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Getting your car washed is normally a bit of a chore,
洗车通常是件苦差事，
but here in Northridge people are getting more car washes than necessary.
但在北岭市，人们洗车的频率超出了必要的次数。
And that's because of something delicious lurking inside.
那是因为洗车场里藏着美食。
They always say, what? Inside a car wash? How come? What happened? How did you get here?
大家都会问我，什么？洗车场？怎么回事？发生了什么？你怎么把餐厅开到洗车场里了？
It's really funny because nobody would think that we are here.
真的很有趣，因为大家都没想到我们会搬到这里。
I'm Lilian, and I'm the owner of Lilian's Bread & Sweets. And we're located inside a car wash.
我是丽莲，丽莲家面包甜食店就是我开的。我们的店就在洗车场内。
Lilian opened her restaurant in the car wash for one simple reason.
丽莲之所以要把餐厅开在这里，原因很简单。
She knew that being located in a car wash would provide food traffic and some new clients.
她知道开在洗车场就能够获得顾客，还有新客。
When you walk into Cruiser's,
走进Cruiser洗车场的时候，
you are confronted by the smells of Little Tree air fresheners, steering wheel covers, and other car cleaning paraphernalia,
大家会闻到Little Tree牌空气清新剂的味道，方向盘套的味道，还有其他汽车清洁用具的气味，
but you are also confronted with the smell of home-cooked Filipino food.
但你也会闻到菲律宾家常美食的味道。
Filipino food is simple but delicious.
菲律宾料理简单，但美味。
We eat a lot of pork, chicken, and beef and rice of course.
我们菲律宾人最常食用的是猪肉，鸡肉，牛肉和米饭。
We cannot eat our food without rice.
对我们来说，一顿饭没有米饭就食不下咽。
We are famous for our halo-halo.
我们家的招牌是哈啰哈啰刨冰。
Our halo-halo, they always say, is the best in the west.
他们总是说，我们的哈啰哈啰刨冰是整个西方世界最好的吃的。
It is to die for.
好吃到值得为之付出生命。
As someone who ate three halo-halos in 24 hours, I can attest, it's really great.
作为一个24小时内吃了三次的人，我可以证明，他们家的刨冰真心不错。
Filipino food tends to be overlooked internationally,
在国际上，菲律宾美食通常都被大家忽视了，
but it's gearing up to be the next big thing in the culinary world.
但它正准备崛起，成为烹饪界未来的明星。
On average, in a day we sell about 300 meals.
我们平均每天能卖出差不多300份。
Cooking is really a passion for me, yeah.
对我来说，烹饪是一种热爱，没错。
Because if you are not passionate with what you're doing,
因为不热爱你所做的事情，
then you won't be able to succeed.
你是不会成功的。
I'm really so grateful and thankful that I have my team because without them I am nothing.
我真的非常感激和感谢我的团队，因为没有他们，我什么都不是。
I think that's my secret.
他们就是我成功的秘诀吧。
So the next time you treat yourself to a car wash,
所以，下次大家去洗车场犒劳自己的时候，
you can splurge on more than just a pine-scented air freshener.
除了大方购买松香味儿空气清新剂，
You can splurge on that empanada-scented plate of Filipino food,
大家还可以肆意享受散发着恩潘纳达风味的菲律宾美食，
guaranteed to make your car smell better than a little air freshener ever could.
保证你爱车里的味道比喷了空气清新剂好得不是一点半点儿。
