AMIRA’S BUCO TART HAUS CORON

A little place on the island for exceptionally delicious pies and tarts

THE SETTING. A small coffee shop and pasalubong store in one, well known for its buco tart (coconut tart) as well as other local delicacies and food products originating from various regions in the country. Pasalubong is a Filipino word for gift, usually a gift from one’s travels. The coffee bar, Café Ynani, uses a manual espresso brewer, and serves good coffee.

WHAT TO BUY. Amira Coron’s latest pie, the cashew royale (Php200), made from Coron’s local cashews, is delicious, a combination of nutty, salty, and sweet, perfect with a cup of coffee. It’s the first ever cashew pie available in Coron, and is fast becoming a favourite just like the store’s buco tart (Php180 for a box of 6), a bestseller in Amira’s Tagaytay branch, and the shop’s main product. The buco tart is freshly made from tender, young coconut meat. Other recommended buys are the blueberry, strawberry, and mango cheese tarts; cheese cake in a small tart version; mantecado, a signature Amira product in Coron, a combination of local delicacies polvoron (Filipino shortbread) and hopia (bean-filled pastry); and cashew brittle, caramelised cashew nuts. If you’ve tried Coron’s cashews, you’d know why the cashew brittle is irresistible.

Other foodie gifts to take home with you are Salabat by Delfa’s, a ginger turmeric drink, well known for its health benefits and good for colds and sore throat. It’s a product from Cavite and one of the bestsellers in the Coron branch. And don’t miss Als Kurap Vinegar from Laguna, made from fermented coconut vinegar, small chilli, local ginger, bell pepper, garlic and a mix of herbs and spices.

For your caffeine fix, it has to be espresso. Or try the salted caramel, a kick of espresso and a salty hint, the Spanish latte, Americano, brewed and dripped coffee.

Clockwise from top left: Café Ynani’s coffee nook; get all your delicious pasalubong here; mango cheese tart; Amira’s staff and owners with our InFlight Traveller team; buco tart

Amira’s Buco Tart Haus Coron, Felicidad Street, Barangay 1 Poblacion, Coron, Palawan, tel +63 977 014 2341. Find them on Instagram @amiras.bucotartph