but here in Northridge people are getting more car washes than necessary.

但在洛杉磯北嶺的人們除了必要時也會去洗車場。

And that's because of something delicious lurking inside.

那是因為有某種美味的東西藏匿於其中。

They always say, "What? Inside a car wash? How come? What happened? How did you get here?"

他們常常說：「什麼？在一個洗車場裡面？為什麼？怎麼回事？你們怎麼會來這裡？」

It's really funny because nobody would think that we are here.

這真的很有趣，因為沒人會想到我們在這裡。

I'm Lilian, and I'm the owner of Lilian's Bread & Sweets.

我是 Lilian，「Lilian 的麵包與甜點」的經營者。

And we're located inside a car wash.

我們的店位於一家洗車場內。

Lilian opened her restaurant in the car wash for one simple reason.

Lilian 將她的餐廳開在洗車場裡只有一個簡單的原因。

She knew that being located in a car wash would provide foot traffic and some new clients.

她知道將店開在洗車場裡可以帶來人潮和新顧客。

When you walk into Cruiser's, you are confronted by the smells of Little Tree air fresheners, steering wheel covers, and other car cleaning paraphernalia,

當你走進 Cruiser 洗車場，各種氣味撲鼻而來，包括 Little Tree 空氣清新劑、方向盤套，和其他汽車清潔用具的味道。

but you are also confronted with the smell of home-cooked Filipino food.

但你同時也會聞到菲律賓家常料理的味道。

Filipino food is simple but delicious.

菲律賓的食物簡單但美味。

We eat a lot of pork, chicken, and beef and rice of course.

我們會吃很多豬肉、雞肉、牛肉，當然還有米飯。

We cannot eat our food without rice.

我們的食物裡不能沒有米飯。

We are famous for our halo-halo.

最有名的是我們的 halo-halo。

Our halo-halo, they always say, is the best in the west.

大家總是說，我們的 halo-halo 是西岸最棒的。

It is to die for.

好吃得要命。

As someone who ate three halo-halos in 24 hours, I can attest, it's really great.

有人曾經在一天內吃了 3 個 halo-halo，我可以保證，真的很好吃。

Filipino food tends to be overlooked internationally, but it's gearing up to be the next big thing in the culinary world.

菲律賓料理在國際上普遍被忽視，但它正準備成為烹飪界中重要的一員。

On average in a day, we sell about 300 meals.

平均一天中，我們可以賣出 300 份餐點。

Cooking is really a passion for me, yeah.

我對下廚真的很有熱情，沒錯。

Because if you are not passionate with what you're doing, then you won't be able to succeed.

因為如果不熱衷於正在做的事，你沒辦法成功。

I'm really so grateful and thankful that I have my team because without them, I am nothing.

我真的很感激我能有這個團隊，因為沒有他們的話我什麼也不是。

I think that's my secret.

我想這才是我的秘方。

So the next time you treat yourself to a car wash, you can splurge on more than just a pine-scented air freshener.

所以當下次你犒賞自己到一間洗車場時，你除了可以在一個松香味的空氣清淨劑上揮霍，

You can splurge on that empanada-scented plate of Filipino food, guaranteed to make your car smell better than a little air freshener ever could.

還可以買盤有著餡餅香味的菲律賓美食，保證可以讓你的車聞起來更棒，效果比一個小清淨劑還好。