Get a taste of local flavors without leaving your home.
We all miss freely traveling around the Philippines — packing bags for a weekend trip, seeing sights, and then finally coming home with our bags stuffed with a bunch of pasalubong treats to hand to our friends and loved ones.
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic might have made travelling a whole lot difficult, but getting our favorite pasalubong snacks just got easier because they are now within reach around Metro Manila. Here are 12 iconic Filipino pasalubong and where you can buy them within the capital city.
Nathaniel’s Buko Pandan Salad
Nathaniel’s Bakeshop is best known for their delicious Buko Pandan Salad, the must-have dessert on the table during holidays and special occasions. They also offer a wide array of savory and sweets so be sure to check out their full menu!
Available for: Pick-up or delivery. Check this post for their branches' contact numbers.
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Muhlac’s Ensaymada
Muhlac’s Ensaymada has been in the industry for years, serving pillowy and scrumptious ensaymada in various flavors like salted egg, yema, blueberry, peanut butter, red bean, and more!
Available for: Take-out, pick-up, and delivery. Order online here.
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Eng Bee Tin Hopia
When it comes to hopia, tikoy, and other Chinese faves, no one does it quite like Eng Bee Tin. They offer assorted flavors that are both exciting and delectable! Be sure to check out their other products like Lava Pao, Siopao, Siomai, and more!
Available for: Take-out, pick-up, and delivery. Check out their website to order.
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7D Dried Mangoes
Before heading back to Manila, you can’t leave the Mactan International Airport without buying packs of dried mangoes. These treats only use mangoes grown from Cebu so you’ll know they are naturally sweet and insanely addictive.
Available for: Delivery via Lazada and pickup at the 7D Mangoes Store. You can check out this page for more information on where to buy.
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Colette’s Buko Pie
Colette’s Buko Pie has a branch at Congressional Ave. Extension, Quezon City. Aside from the original buko pie, other flavors are available too like pineapple, buko pandan, buko pinya, and buko langka. Each pie is guaranteed freshly-baked with just the right amount of sweetness.
Available for: Delivery via FoodPanda and GrabFood.
Rowena’s Tart
You don’t have to travel all the way to Tagaytay just to get a box of Rowena’s famous tarts. They are arguably the most popular pasalubong center in the area with three branches, 20 years of service, and hundreds of thousands of boxed treats sold throughout decades.
The shop owner, Rowena, started as a humble housewife with a passion for business and food. Her company eventually grew to the pasalubong shop we know today. You can read her full story here.
Available for: Delivery. You can order through their website and their staff will call you to inform about their delivery rates depending on your area. For those who are in Tagaytay, store pickup is available.
Mika’san Choco Flakes
Once you take a piece of Mika’san’s choco flakes, you won’t be able to stop! They are these delicious and crunchy cornflakes coated in milk chocolate and white chocolate, packed in plastic jars with green and yellow packaging. It has become a part of the City of Pines produced by Mika’san Sweetshop.
Available for: Pickup or delivery. You can order online through their Facebook page and have it shipped from their San Juan depot.
Good Shepherd Ube Jam
The Good Shepherd Convent in Baguio has launched their online shop last year, making it more convenient for you to get your favorite Mountain Maid jams from Ube, Strawberry, to Blueberry, and other Mountain Maid classics delivered straight to your home!
Available for: Delivery. You may order through their website or by messaging them on their Facebook page.
Biscocho Haus
Biscocho Haus’ signature Biscocho treats are perfectly crunchy, buttery, sugary, and is incredible when paired with coffee or tea. It’s hard to pass up on these goodies and their other delicacies like butterscotch, otap, barquiron, and polvoron!
Available for: Delivery. You can place an order via Biscocho Haus’ website.
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Bong-Bong’s Piaya
Grab a taste of Bacolod without even leaving your doorstep through Bong-Bong’s bread and baked treats. Originating from the City of Smiles, their piaya will surely brighten your day and put a smile to your face.
The brand is owned by Reynaldo “Bongbong” Villan, a local baker and businessman back in 1981. He hit it off come 1984 when he decided to pursue his home-based piaya business. About 37 years later, Bong-Bong’s is now widely recognized as one of the leading pasalubong brands in the country.
Available for: Door-to-door delivery. You may order through their website or via their Facebook page.
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Ilocos Chichacorn
Go ahead and munch on some tasty chichacorn, which is basically boiled, dried, and fried corn. They have seven amazing flavors to choose from — Garlic, Spicy, Barbeque, Cheese, Sweet, Sweet & Spicy, and Adobo. Ilocos Food Products (IFP) also offers some healthy snacks like sweet potato chips!
Available for: Delivery via their website.
Sans Rival Dumaguete Silvanas
Originally from Dumaguete, Sans Rival Cakes & Pastries has made its delectable offers conveniently available to Manileños. Their silvanas are made of butter and meringue and come in five flavors original butter, chocolate, strawberry, ube, and pandan.
When you see a pack of silvanas with the light blue packaging, you’ll know what time it is — it’s time to indulge in Sans Rival’s signature creation!
Available for: Takeout or delivery via FoodPanda or GrabFood.
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