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Hogs and kisses: Mark Valentine's Day with this heart-shaped lechon belly

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Jeeves De Veyra

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/02/13/20190213-sibal-belly.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Sibal&#x27;s heart-shaped lechon belly. Photo from Sibal’s Premium Foods&#x27; Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA -- What better way to say “I love you” to a foodie than with a heart-shaped lechon?For a limited time this February, Sibal’s Premium Foods offers 1-kilo slabs of lechon belly shaped into a heart for delivery to your special someone.Alfred Sibal thought about this during a boring four-hour drive up to Baguio after the Christmas season. Sibal and his son, Christian, ended up thinking about doing something special for Valentine’s Day. The heart-shaped lechon started out as a joke. But the more they thought about it, the more they started thinking about how to pull it off.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/02/13/20190213-christian-alfred-sibal.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Christian and Alfred Sibal bare their lechon hearts</figcaption></figure></div>After much experimentation, they were able to develop a proprietary technique to keep the lechon belly from falling apart, retain its special shape, and keep the trademark crispiness Sibal’s lechon belly has become known for. The trimmings are also given to the customer as liempo chips so as not to waste any meat.The special technique opens up new possibilities for other special-shaped lechon for other occasions. But for this Valentine’s Day, this heart-shaped lechon is filling up the heart (and stomach) with love.This special heart shaped lechon belly can be ordered at the Sibal’s Premium Foods&#x27; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/sibalspremiumfood">Facebook page</a>.

What better way to say “I love you” to a foodie than with a heart-shaped lechon?

What better way to say “I love you” to a foodie than with a heart-shaped lechon?