Chaaste Family Market — Attraction in Pasadena

I found Chaaste as I was craving Turon (Filipino banana egg-roll dessert/ snack). I was surprised that other than the original, they also had other flavors like langka (jackfruit), ube (purple yam), and churros. So I stuck with a box each of the original, langka and ube turon. There are 5 pieces of turon in a box. While waiting for my order (they make it fresh as you order, yes you can order ahead as well), I wanted to check their hot food offerings. What we got: Lumpia (egg rolls) - 4.5 stars Dinuguan (pork stew) - 4.5 stars Bistek Pilipino - 4 stars, slightly salty Chicken curry - 3.5 stars good Laing (Taro leaves in coconut milk) - 3 stars- salty Mixed veggies - 2.5 stars bland and overcooked Pancit bihon (rice noodles) - 1 star - very bland and dry. So here’s the breakdown: Langka flavor turon ($9.50 for 5 pcs) - 3.5 stars, crunchy, sweet, with lusciously ripe jackfruit but the banana is too firm (read- hard) Ube flavor turon ($9.75 for 5 pcs) - 2.5 stars, the ube was just strategically placed on one end of the turon, banana again is too firm. Original turon ($5.50 for 5 pcs) - 2.5 stars, crunchy and sweet wrap, banana is too firm. PutoFlan (steamed rice cake with flan $6) - 3 stars, flan is good, puto (rice cake) is dry and hard. They also had grocery stuff like Filipino chips and snacks. Service was friendly, parking adequate. I’d definitely come back for the egg-rolls and dinuguan, maybe the turon if they use a...

Chaaste family market is a family-owned neighborhood Filipino market, that servers ready to go Filipino comfort food and desserts. Service was really great and friendly!

Inside the market, there is a cafeteria. I'm usually not a fan of cafeteria kind of food, but surprisingly, I liked the food there. We had pork adobo and beef giniling with rice and pancit, they were all flavorful and tasty. Great portions with reasonable prices. And, I strongly suggest you to try out their homemade mama sans turon! They are to die for! Turon are sweet w/ brown sugar, crunchy, and very satisfying. They have several special flavors to choose from, such as the original banana filling, UBE buhbaby, cookies and cream, strawberry, custard filled, chocolate hazelnut, and churro. Make sure you ask which flavors they have for the day since they sell out...

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