One of the activities that everyone should look forward in TravelTales, Inc’s Viajeng Cusinang Matua is to meet Chef Lillian Borromeo or simply Atching Lillian, whose expertise is to cook Kapampangan dishes including pastries like San Nicolas and Dulce Prenda. Her cusina or restaurant is located at the Parian, Mexico, Pampanga where she offers breakfast and lunch buffet for her guests and baking demo of her famous pastries.
Like what I said aside from her sumptuous buffet where it includes dinuguan, tender tocino and embotido, she gives a demo on how to do San Nicolas Cookies where Pampanga is known for it and best partner with warm chocolate drink. According to Atching Lilian, this cookie is to honor San Nicholas de Tolentino one of the patron saints of Pampanga and also an Augustinian Friar. It is made of arrowroot (oraro) flour, sugar, and eggs.
What made this cookie special is that each town in Pampanga and even prominent families has their own designs for the San Nicolas Cookies. They have their own molder where the designs can tell what place, family or town where the cookie was created. Atching Lillian kept some of the molders where she use it in her demos and also sharing the heritage and stories that the molders share.
For those who wanted to visit Atching Lillian’s Cusina or her Kapampangan Heritage Pasties, call (045) 85.038, (045) 966.0211 or (0915) 3.088. You can also email her at LillianBorromeo@yahoo.com and visit her website at http://lillianborromeo.multiply.com. To know more the heritage and cuisine of the Kapampangans join the TravelTales, Inc’s Viajeng Cusinang Matua call them at (02) 239.0950 or visit their website www.traveltalesinc.com for their tour packages and schedules that is fit on your budget and better understanding about Filipino heritage and culture.
