What's for Brunch?

I used to hate Sundays. Sunday used to signal the start of another work week and my need to commute from Bataan to Manila. These days however, I enjoy it more than any day of the week. Gary rolls up all the window drapes early in the morning while I make my shopping list. Everything's bright with the sunlight hitting our white furniture and fresh air circulating from our porch. We head out for the Asian store where we buy fresh meat, vegetables and seafood. We also tidy up the place and do laundry on Sundays then go to church at night. I guess I appreaciate Sundays more now because I feel productive and so much more connected with my partner. Today after our grocery run, we were both starving and needed a quick meal so I took the palabok sauce that I made yesterday out of the fridge and assembled pancit for brunch. The sauce is fairly easy to make. I saute onion, garlic, tiny cubed tofu, ground pork and finely minced shrimp. On two separate pans I boil eggs and shrimp for garnish. I use the shrimp stock to dissolve 2 packs of Mama Sita's palabok mix and two cans of cream of mushroom. I add that to my pan, throw in the ready made tinapa flakes that I get from the Asian store and some fish sauce and pepper to taste. I wait for the sauce to thicken and that's it! So I cooked the noodles and transferred it on my serving dish, lather the sauce on top, sprinkle the surface with ground chicaron, line up my shrimps and egg slices and top with onion leaks. I paired this with the ripe mangoes that Gary and I picked up today at the store and voila! A hearty Sunday meal 😊