Around GMA

Residents in Bataraza, Palawan capture 14-foot saltwater crocodile
#WilmaPH continues to move slowly east of Borongan City
GMA Pinoy TV Supports OFW Empowerment at the 17th PHILSME Business Expo

Article Inside Page

Showbiz News

The ube craze has gone international! Find out which countries already have ice cream parlors, cafes, or bake shops that serve ube-flavored or ube-infused dishes HERE:

Ube or purple yam is one of the hottest food trends that started during the quarantine period. For some reason, Pinoys started obsessing with anything that has ube in it, especially the very famous ube cheese pandesal.

Want some ube coffee cake and ube turnovers? / Source: @UberFactory and @ninongs (FB)

And since there are countless of Pinoys living abroad, it's inevitable for the food trend to reach other countries and continents.

So, to help Pinoys abroad satisfy their ube cravings, below are some of the food places that serve ube-flavored or infused dishes.

Greenery Creamery Ice Cream

This artisanal ice cream boutique in Orlando, Florida called the Greenery Creamery Ice Cream was founded by Filipinos. No wonder they understand how much Pinoys love for purple yam! They serve a plethora of ube-flavored food and drinks such as vegan ube mini loaves, ube brownies, vegan ube milkshake, and of course, the classic ube ice cream.

Uber Factory

Uber Factory is an award-winning bakery in Wahiawa, Hawaii. They're famous for their mouthwatering ube turnovers, premium uber tarts silver, ube bread pudding, and malted ube mochi.

Chocolate+Vanilla Bakery

Another place in Hawaii where Pinoys can get their ube fix is at the Chocolate Vanilla Bakery in Honolulu. Their unique ube-flavored products include ube cream cheese scones, ube banana bread, ube Russian cookies, and their signature ube and vanilla soft serve swirl.

Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream

Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream in London, United Kingdom is the first Filipino ice cream parlor established in Europe. They currently have two branches: one in Chinatown and another in Kentish Town.

They serve ice cream and desserts that showcase flavors that are truly Filipino, including calamansi, guyabano, pandan and of course, the well-loved ube.

Their ube offerings include ube brownies, ube doughnuts, ube milkshakes, ube iced latte, ube cocoa (hot chocolate) and the ube toasted pandesal ice cream sandwich they call bilog.

Ninong's Pastries & Café

At the Northridge Promenade Shopping Center in Los Angeles, California, there's a Filipino-owned café called Ninong's Pastries & Café.

They sell lip smacking ube infused baked goods such as ube coffee cake, ube white chocolate chip cookies, ube coconut macaroons, ube brownies, and ube tarts.

They also produce and sell their own ube pancake mix and ube cookie butter, which both have rave reviews online.

There you have it, mga Kapuso. Some of the must-try bakeries and ice cream parlors abroad where you or your loved ones can go to for some much-needed ube fix.

Want more lifestyle content like this? Head out to GMA's Lifestyle page.

Check out also this list of shops in the Philippines that sells desserts online.