If you ever wondering what pastries you wanna try when you travel in the Philippines or If you love pastries from the Philippines then here's the top 5 Filipino Pastries that you must try;
1. Ensaymada
A sweet dough pastry that is covered with butter and sugar then has a lot of grated cheese on its top. This pastry is adapted from the Spanish Ensaimada but as years passed by, Filipino Ensaymada evolved into the Ensaymada that all Filipino known this day.
2. Buko Pie
A type of pie made out of semi-flaky pie crust filled with custard made out of young coconut meat and condensed milk. It's one of the popular 'Pasalubong' or what people bought when they're going home to their provinces. One of the best buko pie that you can find is from Laguna province.
3. Pan de Coco
A soft round bun filled with sweet coconut which sounds underwhelming but don't underestimate this pastry as it's one of the very addicting pastry you'll find in the Philippines. You'll never know that you're already at your tenth bun.
4. Coconut Macarons
Another addicting pastry from the Philippines. This small, soft, and chewy mini cupcake is made out of dried coconut strips mixed with eggs, butter, and condensed milk.
5. Pandesal
A soft bun known partnered in every breakfast meal in the Philippines such as coffee, hot chocolate, etc. Nowadays, there's different versions of pandesal and one of the best versions is the ube cheese pandesal.
This is the five pastries I personally recommend for you to try if you'll visit the Philippines but hey, if you don't prefer the pastries I recommend then it's fine as we all have different preferences so free to explore the pastries of the Philippines to find the best ones for you!
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