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Ima's Kusina

3.0 (113 reviews)
InexpensiveDesserts, Filipino
Closed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Updated over 3 months ago

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What's the vibe?
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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smoked eggplant omelet
Doug C.

Pinakbet has all the flavors and textures, salty from shripm paste, sweet from inpeeled kabocha, soft melt in mouth from eggplant, crunchy from green beans. Sisig made frommpork belly, uncutous fatty in each bite contrast w jarder meat

Chicharon

I was so excited to go back to San Jose and come back to this place for their chicharon. The first time i had it, it was so good. So i came back for more. Very disappointing. I understand the price increase but the quality just went down the drain. It tasted like they used a very very old cooking oil. Never again. Waste of money!!!

Marc T.

Another Filipino shop part of the seafood city plaza in Milpitas! It offers both sweets and hot foods like fish, meats, and more. My mom got what she wanted with a large dessert platter for the holidays. It varies from $29 to their smallest platter to $65 for their largest platter. It's a small family shop and service was quick and easy. Can't wait to feast on the desserts!

Tocino
Monica Lei G.

Tocino is a childhood fave for me and moving to the US, it was difficult to find good ones that's very similar to home. So never mind that it's more expensive than the ones at the grocery stores, this one is the best Filipino tocino I ever had. When you fry it, it caramelizes perfectly and the pork is very tender. recommend!

Jill M.

This location is located at the seafood city Plaza. We came on a busy Sunday and luckily they were able to still make us a tray. This is the best place to get Filipino desserts. They also have turo turo filipino.

Store front
Dang L.

Came by to get some Ukoy. 4 stars. Their ukoy has minimal batter and plenty of veggies, which I like. But only one shrimp. Wish they had more little shrimp in it. Goes for 4.50$ for one Ukoy but it's pretty filling and comes with garlic vinegar. They also have a variety of deserts like cassava cake (4 stars) and sweet rice desert. Their banana egg roll: 2.5 stars. Was ok. Not the best I've had. Wish it had some jackfruit inside. And the banana was a bit hard and not too soft. They sell some hot foods for lunch - a la cart or part of a meal. I didn't get any since I was not sure what anything was. They had plenty of variety of fish dishes as well.

Platter I bought that contained many items with mold on them.
Rajiv S.

I'd be wary of this place. I bought a platter of desserts and when I brought it home I found it had mold on many of the desserts and the sapin sapin was hard. Check the photos - see the mold we discovered on the products. I wish I didn't have to write this but someone can get really sick and serving moldy food to customers is concerning.

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Net A.

2023/037 A very quaint shop offering authentic Filipino homemade cuisine and traditional flavorful desserts. We came here to buy Carioca which is a sweet chewy fried glazed balls made out if sweet rice flour and shredded coconuts. Friendly and very welcoming store environment.

We just purchased this kakanin today and they tasted bad "sour". I hope this store check the quality of their before selling them.

We just purchased this kakanin today and they tasted bad "sour". I hope this store check the quality of their before selling them. It's embarrassing we served it at our birthday dinner and some people are not familiar of the taste until one of us tasted it.

This your $15.50 price small Adobo Squid!!

A small order of the Adobo Squid was $15.50 ..I could have gone to Goldilocks and they were only 5 small squids...I could have gone to Goldilocks!!

Henry D.

Their lechon is absolutely delicious, and the authentic desserts are a true delight! I always make it a point to stop by whenever I'm in the area. Riz, the charming young man who works there, is a pleasure to chat with. It's wonderful to see young people so actively involved in their family's business. Thank you for always providing such a fantastic experience!

Specks of mold on the biko.
Harvey R.

Just so happened to be at Seafood City for the first time in a while and noticed this shop. I was excited to see that they had my favorite Filipino desserts, so I bought some biko, espasol and palitaw and they tasted pretty good. The next day, I saw that there was mold all over the biko, so I threw everything away. What a huge waste of money, and it's not like these items were cheap.

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I recommend ordering the tocino & sinigang. The sinigang is not too sour but just right & the tocino is just marinated to perfection.

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11 years ago

Best place for dessert and take out kapangpagan cuisine. Don't forget to take some tocino and longanisa home :)!

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I love da way they do turon ihope i can order turon without sugar the dishes are absolutely pinoys taste

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Food is impressive,all the food taste exactly how my mom ccoks them. Very reasonably priced and always fresh.

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Ask the Community - Ima's Kusina

What’s in their pancit palabok? Is it good tasting?

No it wasn't good at all. The noodles was soggy and the chicharrones bits were chunky and stale. Worst version ever. I prefer the ones at Goldilocks or Valerios

Do you accept delivery?

yes they do go on doordash app

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