Josephine's Special Empanadas

Oh my gosh- this place is a hidden treasure! The atmosphere is so cute and inviting! We bought two chicken and two beef empanadas and my husband is already talking about going back to try other fillings! This place is a keeper!!! We can’t wait to go back!

This Industry location has a greater selection of empanadas than the West Covina location. Compared to another empanada spot I went to recently, I like how these are more "bite-sized" empanadas and still super filling. On average, people order "two to a dozen" empanadas so I tried three. Chicken, beef, and mushroom empanadas. That beef empanada was like biting into a perfect scrumptious beef pot pie. I bought another for the road! Mushroom was not overpowering and earth-y, which is a common descriptor for mushrooms that gets tossed around. The chicken fajita was good, too, but I can see myself buying a dozen of the beef empanadas! Everything was warm and not too flaky and fit in my hands great.

Really good mini Filipino empanadas. The fillings are very tasty and compliments the crispy pie shell. The bibingkas are good too especially the ube. They give me a free empanada though it was a mistake from me. It’s a nice and sweet gesture from them. I’m coming back!

I tried this place on a whim while looking through Google. The inside is clean and welcoming. I tried the beef, chicken, mushroom and ube empanada as well as the mango smoothie. The empanadas are an interesting shape and look close to a bolo bao on the outside. The beef empanada is the clear winner and would make for an interesting alternative for lunch or breakfast. The chicken filling is similar to pork floss, the mushroom one was a little dry for my liking and the ube one while interesting did not leave a lasting impression with me.

Who doesn’t love empanadas (meat pies)? Seems like each culture has a version and these Filipino ones from Josephine’s are a fine example. Combine that with free samples for a special event and it makes them that much more spectacular. I love the dot system they use to identify each one, but it’s not perfect. I think they are missing one. As you can see from the card on the box, there are four dot combinations, but they have five types so one is missing. No big deal since I was eating most of them on my own :) Flavor wise, the beef and cheese corn were my favorites. The beef is ground and had wonderful flavors. Hard to describe the cheese corn other than it tastes just like it sounds, but very creamy. The tuna was ok and I’m sure there are fans, but just not for me. Tasted very much like