Siopao are steamed buns that are a favorite food item in the Philippines. The most common are filled with pork. You can buy frozen siopao at Filipino supermarkets such as Seafood City on Vermont Avenue.
Seafood City is a chain of Filipino grocery stores. This branch is located in North Koreatown / New Filipinotown on Vermont Avenue, just north of Third Street. Carries Filipino ice cream (mellorine), bottled bagoong, halo-halo ingredients, and chicharon.
Usually open Monday to Sunday, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm.
Filipino-American bakeshop that opened in 2014 in the former spot of Goldilocks in North Koreatown. It is owned by the same family that handled the Goldilocks franchise for decades.
Items for sale include Filipino classics like silvañas, sans rival, ube pastries, hopia, mango cakes, polvoron, mamon, and siopao. Brazo de Mercedes rolls and customized cakes such as red velvet can be ordered in advance.
UPDATE: The space taken over by Leelin Bakery in 2014. Goldilocks is the largest Filipino-owned bakeshop chain in the world, with close to 500 stores – more than 20 of which are in the United States, Canada, and Thailand – and approximately 5,000 local employees. The company is known for cakes, breads, siopao, polvoron, ensaymada, […]