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Not a fan of Filipino fusion

As I’ve mentioned before, there’s not a lot of Filipino food out there that’s available for sale that will live up to what my mom used to cook. I do have a theory — most Filipino restaurants that have lasted more than a few years do one dish really well, and the rest of the food they serve is is just OK. With the advent of these gourmet food trucks serving Filipino food, I’m not too sure if that theory is holding.

Let me get to the point. I tried out the White Rabbit Truck Friday. It was their good luck — or maybe not — that they decided to come to the CBS Studio City Radford lot the day I had brought a sandwich to work and was just looking for a reason to buy something other than my sandwich. So I immediately went to the ATM and took some cash out and took a lovely walk out to the main gate.

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Found a Filipino fast-food gem

This is valuable info here, folks.

My buddy Marc was in town again, and wanted some Filipino food for when we all had dinner. My first idea was to meet up with him in Cerritos and try out a recommendation from another friend, Moonie. But my second idea was to have him meet us in Eagle Rock to try out this place I found — don’t laugh — via Yelp called Lutong Bahay.

The 9 reviews by Yelpers are mostly raves. Let me give you the rundown.

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