Lomi

How to make Lomi recipe - This recipe is inspired by a favorite lomi place in Sto. Cristo St., Divisoria called Ilang-ilang Restaurant, which foodies attest as having one of the best lomi versions in town. The addition of chicharon sways more to Filipino in style. In Southern Luzon especially in the Batangas area, freshly cooked Lomi is ladled over a shallow plate to cool its gravy but eaten fast before it gets cold.

Ingredients:
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 tbsp. sliced onions
1 tbsp. cooking oil
3 pork strips
1/4 pc. Chinese sausage, sliced
2 pcs. shrimps, shelled
3 pcs. squid rings
1 pc. chicken heart, boiled until tender then sliced
4 sliced chicken gizzard, boiled until tender then sliced
3 slices pork asado
2 pcs. broccoli florettes
1 tbsp. carrot strips
1 tsp. celery strips
2 pcs. cauliflower florettes
1 tbsp. sliced cabbage
2 pcs. chicharo
1 pc. fresh mushroom, sliced
1 tsp. sliced tenga ng daga, soaked in water then sliced
1 tsp. oyster sauce
2 tbsp. soy paste
2 cups chicken stock
1 tbsp. cornstarch slurry
1 cup lomi noodles, blanched for 30 seconds
salt and pepper
1/4 tsp. sesame oil
1 pc. egg
1 tsp. chopped spring onion
2 tbsp. chopped chicharon
1 pc. pork siomai
1 pc. squid ball, fried
2 pcs. quail eggs, cooked and shelled
1 sprig cilantro or wansuey

Method:
1. Sauté garlic and onions in oil over high heat until fragrant.

2. Add in pork strips and sausage and cook until pork is half done.

3. Toss in shrimps, squid rings, heart, gizzard, and asado. Cook until shrimps turn pink.

4. Blend in all the vegetables, oyster sauce, and soy paste.

5. Cook for a while and pour in stock. Let boil then thicken with slurry.

6. Add in noodles and season with salt and pepper.

7. Turn off fire and blend in sesame oil and egg and mix slightly into serving bowl and top with spring onions, chicharon, siomai, squid ball, and quail eggs with egg cracklets or pilipit. Top with a sprig of cilantro or wansuey.