Have you ever wondered who
the real Lola Basyang is?
Lola Basyang is actually the
nom de plume of the late Don Severino
Reyes, the father of the Tagalog zarzuela and the founder of the now-defunct Liwayway
Magazine, where Mga Kuwento Ni Lola
Basyang first regularly appeared. He and his wife Maria Paz were blessed
with 17 children – a norm then but still would look like a blatant insult to China’s
one-child policy. His family used to live in an ancestral home in Quezon City that
is now converted into Dong Juan, a Cebu home-grown restaurant that serves delicious
comfort food.
Lemon iced tea
Gambas al ajillo pasta
Dong Juan’s all-meat special
Ice cream burger
Portrait of Don Severino Reyes
This is the home of Lola Basyang
and yet I couldn’t even find a copy of Rosamistica.
Dong Juan
#72 Mother Ignacia Ave. cor. Sct. Reyes
Paligsahan, Quezon City
Tel. No.: 374-0265
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