Hood Famous Cafe and Bar, also known as Hood Famous Bakeshop
or simply Hood Famous, is a
Filipino bakery with two locations in
Seattle, in the
U.S. state of
Washington. Operating in
Ballard and the
Chinatown–International District (C-ID), the business is co-owned by spouses Chera Amlag and Geo Quibuyen of
Blue Scholars (also known as Prometheus Brown).
Description
Hood Famous is an
Asian Pacific American
Asian/Pacific American (APA) or Asian/Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) or Asian American and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) is a term sometimes used in the United States when including both Asian a ...
-owned business in Seattle specializing in
Filipino cuisine. The menu has included
ube
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(purple yam)
cheesecake
Cheesecake is a sweet dessert consisting of one or more layers. The main, and thickest, layer consists of a mixture of a soft, fresh cheese (typically cottage cheese, cream cheese or ricotta), eggs, and sugar. If there is a bottom layer, it m ...
and cookies,
,
calamansi bars,
cassava cake
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,
longanisa chive scones,
ensaymada (Filipino
brioche bun with cheese),
,
pandan flan
Flan may refer to:
*Flan (pie), an open sweet or savoury tart, the most common UK meaning
*Flan cake, a Filipino cake topped with crème caramel and caramel syrup
*Flan de leche or ''crème caramel'', a custard dessert with clear caramel sauce, th ...
, and other desserts and pastries.
The business also serves
arroz caldo, beef
mechado pot pie, and coffee.
Cocktails include calamansi sours and ube
daiquiris.
For
Thanksgiving, the C-ID location has served gluten-free pumpkin cake with
pinipig and oat
streusel.
History
Chera Amlag founded the business and began wholesaling to
Uwajimaya in 2014. She opened a first storefront in 2016.
The C-ID location opened in 2019. The business also launched an apparel line in 2019. Janelle Quiyuben is creative director of Hood Famous as of 2020.
Reception
Rachel Hopke included Hood Famous in
''Eater Seattle'''s 2021 list of eight "sensational shops" in Seattle for cold brew.
The website's Gabe Guarente and Jade Yamazaki Stewart included the business in a 2022 overview of "Where to Find Fantastic Filipino Food Around the Seattle Area".
Aleenah Ansari included Hood Famous in
Insider.com
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's 2022 list of "12 restaurants you shouldn't miss in Seattle, according to a local who has eaten their way around the city."
See also
*
Filipino-American cuisine
Filipino American cuisine has been present in America ever since Filipinos moved there, but only recently has the Filipino food become more widely popular. Filipino food has gone through its evolution of adapting other cultures' food practices int ...
References
External links
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2014 establishments in Washington (state)
Asian restaurants in Seattle
Bakeries of Washington (state)
Ballard, Seattle
Chinatown–International District, Seattle
Filipino-American culture