Carbonara for my father’s birthday

Here in the Philippines, it is tradition to serve a noodle dish called pancit when there's a birthday. The long noodles are supposed to represent long life.

My father died two years ago from a heart attack and today is his birthday. My sisters and I gathered together to celebrate my dad. I made carbonara – eggs, guanciale, bucatini, pecorino Romano, crushed peppercorns – for my dad.

I wish he was here to taste this.