Pinoy Pinay Filipino Fast Food

Since 1992, this daytime turo-turo has served Cerritos—home to a substantial portion of L.A.’s Filipino population—affordable combo plates and traditional sweets like biko (brown sugar sticky rice cake), kakanin (brightly colored sweet rice snacks), hopia (red bean pastries) and turon (deep-fried banana rolls). Icy sweet desserts like buko pandan, mais con hielo (a corn ice cream) and the country’s famous halo-halo round out an inexpensive meal here, which might include arroz caldo (chicken rice porridge), freshly wrapped lumpia and beef kare-kare.