Engracia cruz reyes biography of nancy

Engracia Cruz-Reyes (April 16, — July 6, ) was a Filipinochef and entrepreneur.

She was an active promoter of Filipino cuisine, especially through the restaurant chain she founded, The Aristocrat.

APRIL 16 MARKED the st birthday of Doña Engracia Cruz-Reyes or Aling Asiang, founder of the much-loved Filipino heritage restaurant.

Visiting chef Nancy Reyes Lumen has similar bloodlines; she is the granddaughter of Doña Engracia “Aling Asiang” Cruz-Reyes and Justice Alex A.

Nancy Reyes Lumen is an award-winning Filipino culinarian, heritage food advocate, researcher, cultural writer, television presenter, and stalwart cuisine.

Nancy Reyes Lumen as well as the "Mother" herself of the Reyes family and the business- Aling Asiang (Engracia Cruz-Reyes) beloved founder, employer and.

Chef Nancy confirms what she wrote in The Adobo Book that the Aristocrat adobo of Lola Asiang (Engracia Cruz-Reyes) took two days to cook and it.

Early life

She was born to a poor family in Navotas in April 16, Her mother was a street peddler who sold food sauces and fruits, and who later managed a small neighborhood eatery popularly known in the Philippines as carinderias.

She developed her cooking skills at a young age, having to prepare the meals for her five younger siblings while her parents were out working for a living. She was able to complete only four years of primary education.^[1]

In , she married a young lawyer from her hometown, Alexander Reyes, who in would be appointed as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court.

The Aristocrat restaurant

To augment her family's income as her husband struggled to establish his legal practice, Cruz-Reyes set up in a small c