
Trying Filipino Street Food at Dollar Hits
Clip: Season 6 Episode 2 | 1m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Dollar Hits in L.A.'s Historic Filipinotown offers sweet and savory street food eats.
Lost LA host Nathan Masters visits Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles and joins Aquilina Soriano Versoza from the Pilipino Workers Center to try some Filipino street food at the iconic restaurant Dollar Hits, which provides an authentic culinary experience by serving classic comfort food dishes from the Philippines.
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Trying Filipino Street Food at Dollar Hits
Clip: Season 6 Episode 2 | 1m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Lost LA host Nathan Masters visits Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles and joins Aquilina Soriano Versoza from the Pilipino Workers Center to try some Filipino street food at the iconic restaurant Dollar Hits, which provides an authentic culinary experience by serving classic comfort food dishes from the Philippines.
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Masters: Dollar Hits-Temple.
Versoza: Hello.
Kumusta po.
Ha ha ha!
Masters: Hello.
It smells delicious in here.
Versoza: Yes.
You can't get to know Historic Filipinotown if you don't try the food.
Masters: I've never had Filipino street food before.
Versoza: Never.
Masters: No, no.
Versoza: All right.
Masters: I'm excited.
Versoza: All right.
Yes.
It's delicious.
Ha ha ha!
So this is also called turo turo, which means, like, point point, where you come in and point to what you want to.
We're gonna order some savory and sweet.
Masters: All right.
I'm game.
Yeah.
Where do we start?
Versoza: I think let's start out with the barbecue.
So let's start savory, right?
Let's try it out.
Masters: Let's do it.
OK. Mmm.
That's really good.
Mmm.
Versoza: So this is the camote cue.
Masters: Mmm.
Crispy on the outside and like a potato in the middle.
Yeah.
Versoza: Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Next we have one of the classics of Filipino food, which is called balut.
So they're fermented duck eggs.
We're gonna crack them open, and they have, like, a just forming embryo in them.
Masters: OK. Versoza: Yes.
Masters: OK. Versoza: OK. You're going to peel it.
If you like salt, you can add a little bit of salt to it.
Masters: I do like salt.
Versoza: This is, like, good sustenance in the Philippines.
Masters: Mm-hmm.
Probably really good protein.
Versoza: Mm-hmm.
Masters: Mmm.
[Versoza speaks Filipino] Versoza: Next we have a regular Filipino drink kind of like aguas frescas but our own type.
So it's cantaloupe, a cantaloupe drink.
Masters: Cheers.
Versoza: Cheers.
Masters: That's delicious.
Versoza: You really taste the fresh cantaloupe.
Masters: Yeah.
This is delicious.
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