Our Story
Four archipelagos,
one ocean.
The Philippines is an archipelago. So is Japan. So is Hawaiʻi. So, in its way, is the water off Washington. This truck is what happens when one family cooks its way across all four.
From our family to yours, we serve an authentic blend of Filipino fusion cuisine. Our food starts in the many places this family has lived and cooked, but always finds its roots firmly set in the culture and traditions of a Filipino-American family.
Meet the head chef
Sarah Clow
Twenty years of professional kitchens across three countries, sharpened by culinary training and a working life that kept moving. Every place added something. The foundation never moved.
Everything is handmade, prepped and cooked by Chef Sarah, and her son often tags in to cook (say hi to Sean at the window). Rolling lumpia this good takes a lot of love, and this working mother has you feeling like family with every savory crunch.
- The Philippines
Where the roots are
Adobo, lumpia, and sisig: the dishes that anchor the menu and the ones the family cooked long before there was a truck.
- Japan
Precision and restraint
Technique, knife work, and the discipline of doing a small number of things exactly right.
- Hawaiʻi
The plate lunch
Rice, a scoop of mac salad, gravy, and a fried egg. The Ma-Loko Moco and the mac salad on our sides board come straight from this chapter.
- The North Sound, Washington
Where we parked
Since 2023, a truck with a very colorful logo and a cook’s passion, working farmers markets, festivals, block parties, breweries, weddings, office lots, school fundraisers, and more; rolling out of Lake Stevens from Arlington down to Seattle, and over to Monroe. Cool air, warm food.
- And next
The kitchen stays in the family
Sean is on the line now with his mom, learning the recipes the way she did: at the flat-top, mid-service, with a line building. Four shores of cooking, and the next person is already in it.
Why the wings
Both flags, one family
The logo on the side of that truck is two wings: the Stars and Stripes on one, the Philippine sun and stars on the other. It is not decoration. It’s the whole business in one image: a Filipino-American family feeding the Pacific Northwest.
Come say hello
We’re out there
most weeks of the year.
Handmade
Lumpia are rolled by hand. Gravy is made in house. Nothing arrives frozen in a box and gets reheated.
Cooked to Order
Which means a wait at busy events, and food that is actually hot when it reaches you.
Local by Habit
Snohomish and King County from Seattle north plus the Eastside: markets, festivals, block parties, and more. We’re probably at one of your neighbors’ events this month.