Perfect combination: Buko tarts and brewed coffee at Rowena’s Tagaytay

One summery day, after attending hearing at Dasmarinas City, Cavite, instead of going back to Manila, hubby and I decided to go further along the Aguinaldo Highway… Right smack at the Tagaytay Rotunda where Rowena’s Pasalubong and Restaurant is located.

Rowena’s is located at the Hillcrest Plaza near Tagaytay Rotunda. It’s famous for the mini-size buko tarts and other sweet (and salty) pasalubong items. A box of buko tart is the perfect pasalubong for your family and costs PhP180.00. Aside from the buko tart, you can also buy boxes full of apple tarts, ube macapuno tarts, blueberry cheese tarts, and silvanas stored at the store’s fridge.

Rowena’s also have a coffee shop/restaurant adjoined on its pasalubong center, which has a great view of the busy city outside. You can order buko tart, apple tart or other flavors of mini tart which is the perfect combination for a cup of steaming hot coffee. I ordered one piece apple tart that day, which is priced at PhP30.00.

Coffees are also reasonably priced, all below a hundred bucks each.

Perfect combination

The apple tart is really good; it has the same melts-in-your-mouth texture as that of a buko tart. But of course, nothing would beat the sumptuous and not-too-crumbly buko pie as partner for brewed coffee and other strong-flavored coffee. My hubby ordered silvana, which is also a good partner for hot coffee. The silvana is firm and not too sweet.

SIlvanas and apple tart

Interestingly, you can also order what is considered as the most expensive coffee in the world at Rowena’s. The Alamid coffee or the Philippine civet coffee is made much more affordable as you can buy a single pack of Alamid coffee for PhP250.00. I think the the Alamid coffee is contained inside a coffee bag, which is like a tea bag.

Rowena’s is located at Hillcrest Plaza, which has a beautiful lookout point overlooking the Taal Lake. Below is a picture taken by hubby while I was enjoying the view at the lookout point.