Home-style Filipino cooking out of a truck on Queens Boulevard. Eight dishes, done properly — steaming noodle bowls, garlicky rice plates and sandwiches stacked with a sunny-side egg. Pull up a folding chair.
Swabe is run by a group of Filipino cousins and friends who got tired of explaining where to find real Filipino food in Queens — so they parked a truck on Queens Boulevard and started cooking it themselves.
There are only eight things on the board, and that is deliberate. Beef is simmered down for hours until it falls apart. Lumpia are rolled by hand. Every rice bowl gets a sunny-side egg, because that is how it is eaten at home. Nothing sits under a heat lamp waiting for you.
Order at the window, grab one of the folding chairs on the sidewalk, and eat it hot. That is the whole idea.
Read our storyFour dishes that tell you everything about how this truck cooks.
$12
Signature
Sweeter and richer than the pho it borrows from — closer to a beef stew poured over noodles, coloured with annatto instead of chili. Bean sprouts, mint and fall-apart beef.
The dish Grub Street came for
$12
Two Manila classics in one bowl: sweet-savoury beef pares and a hearty egg-noodle mami soup. Deeply beefy, garlicky, and built for a cold night on the Boulevard.
$12
Most ordered
Savoury marinated beef, garlic rice and a sunny-side-up egg. Filipino comfort food in one satisfying bowl — the breakfast plate that works at any hour.
$10
Crackling-crisp pork belly with cucumber, tomato, vinegar mayo and a sunny-side egg in a soft toasted bun. Crunchy, creamy and messy in the right way.
“At a new Filipino food truck in Queens, the chao long shines.”
Grub Street“Home-style Filipino food… a solid spot if you live nearby or want to tie it into a food crawl of the area.”
The Consuming Couple“It’s not just about the food — it’s about culture, community, and creating a space where everyone feels welcome.”
Bold Journey
Birthdays, graduations, office lunches, car meets, church events, block parties — the truck travels. We handle the cooking, the serving and the cleanup, and everyone gets it hot off the flat-top.
Tell us the date, the place and a rough headcount, and we will come back with a plan and a price.
Check a date
Queens Boulevard between 54th and 55th Avenue, in front of the old church. Monday to Saturday, 1pm until 9pm.
