J & S Pinoy Oriental Store

Filipino food in Aurora? This I had to see. The signage outside says Asian Food Mart. I actually came looking for some specific ingredients and left with ready-​to-​eat food instead. The grocery portion of this shop is small and geared towards Filipino cuisine. I was looking for pa-​lo powder, but didn’t find any here. They have a bunch of other powders for making Filipino food, though. They also have refrigerated and frozen items, snacks, and the basic sauces, e.g. fish sauce, soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, etc. Being a small grocery, prices are slightly higher than the big retail boxes like H-​Mart.
As for the ready-​to-​eat food, they are located near the front of the store next to the cash register. There were various unmarked dishes ready-​made when I came around lunch time. $ 3 for small, $ 6 for medium. I can only assume $ 9 for large, but I’m not sure.
Lumpia (pork egg roll) is $ 0.40/ea — Crispy and delicious!
Pork Adobo — Oily and very tasty. The pork was tender and juicy.
Ulam — This eggplant with bitter melon dish was good.

Always great Filipino food here. One of my favorite places to eat Filipino food. I have been to so many Filipino restaurants and markets that serve hot food and this is by far my favorite.
Their food is closest to mom’s food that I have found.

lived in the philippines as a little girl, ex-​hubby is fillipino… been eating filipino food all my life. moving to chicago (from california) i find it a LOT harder to find any filipino food. i love going there to get the food i love, sisig, pancit, lechon and all the yummy snacks, etc. ube ice cream, banana ketchup, sunflower crackers, polvorone, etc. this place has a small deli and well-​stocked market. they’re finally used to this «white girl» coming in all the time to get her grub on. LOL friendly staff, but get there early on the weekends before the titas get all the good stuff! (like the fried fish!) :) and like the other reviewers mentioned, you won’t see a sign that says «J&S Pinoy», just says Asian Food Mart, it’s next to the Dairy Queen in a little strip mall near Waubonsie H.S.

This is a small filipino grocery store in a strip mall. The name on the storefront is «Asian Food Mart» and the also seem to be known as J & S Pinoy Oriental Store. They also have a popular take out counter where you can get authentic tasty filipino food.
My tita brought me to this place while we were visiting Illinois — she’s been feeding us empanadas and lumpia from this place for years. Their empanadas come in beef and chicken and are both very good. The lumpia is also tasty — I miss our homemade version that has shrimp mixed in with the pork but the pork version here is still delicious and the most popular thing at our family dinners.
We also loved the puto bumbong and were happy to see that we could grab boy bawang (basically filipino corn nuts with way tastier seasonings — hot garlic, garlic & adobo).