Lumpia Sariwa Wrapper

What is healthy and what is not? Let's not attempt to debate on the subjectivity of this matter. For all we know food is food! =)

Fresh lumpia or lumpiang sariwa, as a few may claim,  is a healthy way of eating rolls as compared with the fried  ones -- lumpiang gulay (fried spring roll) and the lumpia shanghai (fried meat roll) as we call it.  But I love the crunchiness of fried foods, so if you argue with me about oils?... that's inevitable.  Healthy?... well, how about--- let's eat and not talk about it {wink, wink}. 

The thing is, you can't even assure that what you are having outside the confines of your home is presumably healthy -- unless you cook it yourself, right?  The ingredients and the method is always in question.  BUT, there is no harm in trying several things, in fact-- varieties make the world very interesting so why not explore and taste everything for a start. And, when you build a liking to it then its time for reflections.  

Wait, before you do that let me share this recipe first.

Vanilla Crepe

I was never a fan of crepe until we tasted one along Patong Beach in Phuket, just outside our hotel is a man with a big round crepe pan slowly levelling a white batter with its wooden tool. I admired his grace as he slowly turning the wooden tool from the center of the pan going outward, evenly flattening the crepe batter without even lifting or circling his arms around it. Crepe vendors there  are distinct, none of them are alike in style of cooking, tastes of crepe, flavors of syrups and presentations. Its like a pottery machine with your hands still allowing the machine to circle around it, but the outcome rely on one's graceful hands. I seldom saw such a beautiful skill and grace as I would reiterate .