Coconut pies

This past weekend,  we went to Tagaytay to celebrate the hubby’s 60th birthday. I won’t rant anymore about how stressful I was the months, weeks leading to his milestone birthday because all of my suggested activities were vehemently opposed by the celebrant. During the course of our 16 years of marriage, I've learned not to impose anything or any plans on him because he won't budge and be stubborn and I only end up being mighty frustrated with the futility of it all. LOL

Tagaytay day trip was one of the plans but it all depended on the weather situation and his class schedule. On September 28, Saturday his natal day, the weather was sunny and he gave his class some online activity so it was all systems go!

Aside from eating piping hot bulalo soup and crispy tawilis, the best part of a Tagaytay trip is buying items which can only be found in that part of Cavite province.

Bulalo, Pancit Bihon, Crispy Tawilis, 
Pinakbet, Lumpiang Bangus

Carmela’s is my favorite brand of moist banana bread/cake. Nowadays, they come in different variants like chocolate banana, ube banana, banana with walnuts and carrot banana. All of them delicious and moist but my fave is still the classic one.

Sister dearest (our designated driver) has not tasted the newer brands of buco pies, so we decided to buy all three to compare them. All of the stores also sell egg pies as well as other variants of the buko pie such as ube buko pie but we only bought the classic coconut pies.

Colette’s is the original of all the coconut pies. Since high school days, whenever we went to Tagaytay, it was a favorite pasalubong item. The taste has not change. The coconut bits are tender, the crust not too flaky. It has the right combination of coconut, filling and it isn’t sweet. One box costs ₱300.00, the cheapest of the three pies.

Rowena’s has a bigger crust but it isn’t as dense. There is more filling than the coconut bits, some of the coconut pieces are hard while others are moist. It is a tad sweet for my taste. It costs ₱350.00.

Cecilia’s is the newest brand to join the coconut pie trend. Selling at ₱350.00, it has a thin crust with big chunks/ pieces of coconut (large bits were a bit hard, chewy) inside with a sweet filling. I could taste some actual sugar bits and when you reach towards the thick outer part, it was salty.

So having tasted all three of the known buko pie brands, I still prefer Colette’s for its right amount of coconut, filling and thin crust. Not too sweet and hindi nakakaumay. But that’s just my humble (pie) opinion.

I, thank you. =)