"Takaw Tingin": My Sister's Craving Ended with Me Finishing the Leftovers 🤷‍♀

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Have you ever filled your plate with delicious-looking food but cannot finish it all? 👀

“Takaw tingin” is a Filipino idiom that exactly describes it. Its literal definition means “greedy look.” But it actually refers to a person who’s tempted by the sight of food, because of its beauty or novelty, but in the end, it turns out that they don’t like it or can’t finish it. It can also be extended to other situations like impulsively buying things because they look appealing, even if you don’t need or use them.

In our family, we often describe my sister this way. She is the kind of person who always wants to try new food. The problem is, she is always “excited” and immediately thinks a food is “delicious” even before she has tasted it. The ending? Usually, she doesn’t finish it because either it doesn’t suit her taste or can’t finish it at all 🤷‍♀

One day, it was her day off, and after we got a pedicure, she invited me to have a dinner at Greenwich, which is nearby. She said it was her treat, so who could say no? 💖 The truth is, she just wanted to try something new on their menu 🤦‍♀

Since it was dinner time, there were already a lot of people. We ordered our favorite Roast Beef Pizza Rice Bakes with fried chicken. It was definitely delicious and I knew she would finish it because that's what we always order.

But of course, she added Creamy Spinach Lasagna—that's it, the new one on the menu LOL. She didn't worry even if she couldn't finish it because she was with me.

We waited for a long time to order. While waiting, I took pictures around. One of the pictures I took was the window where the crew was making pizza. Too bad the window was partially closed, so I couldn't really see how they were tossing and spinning the dough, just like how basketball players hand spins the ball haha 😅

I also noticed that the cashier was the same one we often see when we dine here. She seemed to have been working here for a long time and I guess we became very familiar to her because we were their regular customers! LOL 🤣

We waited for almost an hour because of the crowd. When our orders arrived, of course, we were excited to eat our favorite Pizza Rice Bakes and we finished it all 👌

And when my sister tasted the Lasagna she ordered, she only had two mouthfuls of it. Then, she simply whispered, “Let’s split it.” She just ate the pizza 🤦‍♀

That’s it! That means she didn’t like the taste, haha 🤣 In the end, I finished her Lasagna. To be honest, I didn’t like it either 😪 It tasted like leaves, and the cheese seemed tasteless. But I just finished it because it would be a waste if there were any leftovers. She said, “never again” ...as if she ate it at all 😒 And here I am looking at the frozen cakes...we should've tried that one instead of the lasagna LOL 🤣

That’s always the ending whenever she doesn't like her order: she’ll give the leftovers to me, or to our cousin. Sometimes, we’ll just see some food she’s piling up in the fridge and always promise to finish it when our mom scolds her.

That’s the story of my sister and the Filipino expression “takaw tingin.” Do you know anyone like that? Let me know in the comments! Just kidding 😏

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This post is my entry for ASEAN Hive Community Challenge #173: ASEAN Expressions 🗣️

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Elle 😘