My Grandfather's 82nd Birthday Celebration

It was an enjoyable birthday celebration yesterday when My Grandfather celebrated his 82nd Birthday. Some of our relatives and few of his friends was also their joining the celebration. It is already traditional to us here to cook any kind of foods for the Birthday, that is why for us the birthday wont be complete without it.

It was also a kind of double celebration because his Grandchildren and also our cousin celebrated his 20th birthday. They decided to joint to our Grandfather's birthday and it was expected to have more visitors. Allow me to share the foods we serve to the guests.

For my cousin's 20th birthday, we decided to serve hotdogs with a marshmallow on the top. Everyone especially the children loves to eat hotdogs with marshmallow. This is one of the food we serve to guest and children loves to eat. We put it in the banana stems, with the used of barbeque sticks. Marshmallow helps to make the food more attractive.

Next are the cake, sphagetti and slices of melon. This will help and serve as a desert after eating the food we serve in the table. We loves to eat sphagetti in fact will put it in the sliced bread. Cake is very sweet and everyone will love to eat it as a desert also. I decided to buy cake because I know everyone will loves to eat this. Exactly 7 PM when the guests started to arrived at the place. We are very happy greeted to our relatives and friends. The lechon was also nearly cooked and it was very lucky because there was no rain happens.

The first picture you can see is what we called, Sampayna. A kind of food that favorite for everyone. The main ingredient is the pigs intestines and it we cook it very well. Other people called this, dinugoan this is very popular in eatery or in the restaurants and this is one of the dish it serves during birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms and other special occasions.

Second is the Calderita, the main Ingredients of this dish is chicken or beef. This is one of my favorite because it is mix with assorted vegetables just like Potatoes and carrots. To make it color red, we mixed with tomatoe sauce and tomatoe paste. It can make the food even more delicious and tastier.

Next is this lumpia shanghai. Every birthday celebration, lumpia will always be in our dining table. My Grandfather loves to eat lumpia and sometimes he dip it in the spicy soysauce. We are very lucky because there are already ready lumpia available in the supermarket and we only buy to the store and instantly cook it.

The last but not the least is this grilled bangus fish. I also love to eat this specially when it completes with the spicies. Exactly 8 in the evening when the lechon was cooked and before we started to eat, we take more pictures first and make a blessings to the two birthday celebrants. It was very enjoyable time spending with my Grandparents, families and friends and it was also a special day to my Grandpa and my cousin.