๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐?
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Let me share with you a true story Hanna of MushAwaited told me.
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Some weeks ago, when Hanna and I were merely kapit-merchants, she bought a box of ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป.
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She told me that her partner loved it considering he is not a fan of turon.
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From viewing turon as merely โbasicโ into experiencing it in an elevated form as the Candy Turon, it made him appreciate this Pinoy favorite.
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From feeling โmehโ about classic Pinoy favorites to seeing it in a different light, is this the transformation Iโm talking about?
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Yes, but just a part of it.
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It is because of the Candy Turon that from just an acquaintance, Hanna is now a warm, lovely face I look forward to seeing every market day.
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It is because of the Yema with Pili Spread that from being just a candy most of us grew to know, I get to talk a bit about being a Bicolana, champion the Pili nuts, and revisit my connection to local ingredients.
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๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐จ.
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How about you, how has food helped you transform any aspect in your life?