Lucía Lagman Cunanan | |
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Born | February 27, 1928 |
Died | April 16, 2008 (aged 80) Clark,
Angeles City, Philippines |
Cause of death | Stabbing |
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Known for | Inventing sisig |
Spouse | Victorino F. Cunanan |
Lucía "Aling Lucing" Lagman Cunanan (February 27, 1928 – April 16, 2008) was a Filipino restaurateur best known for having invented or at least re-invented sisig, a popular Kapampangan dish in the Philippines and Filipino diasporas worldwide. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Lucia Cunanan was born in Tarlac on February 27, 1928. She settled in Pampanga after her marriage to Victorino F. Cunanan.
In 1974, she established Aling Lucing's, a restaurant in Angeles City. [4] Her restaurant offered a reinvented variant of sisig which soon became nationally famous. [4] The popularity of Cunanan's sisig had helped establish Angeles City as the "Sisig Capital of the Philippines", thus her earning the sobriquet "Sisig Queen". [5]
Cunanan was found bludgeoned to death in her Angeles City home with 10 stab wounds on April 16, 2008, aged 80. [2] Two days after her murder, local police filed parricide charges against her then 85-year-old husband Victorino. He was believed to have killed Lucia after she refused to give him money for his mistress’ needs. [6]