Colette’s buko (coconut) pie
April 5, 2005
Filed under Comfort food, Filipino food

Time was when we had to go all the way to Laguna to buy a decent buko (coconut) pie. It used to be one of my childhood’s guilty pleasures, an excuse, really, to go on a road trip with my father. Colette’s, based in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna, was not the original buko pie outlet. The first was D’Original Buko Pie which still sells the best buko pie in Los Baños in Laguna. However, Collete’s was the first to experiment with various versions of buko pie. It introduced macapuno pie (made from a special strain of coconut that is sticky and thick) and ube-macapuno pie (a combination of macapuno and purple yam), among others.
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Hi,
I love your website. Very informational and the pictures of the food are great! The buko pie looks delicious! Do you have a recipe that you could share? I remember going to Los Banos for a road trip just to get buko pie at D’Originals. Haven’t been there for a long long time… the last time I went home to the PI was 7 years ago.
Thanks.
Linda
hi,
where caN i fiNd the history of colette’s? caUse i nEed it foR a ResEarch prOjecT in t.L.e. faMous fiLipiNo eNtrepReneuRs,,:grin:
thaNks..
pLease repLy in my emaiL ad..
THANKS!!
i need it befOre sEpt. 18..:sad:
soRry fOr bEiNg so deMandinG..:???:
iTs jUst iMportant..
_UaNe_, if you spent the time playing with the caps and small letters searching Google instead, you might have found better use for your time. I don’t find your lettering cute. It’s also important for me to tell readers to learn to do their research themselves.
Hi, I am from Quezon Province. When I was there in the philippines during my college days I always want to served colletes buko pie to my husband everytime he visit me there. He liked it so much. So now I want to cook buko pie coz he always ask me .Can you please send me a copy of Colletes Buko pie recipe. Thanks .
Welmina, that would be Collette’s trade secret.
hi, id like to ask lang sana where i can buy a colletes buko pie here in quezon city? i work at fairview, i cant seem to find a descent buko pie here, and i really am craving to eat one
hi.. may colletes frozen buko pie ba dito sa manila or quezon city?
thanks
Along Mindanao Avenue, there is a Colette’s outlet.
talaga! where exactly in mindanao? is it near st. james school? thanks huh!
hi we are from singapore and just tasted buko pie. A friend just got back from her country. is there a website where we could order and have it send to singapore. It is great and would like our love ones to try too. thank you very much.
can i ask you san ung branch ng collete’s sa manila?tnx
i am a frequent traveler from bicol to manila.whenever i pass by San Pablo i make it a point to buy my mom Collete’s Buko Pie.This is what i did this morning Nov 23,2008.I arrived bicol at 4 P.M. and my mother cheerfully asked for her buko pie. so I opened one box ans sliced a piece for her. I was surprised that the inside of the buko pie was all soggy and brown.so I hesitated to give it to my mom being of old age.
I am writing this comment so that people who would like to buy COLLETE’s buko pie will be more observant and meticulous about their purchase.So now I promise myself that I will no longer buy your buko pie.and i will tell my frends not to patronize same.Maybe you should train you sales people especially that you are selling food products.
furthermore the website and telephone number printed on your box is fake.ty
Leah, you should address your concern to the store you bought the buko pie from instead of repeating the word “your” as though by posting your comment here, you are addressing the owner of the store you bought your buko pie from.