that is why I don't like having a duty on a Sunday. But I have to, because I am one of the 10 officers alternating for that on Sundays. So, it comes only after 2 and a half months again.
@ptrikha_2 (47071)
• India
14 Oct 18
It is great that you are enjoying your day and hopefully had a good lunch meal!
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Yes, it was a very productive day for me.So, you see I have to relax also, in my favorite nook for a while. Aside from that great tatsing burger for lunch, the boss let me get buffalo chicken and salad from the remainder of what the company's restaurant cooked for the welcoming committee for the executive assistant of the president of the country, who came yesterday in our province.
• China
14 Oct 18
It was nice of the chef to give a 50% discount off the prices of your lunch.The nook is a great place to take a break.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
15 Oct 18
Another reason for the 50% discount is that it is a new entry in the restaurant and I haven't tasted it yet since they began making it. That nook is my favorite.
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@debjani1 (7202)
14 Oct 18
I am feeling tired and want to take shower.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Oct 18
I suppose it is so hot there. I also would take a bath in the evening when the whole day is so sunny and hot.