Paraiso Filipino Native Foods

i ordered 2 pancit canton for my brothers birthday. since Paraiso is our go-to for pinoy foods around the area, didnt hesitate and called. back home, i, we were surprised what we saw. instant pancit canton? this is not what we expected. we’ve been loyal customers of Paraiso foods, they’ve been part some of our family get togethers. what was more surprising is, the canton really tastes like “instant” (if youre a pinoy, you know what im talking about) with added seasonings and ingredients. even if our not pinoy family member thought it looks and taste like instant. lets give them the benefit of the doubt. but in my life existence, ive never seen a noodle like this in any filipino, asian stores or countries. did they run out of noodles or something? why serve your co-pinoys this kind of food? im just one of your thousand customers that maybe will not affect anything but this is unacceptable. this needs to be shared. this is not worth my $40 hard earned money.

This place is LIKE THAT ok. Half restaurant half grocery store. I grew up with Filipino neighbors and played with their sons so I ate a lot of Filipino food. A lot. This place makes me feel like a kid again. The beef and chicken lumpia are my favs. Sometimes I just go to get that. Actually majority of the time I go just to get an order of each and they usually don’t make it home. The chicken adobo is different than what I’m use to but it’s still delicious and i get it quite often. The beef kare kare is my favorite dish that’s not lumpia. They give samples so ask for samples to help you decide what you want! The place is always busy. A lot of Military show up around lunch time. Be prepared to wait in line. There are usually no tables when you walk in but by the time you make it through the line a table will open up. Place is clean and everyone so far has been very friendly. The grocery part next door has a lot of things you can’t get at a regular grocery store. Again this place takes me back to my childhood! If you aren’t busy and want a good meal I say give this place a go!

I was really hungry that day and wanted to eat something different so I googled restaurants and found this place. I wanted to support my fellow countrymen so I went there. I wanted to give them a great review because growing up in the Philippines, I knew that our food is good. I ordered the tapsilog, my favorite dish growing up. When I got the food, it was presented nicely but the meat amount was tiny and it was sliced so thin, even a dime is thicker. I tasted the meat, it was good but in my previous experiences at other restaurants at this price point, the food amount here was about half. Then I tried the rice, it felt old as some of it was dry and crunchy. The eggs and vegetables were ok. I went and forced myself to eat it all since I paid $17 for it. I was severely disappointed at how scarce the food amount was and the terrible rice quality. I had to make this review in hopes that the owners will see it and make a change so future customers that would order tapsilog won’t be disappointed like me and probably never come back. I want them to succeed. To be fair, their other food that is displayed looked good and their portions for them are good for the price. As I saw other patrons’ dishes and food amounts. Please owners don’t be stingy with the food amount and make sure the rice isn’t old. Anyways, I recommend anything else that they have other than tapsilog. I will probably visit again in the future to try something else.