4 restaurants serving Ube Latte
Evanston, IL
“Nayon Evanston specializes in authentic Filipino comfort food and custom catering with a modern twist, operating from their commercial kitchen in Chicago and offering weekend pickups in Evanston. They're known for their signature chiffon cakes in unique Filipino flavors like ube, pandan, and black sesame, alongside traditional dishes like their family recipe Impong's Adobong Manok. Their collaboration with Samila Thai Fusion allows them to offer fusion specialties like Thai Tea Chiffon Cake and their iconic Noyes Street Iced Ube Coconut Latte with boba.”
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.”
City of Industry, CA
“Josephine's Special Empanadas represents a remarkable immigrant success story, founded by Josephine Tallungan in 2002 as a solution to provide for her family after being laid off. What began with selling chicken empanadas in parking lots has evolved into a thriving minority-owned, woman-owned family business that has become the first Filipino establishment in the City of Industry/Rowland Heights area. The bakery specializes in Filipino-American inspired baked goods, particularly their signature empanadas that blend traditional Filipino flavors with modern techniques in perfectly portioned hand-held pastries. Each empanada features a golden, flaky crust filled with savory ingredients like seasoned beef, tender chicken, creamy mushroom, or their unique creamy corn cheese for vegetarian customers. Beyond empanadas, the bakery offers traditional Filipino sweets including bibingka in regular, ube and pandan flavors, and serves champurado and arroz caldo on weekends. The establishment's mission goes beyond just selling food-they aim to establish Filipino flavors as an integral part of Asian-American food culture while honoring the family's heritage and their mother's original recipes.”
Grover Beach, CA
“Lumpia Bros Cafe specializes in handcrafted Filipino favorites with their signature 'Mama's lumpia' and authentic dishes like adobo and pancit served in both individual portions and catering trays. They've expanded beyond traditional Filipino fare to include specialty coffee drinks featuring Filipino flavors like ube and pandan lattes, plus açaí bowls and desserts. The cafe offers everything from quick lumpia by the piece to full catering services, combining traditional Filipino cooking with modern cafe culture.”
