We've all heard that food travels on average 1,500 miles to reach your plate (which may or not be accurate). Six days ago, my grandpa bought mamon (Filipino sponge cake) from Red Ribbon Bake Shop in Binondo, Manila, which I hand-carried through a 2-hour stopover at the Hong Kong International Airport and over to Toronto, where I stayed for 2 days before flying to Newark, carried home to Brooklyn and brought to work with me the next day for the nurses on my floor to eat. A long journey for mamon to travel and for me to carry-- over 9,000 miles-- all to find out today that there is a Red Ribbon Bake Shop in Jersey City, 10 miles from where I live!