Filipinotown

Filipinotown was the first of L.A. proper’s great Asian neighborhoods which we visited. It was nice to walk around. Like everywhere else in California, I wish a bit more were open, but at least the weather’s pretty much always nice enough to enjoy the outside.

Sights:

  • In a little public park is this mural, “A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy.” It tells the story of the Filipino people.
  • The mural has a very sad bird.
  • Here’s a little church …
  • … and a little shrine
  • An ambulance spelled all cool and stuff.

We had a pitaya bowl at Tribal cafe (more known for their acai bowls). What even are these things? I don’t know, but they mix them with some really good fresh fruit.

The funnest place to eat was Dollar Hits. You buy skewers of meats that really do cost a dollar a piece and cook them yourselves on charcoal grills outside. And I finally got to try balut! This is a duck egg with an embryonic duck inside. Eh, it mostly tasted like egg. Oh well.