Monkeys' goto for all things Filipino breads, sweet rices and Chicken Empanadas!
Summertime, this little shop tends to run out of Empanadas, so Monkey call ahead to check. Arlene will almost always have a few hot fresh ones ready. Everything baked fresh here daily. Hard to believe, but everything you see is sold in a day. Get your Pandesal regular or whole wheat.
GMonkey do:
PAN DE COCO- sweet bread rolls filled w/coconut
PUTO- spongy doughy rice cake
BIBINGKA MALAGKIT- sweet rice topped w/sugar
CHICKEN EMPANADAS- perfect hand PIEs!
HOPIA MUNGO & UBE- flaky pucks filled with mung bean or UBE!
One in every major city with a significant Filipino community, Valerio's is usually found near a Seafood City. Some products may differ slightly, but quality still very consistent. When Mochi wasn't curbing my sugar intake, she do the UBE LOAF(sliced bread w/ribbons of UBE) & BIBINGKA MALAGKIT.