Going to school if fun and very exciting. As we grow older, we had our certain decisions to make in terms of deciding what food to eat. I experienced this, as early as seven years old, my mom used to gave me money for me to buy food. At first it feels exciting that t have to buy food for myself. But when time passed by, I felt bored so often. Our school canteen is quite big. And it was when I was in first year high school when I learn to enjoy the food served in our school canteen. The canteen serves us burgers, different kinds of pastas, pizza, fish balls, gulaman, rice meal and so much more. My friends and me usually eat this very unique siomai in our school canteen.
Yes its cheap, it cost seven pesos per piece for a big piece of siomai. I really don’t know the reason why all of us student love that siomai. When my group feels hungry it’s the siomai stall that we usually line up for. I don’t know how they make those siomai, that my friends and I are always wondering how. Maybe there is a secret ingredient or maybe it is in their procedures that they do. This siomai even causes me to argue and fight with my friends. It was one time when we really want to eat siomai, after our last subject, which is P.E, which makes everyone hungry and hurrying to go to the canteen. I waited for my friends for them to be dismissed. And while walking to the canteen, I asked my friends to eat siomai with me and so they agree. Those times were all hyper and very active. Then I asked my friend to buy siomai for me. I asked him to buy seven pieces of siomai. But what makes me angry that time is that he is so slow to hear that I want siomai not siopao. He bought me seven piece of siopao. I just don’t want to eat siopao that time I want siomai with rice. What I did is go and buy siomai for myself. But what irritates me a lot is that, siomai is no longer available. But since my other friends don’t feel eating siomai, so I bought his siomai. But I my friend is about to give me the siomai, the soy sauce and the siomai spill in my uniform. And I start screaming to my friend, but then I realized that it’s just a siomai. Every now and then when we remember this, we used to laugh loud for our stupidity. After graduating high school we still miss the special siomai that we always looking and craving for.
Then one time we decided to visit our Alma matter. The Notre Dame of Greater Manila. The first thing we did is to eat our favorite siomai and it feels so good after how long since the last time we eat those siomai. And just because I am still curious on how that siomai is made I ask the person in charge in making the siomai. I asked her what is her secret recipe and even her secret procedures. And she just told me that the secret ingredient is the pork and shrimp. Then I asked how, and then I was surprised when she told me that she chopped the pork manually. And makes me wonder a lot, for how many years that girl use to chop the pork manually. And I just feel hurt for her. Because it is not normal for a person, especially in businesswomen not use ground pork when you need a large amount of pork and prawn. And I just realized how difficult it is to grind hundreds kilos of pork.
My friend and I decided to come to our school once every month just to eat that unique siomai in our school canteen. And we will always remember that accident that almost tears our friendship apart. Truly our school food siomai is very unique.
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