Temple Seafood Market

Come here for your Filipino food needs of soup, snacks, fish, frozen goods, vegetables, fruits, phone cards, and more. I love that they fry fish here, it’s the best thing. Sometimes they also have hot foods you can buy like turon or banana cue. A big plus, they put the current exchange rate for pesos up so you’re also able to change your money here!

Temple Market is a cute mom and pop Filipino market that I would be happy to go to whenever I am in the area. Being Filipino, I appreciate the smell of fish from the fish section, the workers calling out «how much does this cost?» from across the store, and how packed the aisles are with Filipino-​loved food and products. It reminds me of my childhood. :)
One of the workers was really nice and even suggested which coconut juice to get when I wondered out loud, «Which should I choose? There are so many options!» It was really cheap too! A large can of coconut juice was only $ 1!
Super cheap and great place to get a taste of Filipino food, products, and culture. The chef also has a $ 1 food truck that is open Thursday-​Sundays from 6:30−11pm, right outside the market. Must try!

This is a mom & pop corner Filipino grocery with a meat and seafood butcher in house. You can also pick your fish… Have them clean and fry it. Filipinos and Latinos in the neighborhood flock to this joint specially for that… They’re not spotless but… They’re convenient, inexpensive, and yummy! 3 solid stars!
Ok, why the 4 stars? They now have Filipino street food after grocery hours on weekends! Around 7PM on Fridays and Saturdays… They break out their grill and BBQ and post up in their parking lot. Authentic Pinoy meat on a stick yumminess… And guess what? It’s a dollar each!!! :)
They have the standard stuff like pork, chicken…
But they also have…
Isaw (grilled intestines)
Walkman (pig ears)
Adidas (chicken feet)
Kwek kwek (boiled then battered deep fried chicken and quail eggs)
But they don’t have…
Beta Max (grilled dried chicken blood)
Helmet (grilled chicken head)
I guess they don’t want to freak out the Americans too much! Lol
Give them a try… It’s legit yo! So good!!!

I ordered Grilled Pork Belly and Fried Fish, placed the order a couple of days ago and on the day that I’m about to pick it up, nothing was done. How can they be so incompetent? I had to wait for an hour to get it all worked up. The sad part is I have a total of 20 people waiting for their lunch. Lunch break was over and they still haven’t eaten. They don’t deserve a star but there’s no option for zero star. Make sure you give them a call once again just to make sure that your order will be ready. SMH. Not sure if I trust them anymore!

I’ve been going to this establishment since I was a wee-​lad so that’s 20 years of devout business.
My family and I go here for the following things (probably it):
— Phone Cards (old school, can’t teach new tricks to … Lol)
— Fried Tilapia, BEST!
— Grilled Pork Belly & Squid (call ahead!)
— small grocery necessities (bananas, vegetables & drinks)
— Plethora of road snackies, from salty to sweet and everything in between.
The owner is really chill and while the rather new counter-​girl has phone/​hearing issues she brings a new and endearing energy to the place. Get a new cordless from Costco.
This place holds great memory and will always be the go-​to place for call-​in Fried Tilapia, Grilled Pork Belly & Squid and of course old school phone cards.
FYI, if you can’t find parking, don’t even have a car. Matter of fact, don’t even breathe *noob*. Srsly. Smh. Like omg. T^T Furthermore, if you can’t judge something before you buy it, don’t buy it (especially if it’s food, forgot we have 5+ basic senses — one of which is common sense to smell the bad smell. And that’s not your upper lip ditz). Don’t ruin a business because of your shallow experiences, people are trying to live. If you cant deal, Stay in your perfect spotless compliant home & grow/​cook your own food to fully comply with how in/​competent you truly are. There’s always Walmart.

Staff are all friendly and always helpful… Price is reasonable

My friend told me that they have turo turo food here. She said that the fish was so delicious and you just have to heat it up using the microwave. She also told me to get embutido (thanks Fia R).
Parking is a bitch at this little plaza. The stores share limited parking spaces and it’s frustrating sometimes.
The lady asked me why I took pictures and she seemed unhappy. This market is probably not busy because the guys from the meat/​seafood departments actually love watching the customers. It’s kinda annoying trying to shop when you see they are watching you. Maybe they never saw girls before. Now go back to your department and clean some fish.
The fish was just okay to me. Same with my embutido. I also got turon and it was not good. My niece wouldn’t even touch the turon.