Lisa’s Desserts

A coworker brought lots of turon. Ppl at work were delighted, pretty chunky in size too. I will keep them in my list for Pinoy desserts cravings, might drop by one of these days and try other desserts. Btw, it’s not Lisa’s anymore. Let’s give credit to the new owner, Yeng’s or Yen’s? Not quite sure but either one means the same.

A very small, uncrowded place that me and my mother have frequented many times in the past, and it’s only now I’ve bothered to write a review.
The palabok and pancit is always flavorful and filling, all 20 or more times I’ve tried.
The store is clean, storefront and from what you can see in the kitchen. (As compared to the disaster that is Tita’s Kitchenette, also nearby.)
The service is always nice and patient with my mother’s needs of a certain turon that just seems to be bigger than the rest. (I actually went in once by myself to get some turon for her, (minus the nitpickiness, of course) and the lady suddenly decided to give me an extra 2 pieces. Bless her!
They deserve all 5 stars! Glad they’ve expanded to Eastlake.

My favorite place to hit up after wafting in the sweet smell of pandesal at Valerio’s. It’s just right down the strip mall! I always come back for the ukoy, pancit palabok, and their vegetable lumpia.
I also saw on their counter that they opened up a store in Eastlake! I’ll have to check it out when I’m in the area.

I can go on and on. But I don’t want to.
They have a sister store by my house, and the food is cheap, good and they’re very generous with the portions.
I love it and I hope they never leave.

One of the many places to buy a Filipino dessert tray for parties. And not like some other dessert places you can also buy merrienda, or snack here too.
The dessert trays here are relatively cheap when compared to other places, and the quality and taste of the desserts are on par or even better then other places. As any Filipino knows, except for a true coconut, (brown on the outside but white on the inside) a dessert tray comes with a variety of desserts, mostly made of rice or some rice product (sounds weird but not compared to what other countries’ ethnic desserts).
What really separates their desserts from other places’ desserts is how soft their product is. Other places’ desserts have a, stiff, quality to them. The desserts at Lisa’s Desserts are nice and supple, especially the Sapin-​Sapin, a tri-​colored rice dessert topped with minced toasted coconut (I think, forgive me if I’m wrong about the topping).
Another reason to go to Lisa’s Dessert is for the snacks! If you want to get some Filipino food to tied you over then you can come here for some Pancit Palobok, (which I’m not even gonna try to describe cause of it’s complexity, so just try it) with either skinny noodles or thick noodles. Or you can get ukoy, a type of fritter/​pancake (made like a fritter but shaped like a pancake) with bean sprouts and shrimp held together with a thin batter.
There’s also the ginataan, ohhh this is good. Think of a sweet jambalaya with coconut milk, small tapioca balls, sweet potato, bananas, jack fruit, and chewy dumplings. Sounds weird I know, but it really is good.
The parking’s not that great and the drivers are horrible at times, but that’s a prerequisite when it comes to places frequented mostly by the older generation of Filipinos. I promise you will be rewarded if you visit this place.