Hood Famous

Hood Famous
Exterior of the restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown-International District, 2022
Restaurant information
Owner(s)	Chera Amlag Geo Quibuyen
Food type	Filipino
City	Seattle
State	Washington
Country	United States
Website	hoodfamousbakeshop.com

Hood Famous Cafe and Bar, also known as Hood Famous Bakeshop^[1] or simply Hood Famous, is a Filipino bakery with two locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Operating in Ballard and the Chinatown–International District (C-ID), the business is co-owned by spouses Chera Amlag and Geo Quibuyen of Blue Scholars (also known as Prometheus Brown).^[2][3][4]

Description

Hood Famous is an Asian Pacific American-owned business in Seattle specializing in Filipino cuisine.^[5][6] The menu has included ube (purple yam) cheesecake and cookies,^[1][7] buko pie,^[8] calamansi bars, cassava cake, longanisa chive scones, ensaymada (Filipino brioche bun with cheese),^[2] pandesal,^[9] pandan flan, and other desserts and pastries.^[10][11] The business also serves arroz caldo, beef mechado pot pie, and coffee.^[12] Cocktails include calamansi sours and ube daiquiris.^[13] For Thanksgiving, the C-ID location has served gluten-free pumpkin cake with pinipig and oat streusel.^[14]

History

Exterior of Hood Famous in Ballard, Seattle, 2023

Chera Amlag founded the business and began wholesaling to Uwajimaya in 2014.^[15][16] She opened a first storefront in 2016.^[11][17][18] The C-ID location opened in 2019.^[19] The business also launched an apparel line in 2019.^[20] Janelle Quiyuben was creative director of Hood Famous until 2021.^[21]

Reception

In 2020 the restaurant appeared on Marcus Samuelsson's PBS show "No Passport Required." Later that year, Hood Famous earned Amlag a James Beard Foundation semifinalist nomination.^[22]

Rachel Hopke included Hood Famous in Eater Seattle's 2021 list of eight "sensational shops" in Seattle for cold brew.^[12] The website's Gabe Guarente and Jade Yamazaki Stewart included the business in a 2022 overview of "Where to Find Fantastic Filipino Food Around the Seattle Area".^[13] Aleenah Ansari included Hood Famous in Insider.com's 2022 list of "12 restaurants you shouldn't miss in Seattle, according to a local who has eaten their way around the city."^[23]

See also

• Filipino-American cuisine
• List of Filipino restaurants
• List of restaurant chains in the United States

References

1. Lin, Chelsea (2022-07-08). "Food We Love: Hood Famous Bakeshop". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
2. Guarente, Gabe (2020-04-03). "Lauded Filipino Bakery and Cafe Hood Famous Launches Its First-Ever Delivery Service". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
3. Dore, Stephanie; Martini, Sunita (2018-08-01). "Movers & Shakers: Meet the rapping/baking couple behind Hood Famous Bakeshop". KOMO. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
4. Matson, Andrew (2022-09-22). "It's Time to Admit That Seattle Is a Style Capital". Esquire. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
5. "25 Essential AAPI-Owned Businesses You Should Know in Seattle". Thrillist. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
6. Streefkerk, Mark Van (2021-10-20). "Upcoming Documentary 'Filipinx Food Seattle' Will Explore the Filipino Food Scene, and the Family Legacies Behind It". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
7. Wiley, Suzie; Heistuman, Rachael (July 29, 2019). "Cheesecake 101 from Seattle's Hood Famous Bakeshop". king5.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
8. Keimig, Jas (2021-02-11). "Hood Famous Bakeshop's Buko Pie Is Love". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
9. Streefkerk, Mark Van (2021-10-04). "Seattle's Northgate Link Transit Extension Is Open, Making It Even Easier to Explore Restaurants on the North End". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
10. "Hood Famous Bakeshop". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
11. Veridiano, Ruby (2016-12-08). "'Hood famous' ube cheesecake helps 'uplift' Seattle's Filipino culture". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
12. Hopke, Rachel (2021-06-16). "8 Sensational Shops to Get Cold Brew in Seattle". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
13. Guarente, Gabe (2020-10-30). "Where to Find Fantastic Filipino Food Around the Seattle Area". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
14. "Where to Order Thanksgiving Pies in Seattle". Seattle Metropolitan. 2021-11-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
15. Anthony-Goodwin, Danielle (2016-10-03). "Hood Famous Bakeshop opens to-go location on Market". www.myballard.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
16. Lin, Chelsea (2022-07-08). "Your New Favorite Dessert: Ube Cheesecake". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
17. "Hood Famous Bakeshop grand opening". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2016-10-10. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
18. Pratt, Suzi (2017-03-03). "Ube Cheesecake Is a Fabulous Filipino-American Fusion". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
19. Eng, Jasmin (2019-03-04). "Hood Famous Cafe + Bar opens brick and mortar in Chinatown-International District". International Examiner. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
20. Robinson, Chetanya (2019-10-22). "With "Greetings from Filipino Town" apparel, Hood Famous Bakeshop aims to reclaim Filipino American presence in the CID". International Examiner. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
21. Varriano, Jackie (2020-03-11). "Hood Famous' Janelle Quibuyen shares her favorite Seattle-area restaurants and a comforting Filipino dessert recipe". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
22. "The 2020 James Beard Award Semifinalists | James Beard Foundation".
23. Ansari, Aleenah (2022-07-19). "12 restaurants you shouldn't miss in Seattle, according to a local who has eaten their way around the city". Insider. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

External links

• Official website