Steal My Business Plan!

Ok, here goes.

I am going to quit my job and rent a storefront in Ballard or the U District. It will be called "Bahay Kubo" and it will have a very small menu, and only be open at lunch.

When I show up at work, I'll stew some chicken adobo in a big stock pot. When that is done, I'll make cucumber salad and slice tomatos.

When the customers show up for lunch, I'll pan fry the adobo in a reduction, top with toasted garlic, and serve with rice, tomatoes and cucumber salad.

Also on my menu: lumpia shanghai (pork and shrimp), longanisa, grilled beef skewers, pinoy hamburgers (flavored with diced onions and soy sauce, served with rice), broiled salmon with soy sauce, maybe pan-fried tilapia.

Soup will be a boneless arrozcaldo (tagalogs say "lugaw") and when we run out, we run out.

Appetizers will be banana lumpia. I'll also offer a side of roasted eggplant with patis.

Dessert? Fresh fruit of the season; maybe MAYBE I'll hire a dessert chef for puto and lemon flan.

If all goes well, I start serving breakfast. Eggs to order, fried rice, longanisa, lumpia shanghai. There will also be steamed sio pao and a light sponge cake. Which means I'll have to serve espresso.

When people ask why I'm not open for dinner, I'll say "go home to your mama, she misses you."

Ok, so it will never happen.

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Eternal rest grant unto Libby and Manolito, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls rest in peace. Amen.

Addendum: Scratch what I said about naming my lunch counter "Bahay Kubo". The name is taken already by a joint in nearby Ireland. Here are new name ideas:

• Masarap! ("Delicious!" in Tagalog)
• Mangan Tila! ("Let's Eat" in Pangasinan)
• Tampalen taka! ("I will slap your face" in Pangasinan)
• Arrozcaldo (Chicken rice stew with ginger & garlic)
• Ni! ("Hey!" in Ilokano)
• Kili-kili (armpit)

Let me know what you all think.