The Aristocrat Restaurant Claimed

1928

Since Lola Asiang’s brood was growing, she decided that since she was cooking for a lot of people already (the Reyes family had 13 children) might as well earn from all that effort. Asiang quickly converted the ground floor of their house in Marquez de Comillas into an eatery that she called Lapu-Lapu. Early on she decided that she would always cook and serve delicious and affordable Filipino food.

Marquez de Comillas

Students from St. Theresa (across the street) would come in droves to sample Asiang’s specialties – pancit luglog, dinuguan with puto, lumpiang ubod and arroz caldo.