| Lucia Cunanan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927 or 1928 La Paz, Tarlac, Philippines |
| Died | April 16, 2008 Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Other names | "Lucing" |
| Occupation | restaurateur |
| Known for | inventing sisig |
Lucia "Lucing" Cunanan (1927 or 1928 – April 16, 2008) was a Filipino restaurateur credited in some quarters as having invented or re-invented sisig, a Kapampangan dish now popular all over the Philippines.[1][2][3]
Born as Lucia Lagman in Tarlac, she settled in Pampanga after her marriage to Victorino Cunanan. She established Aling Lucing's, a restaurant in Angeles City, Pampanga in 1974.[3] Her restaurant featured what has been said as a reinvented variant of sisig which soon became nationally famous.[3] The popularity of her sisig had helped establish Angeles as the "Sisig Capital of the Philippines",[4] and Cunanan herself was dubbed as the "Sisig Queen"
Lucia Cunanan was found bludgeoned to death in her Angeles City home with 10 stab wounds on April 16, 2008. She was 80 years old.[1] Two days after her murder, local police filed parricide charges against her 85-year old husband, Victorino Cunanan.[5]