Lumpia Xpress — Restaurant in Mountain Home

On 9/17/20, I went to a restaurant in Mountain Home for dinner. Afterwards, we stopped at Lumpia Xpress. I would have liked to have picked up some lumpia for the next day, but the owner made a comment that discouraged me from doing so, noting that they were closing in 30 minutes. So I bought a couple of baked items instead. I purchased Bump Cookies ($2.50) and two Coconut Rice Flour Cakes ($4).

The Bump cookies are also known as Paciencia or Filipino meringue cookies. I thought the flavor was OK but they seemed a little dry. I have had a cookie similar to this in the past but I liked the flavor and texture better.

The Coconut Rice Flour Cake Is also known as Bibingka or Filipino Coconut Rice Cake. The photo is deceiving because the actual cake is the size of a small muffin. I have had cake similar to this in the past. There was just something a little off about the flavor of this one for me. If you would like to try a great version of this cake, I would recommend the Trader Joe's Mochi cake mix. It also uses sweet rice flour which gives it a chewy, almost bouncy texture. The cake mix includes coconut milk powder which gives it a similar coconut flavor.

Currently, this business is take out only. Lumpia Xpress has a limited menu that includes Lumpia, Spam Musubi, Yakisoba,Pancit and Boba tea.

Note that originally I bent over backwards to try to give this business a three star review by basing it on my friends perception of these two cookies. But after the negative comments that the business owner directed towards me, I am editing my review to tell you what I really think of it. Needless to say, I will not be back. If you are a business owner, you need to learn how to accept constructive feedback, as well as recognize when someone is being overly generous in their rating of...

This place is so amazing! It was a little confusing to figure out how to order at first but the owner and I’m assuming her husband, were incredibly friendly and helpful! When they found out we were sharing with our children in the car, they made sure we had extra napkins, forks, plates, and water for our drive. The yakisoba was so flavorful, cooked perfectly and the portions huge! We split two with our family of 5. We also had rice and the owner gave us rice spice to try as well! Very very good and definitely recommended. The coconut rice cake was DIVINE. I wish I had an entire pan of it! The texture is different than typical breads but it’s very sweet without going overboard. Our boba drinks were exactly as expected and with a surplus of boba in it, exactly how I like it. We live out of town but travel this way frequently and we will definitely be back! Really just the two nicest, friendliest people with absolutely amazing customer service. Perfect stop: open late, amazing food, great service. A little out of the way...

Update, finally had the chance to try again and was not disappointed. In fact it was better than I expected. It takes a lot for food to really impress me because I know how to cook. And this food made my eyes roll back in my head. The pansit was delicious, the lumpia was phenomenal, the rice was nothing short of amazing with lime drizzled over it and the rice coconut cake was incredible. However I did find that I'm not a fan of Boba 😆

I can't wait to go there again today!

Decided to try this restaurant as I'm passing through Mountain Home and the Google maps guide shows hours from 10:00 a.m. to 8:p.m. Wednesdays. Also says check hours on website which I did. Drive here and find out if it's pickup only, tried to place an order at 5:30 p.m. and it said our store is currently not accepting orders. Very disappointing. I'll give them one more chance at...