Pamamanhikan

  What we do know is that pamamanhikan is the formal meeting of my family and hers. My parents will ask for Jen’s ‘hands’ from her parents, and then they will talk about our wedding and our future. But we decided that we were not having any of that discussion. It's just plain awkward. We wanted this tradition to be easy going, relaxed and... delicious!

My parents brought stuffed inihaw na isda, alimango, hipon, barbecue, fried liempo and a case of San Mig light. Jen’s parents prepared kaldereta, ginataang kalabasa, fried chicken, pinaupong manok, carbonara, buko pandan and samalamig… This no longer just pamamanhikan. This was the best food fest ever!!!!

For the rest of the night we told some stories and shared a few bottles of beer. We were happy to see that our parents were very warm with each other while my siblings were very at home with Jen’s sister. For that night, we were just one family. One un-­hungry family!

We are going to eat food from this feast for the next 3 days =P