My blog reader Christian commented on one of my blog posts, “… there’s this ‘Lumpianada’ (Lumpia+Empanada) I’ve been hearing. They sell it in Batac, although I haven’t tasted it yet.”
Trying it sounded like a great idea. The next thing I knew, with my foodie family in tow, I was off to track down its whereabouts. Barani was pretty easy to find, but the lumpianada was nowhere in sight. Probably, no graveyard shift for the lumpianada cook. The end of the road was the spooky Batac Cemetery. Alexa hid herself under a jacket until we hit the main road. We made a left turn to the Riverside Empanadahan. Surprise, surprise! Look who was waving hello…
Hello, bye, we want empanadas!
A bigger surprise was waiting at Lanie’s…
A new twist to the empanada, lumpianada is lumpia with lumpia veggies, Batac longaniza and egg.
Judge for yourself.