(gentle music) ♪ You know I'm mobbin' with the D.R.E.

♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah - So we are opening Jollibee Sterling Heights finally.

We are very excited to finally be able to serve the community of Sterling Heights and the state of Michigan.

- Jollibee started in the Philippines in 1978.

We're really known for our world famous fried chicken, our crispy and juicy chicken sandwiches, and our delicious peach mango pie.

The chicken is actually the founding family's family recipe.

That has actually propelled the brand globally and we're really excited to be here today in order to open the first one in the state of Michigan.

- Oh my gosh!

I am so excited about Jollibee being here in Michigan.

Pretty much ever since that first announcement came out over two years ago now, just been excited.

I'm like, "When, when, when?"

- And whenever my family would travel, I would just happen to stumble across a Jollibee and we would just get it.

We would usually get a lot because there's not really any Filipino food around us where we live.

- We're really excited to be here because of the diversity in Sterling Heights because it will allow us to bring that experience to more people and bring them together in this special place where sharing a meal together can create even more bonds and a stronger community for everyone.

- I think a lot of people know Filipino food as the party foods that you would find, pancit, lumpia.

Those are the things that most people see.

But then you come into a chain like this and you have the Filipino spaghetti, which is completely different than normal spaghetti and I know a lot of people be like, "What in the world?"

Because the biggest difference is there's hot dogs.

They got hot dogs in the spaghetti and it's a lot sweeter sauce.

What you get here is pretty much the same menu you're gonna get in the Philippines, the same menu you're gonna get in California.

- I can connect with people here that have the same cultural background of me and that there are other people who are also trying Filipino-based foods and it really makes me happy.

- Being able to share some of that culture and just the exposure and to lend the understanding to focus on, "We're not completely different.

There are a lot of similarities" and I think that opens a lotta doors to then explore things.

- I just hope that people would maybe expand their knowledge about other countries and maybe other ethnicities.

♪ Cause 'round here, if you slip you catch a hot one ♪ ♪ Ride shotgun, couple of 'em got one ♪ ♪ Belvedere in the rear of the club ♪ ♪ Pulled up on dubs and we 'bout to go and buy the bar up ♪