It’s not just a greeting. It’s a coffee shop. In the Palawan dialect, the phrase “Menungang Eldew” is a greeting used by the local Pala’wan tribe. But along Mabini Street, Puerto Princesa, it is a native bungalow coffeehouse carrying a nostalgic setting of an original nipa home. 
Its interiors are designed to fulfill the standards of a native Filipino concept. It is a mixture of modern and traditional themes; the construction involves using light materials such as Acacia, cogon and abaca for the walls which are truly from Palawan.
The crafty artworks that hang on the walls were brought from Pampanga. Coffee beans are transported from the highlands as far as Mountain Province, and they also serve Barako Coffee from Batangas.
Without any doubt, Menungang Eldew is a composite foundation of different pieces collected all over different places in the Philippines.
You can also observe that the café uses paper cups instead of plastic cups. And for take-outs, paper bags are used. The use of plastic straws is limited because they also sell bamboo straws at a cheap cost.
You can also ask for coffee grounds which they give away for free. Used coffee grounds are very good fertilizers and even make an excellent exfoliating body scrub. Indeed, not only does Menungang Eldew speaks out a native Filipino concept but posseses an eco-friendly atmosphere.
Inside this traditional coffee shop is an array of different nationalities all delighting in the small Filipino luxuries offered. Foreigners are fond of the native cappuccino as well as the salted caramel latte, which is one of the café’s specialties.
Most of the locals appreciate the ice-blended coffee. The Ube Halaya Cake tops the dessert menu, also one of the coffeehouse’s specialties.
Just opened two weeks ago, the management continues to work out the improvement of the interiors and exteriors to make kaffeeklatsching more fun, and realize the vision: To be known as the first drive-thru coffee shop in Puerto Princesa.
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