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Color me surprised-I didn't know this place was here. Waiting on a friend for breakfast at the pancake place next door, I checked out this new Filipino eatery that has taken the place of Dee's Donuts. Albert and his brother, Chef Paolo, are manning this spot that offers donuts, empanadas, malasadas, pan de sal, pancit, boba, turon, leche flan and more. All the Filipinos can rejoice! They also sell the popular Filipino sweets pastillas, red bean haupia, and polvoron, which comes in the regular version as well as red velvet--wow, that's a first for me! Polvoron is a powdered milk candy that comes individually wrapped in white paper. I got to try the macadamia version and it was delicious, melting in da mouth: salamat! Paolo also gave me a mini pina colada muffin (cupcake without frosting) that he was testing, fresh out of the oven: masarap! Not the right time if I wanted pan de sal: sayang. Albert says those fly out the door because they only make 6 dozen per day and were all gone already. However you can pre-order for the next day for most items. Empanadas were ready at 8:00am, but the malasadas and the popular cream cheese croissants don't come out of the oven until around 10:00am. I'll definitely have to come back to try those out, as well as their turon (deep-fried banana rolls), pancit, empanadas, pastillas, etc. Pinoy power!
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