Happy Valentine's Day!

So what did you do for the weekend?

Well, I went for a road trip! Where else but to the beautiful Tagaytay again!

The drive was quite jammed, I think everyone was planning to go for a romantic getaway over the weekend.

First stop - Antonio's. I was really looking forward to lunch because I was hungry and the drive was a little bit crazy.

I'm too hungry! And this time they added parsley on top of the olive spread. Yummers.

My friends ordered the Valentine's Menu Set and it comes with both white and red wine and I ordered the Dalandan juice, a popular local juice. It tastes so much better than lime or orange juice. I had like 4 glasses!

The salads, I can never get enough of the salads, they taste just too amazingly out of your expectation! The combination of the vinaigrette with blue cheese and the greens and the fruits? Woah...it's one hell of a ride for the palette. Simple yet bursts of flavours!

Lime Sorbet - right before the soup and the main course.

Look at my beautiful rack of lamb. The sauce was a little tad too salty, but it tasted great with the pumpkin rissoni! I love it so much!

Gnocchi and pumpkin rissoni.

Ah hah! For all chocolate lovers out there, have you tried Spicy Chocolate? My my, it does burn your throat a little bit like how old ginger does.

I never liked poached pear, but Antonio's poached pear with Vanila ice-cream is perfect. *Swoon*

Supper - What's left of the 600gm steak that comes with the Valentine's Menu Set.

Eating at Antonio's has always been an experience for me, not only the food is affordably priced for that kind of quality, it is also very highly recommended for those who intend to visit Tagaytay.

Day 2 :

We tried to wake up before the crack of dawn the next day just to watch the sunrise but it was a cloudy day and ain't no see no sunshine.

Breakfast by the lake was quite cool.

Right after breakfast, we need to take the boat to the opposite island for a short hike up to the crater.

We stayed at this quaint little B&B called Flamingo Lake Resort which has only 4 rooms.

The trail towards the top was very dusty. On a full day, up to 1000 tourists hike up to the top, we were early, it was only 7am so we didn't have to suffer much from the dust.

The view from midway.

Finally we reached the top after 35 minutes - let's take a break!

On the left is the lake in the middle of the crater, look up front, you can see Taal Volcano, on the far right opposite the island is where we came from.

What is amazing is that, here you see the lake in the midst of the crater, then you see Lake Taal surrounding the island. So it's like a lake in the middle of an island surrounded by another lake in the middle of an island.

Ah, the hammock, just perfect after the hike.

After that, we went to Tagaytay Highlands, it's actually a Private Country Club but since our resort is affiliated to the Country Club, we had special invitation passes. It's not the greatest photo ever but the place is almost as big as Cameron Highlands and it's private, you can only enter if you're a member or you have a special invitation card. It's like a small town, kinda feel like a combination of Cameron Highlands+Kota Tinggi. And on the peak, you have a full view of the whole Tagaytay and you could also see Manila at the far end.

There are 3 golf courses, different properties spread throughout, the cabins, the bungalows, the condominiums and the apartments, various recreational sports and business facilities, cable car services, 20 restaurants.. etc etc etc.

So we went around looking for a place to eat and everyone raved about the Tagaytay Highlands China Palace so off we go in search of good Chinese Food. And of course, the food is as good as it looks! :)

Well I must say, all I did over the weekend was indulging in good food, so don't be surprised when you see me next! Double than what I used to be - Ooops. Hehe. :)