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>> roy choi: thats a halo halo. >> anthony: oh, yeah, halo halo. dig deep and you hit delicious stratas of red beans, white beans, and chickpeas, cubes of red and green jell-o, young white coconut, shaved ice and, is that flan? it makes no goddamn sense at all. i love it. >> roy choi: part of every pinoy filipinos life, halo halo. >> anthony: nutsy, man. i got to take a picture of that. its oddly beautiful. all right. >> roy choi: all right. >> anthony: you know im getting a bite of that little ...

Homes still under water in west houston. theres still a few people in their homes. this is an unprecedented disaster that is bringing together people from all over texas and louisiana to help each other. its a catastrophic storm. the -- however, the longest lines we have seen in the houston area are volunteers who want to help. we had a convoy of louisianans coming in a couple days ago on their own who loaded up their boats and their trucks. we had 110 trucks and 100 boats loaded with food, wate...

>> roy choi: probably one guy showed up. >> anthony: yeah. >> roy choi: filipino fast food just behind us. >> anthony: mm-hm. >> roy choi: and then a bunch of riff-raffs in between. >> anthony: filipinos ought to be very proud of their food. >> roy choi: mm-hm. >> anthony: underrepresented. >> roy choi: i think theyre going through kind of what we went through, where the glass hasnt been broken yet to, to translate it but still keep the core and soul of it. but it tastes delicious. >> anthony: a...

>> roy choi: mm-hm. >> anthony: underrepresented. >> roy choi: i think theyre going through kind of what we went through, where the glass hasnt been broken yet to, to translate it but still keep the core and soul of it. but it tastes delicious. >> anthony: a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain, jollibees. laugh all you want, but ask any filipino. they love this drive-through mutation for specialties like this fried spam sandwich thing. but its the desserts where it gets really c...

>> here we go. well take one aloha burger, and one spam little big bite. lets do a halo-halo. thats it. >> oh, look at that. what is that? >> thats halo-halo. >> oh, yeah. halo-halo. dig deep and you hit delicious stratas of red beans, white beans and chickpeas, cubes of red and green jell-o, coconut, shaved ice, and is that flan? it makes no goddamned sense at all. i love it. >> a part of every filipinos life, halo-halo. >> i have to take a picture of that. its oddly beautiful. all right, you k...

Filipino, they love the drive-through for this speciality spam thing, but its the desserts where it gets really crazy. decisions, decisions. >> here we go. well take one aloha burger, and one spam little big bite. lets do a halo-halo. thats it. >> oh, look at that. what is that? >> thats halo-halo. >> oh, yeah. halo-halo. dig deep and you hit delicious stratas of red beans, white beans and chickpeas, cubes of red and green jell-o, coconut, shaved ice, and is that flan? it makes no goddamned sens...

And soul of it, but it tastes delicious. >> a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain jollibee. laugh all you want but ask any filipino, they love the drive-through for this speciality spam thing, but its the desserts where it gets really crazy. decisions, decisions. >> here we go. well take one aloha burger, and one spam little big bite. lets do a halo-halo. thats it. >> oh, look at that. what is that? >> thats halo-halo. >> oh, yeah. halo-halo. dig deep and you hit delicious strat...

How to organize the menu, how to put it together so it is easy to make a choice. >> reporter: in other words, he is a master mind of maximizing profits to menu engineering. today he is giving us the inside scoop. first tip, pay attention to the descriptions. menu quiz. would you be more likely to order red beans and rice, or, grandmas cajun red beans and rice? >> of course, we want grandmas red beans and rice because its got more to it. >> reporter: lets talk about prices. he says customers spen...

In 95 cents? >> it is friendlier. its nicer to the customer. >> reporter: finally, menu quiz number three. which is the reasonably priced item? lobster and seafood platter for $70. or filet of sole for $35. the lobster is the decoy. >> the decoy item makes other items look more reasonable. >> reporter: bottom line when you see grandmas cajun red beans and rice for $27.95, placed underneath the lobster thermidor listing, grandma may be a menu engineer. for "good morning america," becky worley, oa...

Cooking, the pig feet, the pigtail, the leg bone. >> now youre making me hungry. >> so greens? >> greens. >> some of that, for sure. step right over there. ill have a little of that. might need more than one plate at this rate. get some mac & cheese. what is that? lima beans? the red beans, man, that looks good, too. floating around somewhere? yale, ill have some of those. rice and gravy on there, thanks. and ill have a piece of fried chicken there. if youve got a thigh, thatd be great. man, tha...