Lucía "Aling Lucing" Lagman Cunanan (27 February 1928 – 16 April 2008) was a Filipino restaurateur best known for having invented or at least re-invented

sisig ''Sisig'' ( ) is a Filipino cuisine, Filipino dish made from parts of a Pork, pig's face and belly, and chicken liver which is usually seasoned with ''calamansi'', onions, and chili peppers. It originates from the Pampanga region in Luzon. ''Si ...

, a popular

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dish in the Philippines and Filipino diasporas worldwide.

Career

Lucia Cunanan was born in

Tarlac Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac ( pam, Lalawigan ning Tarlac; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Tarlac; ilo, Probinsia ti Tarlac; tgl, Lalawigan ng Tarlac; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. It ...

on 27 February 1928. She settled in

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga ( pam, Lalawigan ning Pampanga; tl, Lalawigan ng Pampanga ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac ...

after her marriage to Victorino F. Cunanan. In 1974, she established ''Aling Lucing's'', a restaurant in

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. Her restaurant offered a reinvented variant of sisig which soon became nationally famous. The popularity of Cunanan's sisig had helped establish

as the "Sisig Capital of the Philippines", thus her earning the sobriquet "Sisig Queen".

Death

Cunanan was found bludgeoned to death in her Angeles City home with 10 stab wounds on 16 April 2008, aged 80. Two days after her murder, local police filed

parricide Parricide refers to the deliberate killing of one’s own father and mother, spouse (husband or wife), children, and/or close relative. However, the term is sometimes used more generally to refer to the intentional killing of a near relative. It ...

charges against her 85-year-old husband, Victorino F. Cunanan. He was believed to have killed Lucia after she refused to give him money for his mistress’ needs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunanan, Lucia 1920s births Year of birth uncertain Kapampangan people People from Tarlac Filipino chefs Filipino restaurateurs Filipino women company founders Filipino murder victims People murdered in the Philippines 2008 deaths