Ask Ligaya Binuya, owner of Happy Hut in Albanvale, how she came up with the name of her Filipino store and she'll flash you a signature smile.
"Because of my name. My name, Ligaya, means happy," she says.
Formerly a fish and chip shop, the nondescript brick building on an intersection 19 kilometres west of Melbourne city has shelves stocked with imported Filipino products and serves traditional dishes from bain-maries.
