""[Customers] send me messages on TikTok from Canada because they saw [Ilocos empanadas] online, too. It's going viral all over the United States.""
""It's similar in shape to the more familiar Latin American empanada, but made with rice flour for the shell and usually stuffed with longganisa sausage, green papaya, mung beans, and an egg.""
Janz Van's Ilocos empanadas became a viral sensation, attracting hundreds of customers eager to try the Filipino street food. After receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Malden's Board of Health, she is now raising funds for a food truck and exploring pop-up partnerships. The empanadas, made with rice flour and filled with longganisa sausage, green papaya, mung beans, and egg, have captured attention on social media, with customers reaching out from across state lines and even Canada.
Read at Boston.com
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