Mongo with Malunggay

On Sunday evening, the mister and I weren't really planning on going out of the house, but we had to. We ran out of roasted coffee beans. We went to the Common Market which is about 6 miles away from our house.

While the mister was at the coffee aisle, I walked around and I saw this in the food court.


Read the label closely! It doesn't say moringa, but spinach! So, which is which? Moringa or malunggay is different from spinach.

It looked a bit dry because, I guess, it was evening already, or maybe it's not really the soupy kind of dish.


Anyway, mongo (or Monggo) with Malunggay is a Filipino savory mung bean dish.

"Wow! I think their cook is a Filipino." I told the mister when we were heading out.

This really made me happy. This seldom happens because Filipino dishes are mostly found and sold in Filipino restaurants and stores. These specific stores are not so many of them in this part of America. What made me more thrilled was they used Filipino terms too, like the mongo which is mung beans in English, and the malunggay also known as moringa.

"...or maybe, the person who made their labels and signs is a Filipino!" Then, the mister really had something to say.

* big sigh.