Hella-Halo makes halo-halo more fun with toppings like matcha, strawberry, and even cinnamon
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More than just stories, “you eat over lessons,” that’s what Hella-Halo owner Pipo Carrasca reflects on his halo-halo food truck business in Sacramento, California.
While Filipino American History Month celebrations are in full swing, Pipo Carasca is busy shaving ice and drizzling a bunch of toppings in his food truck—a rolling sensation of Filipino halo-halo, one sweet scoop at a time.
Not your average halo-halo (halo means mix in Filipino), Hella-Halo serves theirs with matcha or ube ice cream. These sweet treats also come in caramel cinnamon crunch, topped with sweet and velvety leche flan.
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They also have various other flavors available. Fancy something refreshing and fruity? Check. Their Hapa strawberry got you. Need a caffeine boost? Another check! Their coffee bru-be (with some ube twist) is a must-try.
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Aside from satisfying your craving for Pinoy sweets, Hella-Halo also boasts of their pork adobo “frys,” and an adobo grilled cheese sandwich oozing with that flavor that tastes like home.
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Hella-Halo’s legacy
Carrasca, the mind behind this mobile food haven, fondly recalls, “My grandmother owned a restaurant in South Sac called Halo Halo,” Carrasca said. “It was essentially my daycare for a long time.”
After his grandmother died, Carrasca embarked on this sweet journey, giving birth to Hella-Halo armed with the goal of sharing the flavors of his childhood to his fellow Filipino-Americans.
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As he puts it, “I wouldn’t say I’m carrying the torch rather than continuing what she started.”
A father of four, he has big dreams of having fleet trucks, a brick-and-mortar space, and to continue the legacy that started in his grandmother’s restaurant.
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Hella-Halo visits new locations each week. The food truck will be at Elk Grove on Friday evening, Nov. 3, at the Sun Grove Church harvest festival.
On Saturday, Nov. 4, they’ll be in Natomas at the Track 7 Brewing Company.
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