Lunch at Bag of Beans Tagaytay

Garlic Prawns with Vegetables
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I always come back here for the Blueberry Cheesecake. That reason alone however is not valid enough to convince hubby to drive all the way here. So there is no question about it, we'll just have lunch here then.


For Dani: Chicken Breast Fillet with Cream Sauce


For Hubby: Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes


For posterity

Dani had fun talking with the black myna bird. She always make sure she stop by its cage for a quick chat :D It is with regret that we left the place without even buying anything from the bakeshop.

Twelve years - First Part

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Year 1999, I gave my heart to this man. Sealed and witnessed by Him and our loved ones seven years ago.

The least I could do is plan a simple celebration :D A week ago, I made reservations at Joaquin's Bed and Breakfast.

After Sunday mass, we head on straight to Bag of Beans for lunch. While waiting for my takeout dessert, I received a text message from Candy of Joaquin's B&B. Oh noes, she's telling me they overlooked the details of my reservation and cannot give me the Purple room. All the rooms with king sized bed are occupied. They however managed to secure me another one with two beds joined together to make one bed. It almost ruined everything for me really. Last message I sent her was, "Let's discuss later. We are on our way. Frankly, I don't like the way things are going." To which she replied, "We apologized for that."

By 2PM, we arrived at the inn. We left our stuffs in the car as I'm not sure how things will turn out. I'm already contemplating on spending the night at Summit Ridge instead. The front desk staff, Candy, told me that our originally reserved room is being prepared. She was able to convince the other customer to take the room she previously offered to me. Honestly?! Anyways, I filled up their form and gave her our Ensogo voucher. Half an hour later, we were ushered to our room and temporarily put the riff behind me.


Sat down to savor my Blueberry Cheesecake from Bag of Beans.


We let the little girl own the TV.


Taal Volcano playing Peek-a-boo


The sun has set, we left the room and went to the arcade.


We had dinner at Ted's. We loved the batchoy and my bangus was huge.


Dani made a new friend while hubby and I had coffee.


9:30PM, the parking lot was eerily empty with the fog rolling in.

I bought books for bedtime storytelling. Before long, we were all fast asleep.

Mothers Day 2011

Tambay sa arcade at Rob Promenade. Dinner at Giligans treat from Appa. Cheesecake and Hot coffee at Bag of Beans. Oppa Bards split the bill with me hehe.

Foggy Tagaytay

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The husband agreed to a short trip to Tagaytay, maybe so I can stop bugging him about Baguio.

The little girl can't go horse backriding because of the weather. She's ok with the quaint aviary Bag of Beans has to offer. Too bad, the myna wasn't his talkative self that day.

Pumpkin Soup, Butter and Bread @ P110

Fish and Chips @ P260

Garlic Shrimp with Vegetables @ P350

Strawberry Ice Cream Sundae @50 - for the little girl

Blueberry Cheesecake @P135 - for me

House Blend Coffee @P95 - for hubby

Had I known our bill will reach P1K, I would've chosen to be sitted in one of those comfy cabanas.

They now have a policy that cabanas are rented out for P1K, consumable, of course. I wonder if O knows this.

While eating, a group of orphans entertained us with their rendition of various holiday songs.



Couple of times I've been here, they reshuffle areas here and there. Still there are lots of photo ops for us :) Restrooms are nothing fancy like danze fixtures or anything but has ample water supply and are clean.
My only gripe is the texture of the Fish and Chips which should be like this:

We'll be back soon. Hopefully, the myna will be talking to us by then :D

Tagaytay Trip 2010 Day 2 Birthday Girl

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It was 5:30AM when I woke up feeling snuggled between hubby and dani. I was debating whether to stay in bed or catch the sunrise. Obviously the shutterbooger in me won. And so I dragged my cold feet out of bed.. click.. click.. click.. Didn't even bother to wait for the moisture from my lense to wear off first.

Satisfied, I went back to bed and snuggled with my loved ones some more.


Guess who's up and about by 7am?!?


She was enjoying this view while blowing bubbles from the balcony.


Thirty minutes after, she can't help herself anymore and nudged her dad awake. Early reading time.

We fixed ourselves and be decent enough for some buffet breakfast. Hubby had some arroz caldo, while I partake some blueberry pancakes and omelette. Dani had a couple of honey stars and fresh milk.


As promised earlier, we took a dip again after having our fill. By 10am, we're back in our room and snoozed some more. Not even the most modern entertainment centers can entice us to do otherwise.


I've asked the front desk if we can check out late and they gave me the green light till 2pm. Poor hubby, famished already since we haven't eaten lunch yet. Staff was efficient enough and checkout was a breeze.


From here on I don't have photos anymore. We went to Bag of Beans for a delectable lunch. Hubby had buttered shrimps with veggies, fish and chips for me, a scoop of strawberry ice cream for the little girl. I had a Banana Carrot Loaf for take away.

On the way home, Dani was feeling cranky with me clueless as to why. Poor girl. As soon as we're home, she's feeling ok already, no more ouchie everything. I guess she's making excuses for her to be allowed to sit on my lap again.

That my friend, is our trip report. Moving on to a more sentimental reflective post.

Timeout

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I was here as early as 7AM, settled myself at Starbucks viewing deck at the back. Staff's inside already preparing the coffee shop but it'll be 30mins more before they officially open for the day. Soft folk music served as my background music as I relax and relish the awesome view in front of me.


Good thing I brought with me a good book. Knowing Olgs, I know she'll be late. An hour after, my date arrived and animated chatter started trying to catch up with each others lives.

Lunch at Leslie's, Olgs said it's better than RSM. They have two versions of bulalo in their menu. Naturally we asked what is the difference. The special version has potatoes and corn otherwise, justifying it's additional price of P55.


This bulalo is tonto, TONTO! Walang utak, walang utak! Hmpf.

We have to ask the waiter to have it reheated as it's almost lukewarm. I want it piping hot as it should be served. A few minutes after, it was brought back to our table. No dice.

Anyways, Olgs is craving for Inihaw so we opted for barbecued Pork Spare Ribs Platter. Again, we asked why it's called platter, does it go with something else. Wittily the waiter answered, "Wala po syang kasama, nasa platter lang po kasi sya." Oh, I see.



In the middle of our lunch, a bus of Korean tourists arrived. In an instant, the place seemed a little less hmm.. calming :p Buti na lang we have this view:



Time for coffee and dessert. No other perfect place but: Bag of Beans.

We have this cozy nook for ourselves the whole afternoon.

I got me some carrot cake, more like loaf and bottomless House Blend Coffee (hey, we're planning to stay the whole afternoon kasi hehe). Olgs ordered their chocolate mousse despite me insisting she get cheesecake instead. I used her dessert to liven up mine.


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My heart was doing cartwheels caused by two cups of their House Blend Coffee :D


To end the day perfectly, we treated ourselves with one and a half hour of massage at Tonton's spa. Dry massage lang pala dito. Not sure if it's worth coming back to.

The whole day feels like an extended birthday gift to myself :D Thanks hubby for letting me have a day off. Next time, date naman tayo ;)