If you're looking for a Filipino food fix in Brisbane, this is the place to go. Food was great, the…read moretaste was as close as you can get to motherland Filipino cooking. The wait time is short, food was dished out promptly. Would definitely make a pit stop again when I'm in Brisbane.

One of the best finds in Brisbane. I've only had Filipino in the homes of Filipino friends, and…read morethis restaurant was better than all of that home cooking (sorry buddies). The oxtail stew (kare kare) is out of this world - tender pieces of meat falling off the bone in a sweet peanut thickened gravy with lots of tender pieces of eggplant. The pork Sinigang, a sour stew of pork belly and vegetables was also fantastic. The Pancit noodles were tasty, but the real treat is the dessert. Save room for Halo Halo - shaved ice with evaporated milk, custard, jellies, and taro ice cream. Great for sharing but you probably will want your own. My only complaint is that ice in Halo Halo should be shaved thinner rather than crushed, but very tasty nonetheless.

Growing up in the Philippines, a trip to the corner shop is part of everyday life for most people…read moreand it is great to have one so close to home! The product range is great and the staff service is superb! The evergreen Tito Rolly always welcome you with a smile. It feels like home away from home!

I always come here for their casava cakes & their longanisa on the way home from work. They are…read morevery friendly, they're not being rude but you do have to speak loud and clear when you order otherwise you'll get the wrong order.

Kainan Sa Valley is the takeaway extension of the popular Filipino grocery store, Best Friends,…read morewhich is located in Fortitude Valley. Translated, Kainan Sa Valley means 'eat place in the Valley' and that I do when I'm there. They have really delicious options including my favourites 'Chicken Adobo' (a marinated style chicken dish), 'Pancit', 'Palabok' (both noodle dishes) and 'Beef Caldereta' (beef stew, Spanish inspired). I am still new to cooking Filipino dishes and I mostly rely on my parents cooking to get me through the week. However, if I have that craving, but don't have the time to cook (or I'm just lazy), I know I can stock up on a few containers of Filipino takeaway and store it in the freezer or fridge. Not only is this Kainan Sa Valley hugely popular amongst the Filipino community, it is also getting popular amongst non-Filipino customers who continue to return for some of the tastiest South Eastern cuisine. Most times I'm there, I notice more people lining up for Kainan Sa Valley rather than the Chinese options nearby. That speaks for itself! I speak for many Filipino's out there, that this place is a fantastic addition to Best Friends Grocery. It helps fulfil those Filo-food cravings when you can't be bothered to cook it yourself.

I am so glad I found Flavours of Asia tucked away at the end of Capalaba Central shopping centre…read more Before I knew the shop was there, I used to go to Chinatown as a treat, to buy the uncut sheets of rice noodle to make Pad Siew and other yummy Asian recipes involving really wide rice noodles. I discovered I have so much more success using these than rehydrated noodles. This is also a great shop for buying traditional dim sum, fish sauce, every spice you can imagine and quite a few mysterious items I can't guess at. There are always a heap of cheap Asian greens out front, which I can never resist.

Great Filipino Food! Cecille is a great cook and very…read morefriendly. It was a good experience for us as a first time diners. The food has authentic filipino home cook flavours at very reasonable prices. Thank you for the experience and will come back for sure!

This big Asian grocery store stocks all the pantry staples plus a whole lot more. There is fresh…read moreproduce, which stocks hard to find vegetables like bitter melon, okra and long melon. There is also the Fish Shop (the trading hours for this are a little different to the main supermarket), frozen produce, sauces and pastes, crockery and cooking utensils, confectionery and more varieties of drinks than you can imagine. They conveniently split the isles into the different countries and styles of food too- Japanese, Korean, Philippines. However you will still get lost in this place and will spend all afternoon walking up and down the isles. Head up the back for a huge range of teas - both teabags and loose-leaf tea. You can find so many varieties of Chinese green teas and Oolong teas, plus more varieties of tea I don't even know, at half the price of fancy tea shops like Tea2 and The Tea Centre. I got a 227g tin of Oolong tea for $10, which is more than half the price of 250g of Oolong tea from Tea2.

So you already know that out of all the amazing Asian grocery stores in Sunnybank, this one is the…read morebest, but I feel compelled to tell you about the recent discoveries I made here. First, they have the cheapest green tea around, plus a lot of other herbal tea flavours you can't find anywhere else. This earns a big, fat stamp of approval from me. In my opinion the range of tea available in most supermarkets is incredibly boring and unadventurous, so I was very excited to come across their wall of tea at the back of the store. Second, a friend and I were wandering through the store, searching for something exciting for dinner when we saw dumplings (many, many, many types and flavours). There were many brands and numerous fridges full of them. We eventually decided to try some prawn ones, but we didn't expect too much since they came frozen in a packet. They were absolutely delicious, just as good as the ones I've had in restaurants, and they were amazingly cheap. A packet of twelve was something like four dollars. I plan to return once everything that's currently occupying the space in my freezer has been eaten, and buy a year's supply of these delicious dumplings, which will probably last me about a week.

I go even if it's far away, it's okay because everything I need is here and the other staff is…read morekind.But there was one female staff member who probably needed to be taught proper customer service. While we were paying for the fishball, he wrapped it in news paper as if she was angry and couldn't paint his face.She almost wanted to tug hard at the thing she was wrapping. Grumpy girl.

You know, not many of you know this, but I lived in The Philippines for 9 years of my younger life…read more Magandang Umaga Po everyone! And for all of those who have been to or lived in The Philippines, you learn to appreciate and love the food they have there. With a strong spanish influence, mixed with sweetness and sourness... it's super massarup (delicious) if you ever have it. Hell, I even miss the McSpaghetti. It's great, a McDonalds with Fried Chicken and Rice and McSpaghetti.. those were the days. So if you're in Brisbane and get a hankering to fill that filo food spot of a craving, this is the place you need to go. They have chicharon (pork crackle), they have adobo seasoning packets... good if you don't know how to cook it. They have a full range of Merienda (snacks) and filipino sweets and biscuits... Ube cake... hello! It's a purple yam they make into things like ice cream, biscuits and cake. Super yum. They even have a range of filo dvd's if you're after your filipino tv. I have also never seen an asian grocer stock shelves this neat. Everything is in its place for sure... the plastic packets are all freaking turned the right way... I like neat. Neat means clean. I like clean asian grocers. This is one of the only places you will find a pretty damn full range of the products you need to recreate your Philippines experience. There isn't really any other place to go.