LutongNanay

That was the time that we had an idea. We asked our selves, what do we have that was not taken away from us? Then we answered those questions. We had each other's back, we had the internet, and God knows our passion and ability to cook will never be taken away from us. So with a limited amount of resources that we had left and thanks to God-given people who lend us funds and believed in our passion, we then decided to start an online food delivery service, Lutong Nanay. We converted an old abandoned shed into a kitchen, we renovated it to comply with business permit requirements. Since we did not have that much of a fund, we then needed to be part of the workforce renovating it. With hard labor and a lot of resourcefulness, the kitchen was finished but still, we had no idea what kind of challenges we are going to face that time. All we know is that we need to sell our food for us to survive.

We can still remember our first day of operating. We were all hesitant since we had no idea of what to expect at all. We know that we can downright kick-ass when cooking a meal, but according to our experience, you also need a location, a place, somewhat of a restaurant, to serve our food. In short, we did not have any experience in online business.

There it was our first day, we did our part, prepared the business permit, planned for a menu, prepared them, made our page, shot some of our meals to show over Lutong Nanay Page and that was it. That was the time that we learned it. That if ever a certain experience is your first time, all of the skepticism will just explode right before the magic happens. All the unanswered questions, all the "what ifs", all the insecurities, all the uncertainties just flush right in front of your face. On the first day, we did not even bother to cook rice. Why? it's because we know that we were not established. The name Lutong Nanay was not established. They don't know what Lutong Nanay can offer them. We know our skill and passion, we know that we love to cook, but did the market know that? Of course not. To our big surprise, little did we expect to our first day but we were able to gather orders. We almost kicked our selves for doubting, by not cooking that first set of rice that should have been cooked already since we already announced that we are open. We were both very thankful and surprised for our first day orders and all the succeeding days that came. That was the time that we realized that this can work, Lutong Nanay can work!

So, here we are, with happy loyal customers of our food delivery business. Trust us to continue this tradition, our passion, our service. We thank all the people that believed in us, all the people who helped us make Lutong Nanay possible. We will always be thankful to God almighty for blessing us with your presence and support. Thank you for being part of our journey.