3 restaurants serving Ube Cookie
New Braunfels, TX
“Peace.Love.Lumpia is a family-run Filipino food truck in New Braunfels, Texas, passionate about bringing authentic Manila street food flavors to the heart of Texas. Their dishes are crafted with love using traditional recipes passed down through generations, offering a vibrant food truck experience where every bite delivers peace, love, and a genuine taste of the Philippines.”
Detroit, MI
“JP Makes and Bakes stands as Detroit's first and only Filipino bakery, filling a crucial gap for Michigan's 41,435 Filipino Americans-the state's fourth-largest Asian American ethnic group. Founded by Jonathan Peregrino, a first-generation Filipino American and professionally trained pastry chef who studied at the Academy of Baking and Pastry in the Philippines, the bakery brings Filipino flavors in familiar formats to New Center's Woodward Avenue. Peregrino's signature purple pastries feature ube, a sweet Filipino yam that gives his cookies, brownies, and cinnamon rolls their distinctive violet hue and subtly sweet, nutty vanilla flavor. The bakery specializes in creative Filipino-American hybrid pastries like the Pan de Croissant, which combines his mother's pandesal recipe with French lamination techniques, and pan de coco sweet rolls filled with shredded coconut. Beyond baked goods, JP Makes and Bakes serves Filipino-inspired beverages including coconut ube matcha lattes made with locally roasted Craig's Coffee and refreshing calamansi drinks showcasing the bright, tangy Filipino citrus. The bakery also offers savory lunch bowls and brunch items featuring traditional Filipino ingredients. Having grown from pop-ups to a Motor City Match grant-funded brick-and-mortar, JP Makes and Bakes has become a cultural hub where Filipino Detroiters no longer need to drive to Chicago or Toronto for authentic Filipino baked goods.”
Miami, FL
“Jeepney Filipino - Wynwood serves Miami as outpost of James Beard-nominated chef Nicole Ponseca's acclaimed New York concept, operating inside 1-800-Lucky food hall since January 2021. The opening marked ten-year anniversary of Ponseca's restaurant career and represents effort to introduce Filipino cuisine to South Florida market where Filipino community comprises just 0.2% of population. Named after repurposed World War II Jeep taxis found throughout Philippines, restaurant channels Filipino sense of creativity and independence. Operating in Wynwood's vibrant street art and nightlife district positions restaurant to serve diverse Miami audience while educating diners about Filipino food culture through dishes that share similarities with Latin cuisine including lechon, chicharron, and adobo. The fast-fancy concept strikes balance between quick-serve and dine-in experience, offering made-to-order dishes rather than steam table service. Signature items include lechon express featuring twice-cooked pork belly with crispy skin that melts in mouth, excellent sisig served on hot skillet with various pig parts topped with egg diners mix themselves, and occasional special burger made from ground beef and cured pork sausage on sweet challah bun with egg. Ponseca has launched kamayan dinner series at 1-800-Lucky, introducing elaborate large-format Filipino meals served on banana leaves showcasing deep braises and traditional feasting style. The restaurant also participated in first annual Banana Catchup Filipino Block Party during Filipino American History Month and first Ube Festival, demonstrating commitment to building Filipino food culture in Miami. Mixed customer reviews note some dishes don't match authentic Filipino taste profiles, with sisig sometimes too sweet with excess mayo and pancit occasionally too salty or greasy, suggesting challenges adapting recipes to Miami market while maintaining authenticity standards Ponseca established in New York.”
