Cabalen Sweet & Savory

Solid food truck. They come to todos santos plaza at the Tuesday farmers market(10-2) and I've gotten their lamb shawarma, empanadas, and loaded fries and they were all delicious! If they aren't busy the food comes out very quickly and even when they're packed it doesn't take longer than 10 minutes.

I love the idea of Filipino and Middle Eastern eats in one food truck!I used to frequent this yummy food truck/tent when they used to come to the Kaiser Vallejo and Oakland farmers markets pre-pandemic. Their truck/tent was always colorful and inviting with friendly workers. My favorite and go-to was the shawarma wrap, which was huge, flavorful and delicious. I also liked their lumpia as a side dish. I just tried them again at the Spring Brews Fest in Todos Santos Plaza today and had to get my OG chicken shawarma wrap- it's literally been years since I had it. The wait was pretty long but expected at peak hours of the event.Although it was still good with the flavorful chicken, fresh produce, and tasty sauces, the wrap was smaller than I remembered and more expensive by a few bucks. The staff was working pretty hard cranking out all the orders so I gotta give them credit for surviving during the pandemic and economic crisis. The menu has some other tempting items like my people's pancit, adobo - I'll have to try their combos and the shawarma fries next time I see them in town!

Let me start off by saying that I love Filipino food. And I love Middle Eastern food. I am certainly not an expert on both cuisines but I know enough to know that there really isn't any overlap in these two so I don't really know why a food truck would try and serve both and expect to pull it off successfully.I came across this truck at my local farmer's market and decided to give it a try. Just so everyone knows, this truck doesn't serve a "fusion" menu. They literally have a Filipino menu and a Middle Eastern menu. I got the Pancit/lumpia/adobo combo. It was very average. I've had plenty better at most other Filipino restaurants. I also got the falafel and shawarma combo. Again, just average. I've had better at most other Middle Eastern restaurants.Beyond just the mediocre food, I just didn't get the point of serving both cuisines at this one truck and not even fusion-style. I feel like this truck would do much better to focus on one of the two and offer more options and better quality OR create an entirely new fusion menu. Overall, not my type of food truck and won't be back.

Encountered them at the Civic Center Friday market. Was kinda strange they were selling Middle Eastern and Filipino food together. Not in any sort of fusion dish, just an either/or. I opted for the Filipino and was satisfied, hence the A-OK 3-star. Nothing innovative or fancy, simply a good way to filled up outdoors.Lumpia: Very long and very thin. This must be what Lumpia Shanghai looks like before they typically cut into thumb-size pieces. It was fine for a crispy taste of lumpia without having to commit to a whole appetizer.Pancit: Thin noodles soaked with tons of flavor. Also, loaded with meat (chicken?). Way better than the bland pancit you'd get at a mall stand.Adobo: Nothing fancy, just kinda like home cooking. The chicken was tender, the vinegar accent tangy and just enough soy for a salty finish. Got a drumstick and a thigh, so not a bad portion for a street stand.

I couldn't decide from their Filipino food so I took the combo which had everything and I was not disappointed!!! The chicken Adobo was so tender and full of flavor and came with rice. I wish I had more of the amazing sauce over the rice. A good portion of Pancit which tasted amazing! The vermicelli had a great texture. The lumpia was a little dry but still really good. I hope to encounter their food truck more often in the future!

So they have filipino and middle eastern food but it's not like a fusion thing. It's more like you can get a shawarma wrap with some lumpia on the side. What if they ::galaxy brain:: put the lumpia into the wrap like some sort of mandy-ish psychedelic filipino california burrito shawarma wrap. That would be sick.Anyways, the shawarma and lumpia were both fine. Neither was mind blowing.

I found this place at the Todos Santos farmers market on a Tuesday. I bought the buko pandas pandesal.. oh wow this was really really good. You can taste the pandan from the pastry part and inside is like a bit of creamy pandan. It's now seriously one of my favorite things. I also tried the red bean which is also good but not as good as the pandan pandesal. I'm giving them 5 stars because the buko pandan pandesal was that good.

This has great chicken adobo. Great portions chicken with good adobo flavor. They usually at the Uptown Farmers Market on Wednesday at noon.

We tried the chicken shawarma and a lamb shawarma at the San Francisco Farmers market. I thought the lamb was really tasty, very moist, with good flavor. The only thing I would want is for it to be more spicy. The chicken one tasted good also though not moist enough for my boyfriend. I would definitely go back and try more!

Food is pretty good but it can be hit or miss. Friendly owners.* I've had chicken soup a few times 4/5* Pastrami Sandwich. - First time: 5/5. Delicious. Super fresh bread, small things slices of homemade pastrami - Second time: 2/5 dry bread, tough thick pastrami.* Baked goods 4/5