5 restaurants serving Ube Cookies
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.”
Stoneham, MA
“Lola's Pinoy Pastry specializes in traditional Filipino baked goods and sweet treats that capture the distinctive flavors of Philippine pastry culture. This Stoneham bakery brings beloved Filipino desserts and breads to the greater Boston area, offering everything from ube-flavored pastries to classic pan de sal morning rolls. The bakery serves as a gathering place for the Filipino community while introducing non-Filipinos to the unique flavor profiles of Filipino sweets, which often feature tropical ingredients like ube (purple yam), pandan, and coconut. Each pastry is crafted with traditional techniques and authentic ingredients, providing both nostalgia for Filipino Americans and discovery for adventurous dessert lovers. The cozy atmosphere and friendly service make it a neighborhood favorite for morning coffee and pastries.”
Santa Maria, CA
“Capuno's Lutong Bahay is a remarkable family-owned Filipino restaurant in Santa Maria with an exceptional 4.9-star rating. Opened in December 2023 by Raul and Jonah Capuno after leaving longstanding careers in healthcare, "Lutong Bahay" means "home-cooked" in Tagalog-perfectly capturing the restaurant's mission to share authentic Filipino home cooking. The Capunos took over from Jade's Filipino Food, making Capuno's one of only two Filipino restaurants in all of Santa Barbara County. Every recipe comes from generations of family tradition, combining specialties from Raul's hometown in Candelaria, Quezon Province and Jonah's roots in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. The restaurant serves strictly traditional, authentic Filipino dishes tested through years of family cooking-the same food their four daughters grew up eating. Signature items include lumpia made by Jonah, pancit with sweet-spicy sauce, chicken adobo braised in soy sauce and vinegar, crispy pata, chicken skewers with homemade BBQ sauce, and pinoy spaghetti with sweet tomato sauce and banana ketchup. All combo meals include rice, pancit, and lumpia. The restaurant also serves ube (purple yam) desserts including crinkle cookies, cheesecake, and pandesal, plus halo-halo and leche flan. Named "Best Lunch" by Santa Maria Times in 2025, Capuno's rapidly grew from two tables to expanding into adjacent spaces-adding more dining room and planning a Filipino bakery. The family operation includes their daughters and son-in-law, all working together in the kitchen. Capuno's offers full catering services requiring one-week advance notice. For Santa Maria's community, Capuno's provides authentic Filipino flavors that remind diners of home, served with genuine Filipino hospitality.”
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.”
Spring Valley, CA
“Kababayan Bakery serves Spring Valley's Filipino community with authentic Filipino baked goods and traditional sweet treats that transport customers to Philippine bakeries. The name 'Kababayan' means 'fellow countryman' in Tagalog, reflecting the bakery's role as a gathering place for San Diego's substantial Filipino population. Kababayan specializes in Filipino breads and pastries including fresh pandesal, ensaymada, Spanish bread, and various traditional kakanin rice cakes.”
