ONE TAGAYTAY PLACE HOTEL SUITES

During our Tagaytay vacation, we stayed in One Tagaytay Place.  Upon check-in we were provided with stubs for their complimentary breakfast buffet.  Here's what to expect.

Dining Hall

Buffet table

Selection of food

My plate

Aside from those, I also had bread with butter toasted on their bread toaster.  I also had a French Toast which they also have in their menu.  For the drinks, you can choose from iced tea, mango juice and orange juice.

Though there weren't too many options on their menu, it was just enough to have yourself full.  Whenever a particular dish is already consumed, no need to worry as it is immediately refilled for those who would like to get themselves another round.

MAHOGANY MARKET in Tagaytay

Since me and my buddy are free this weekend, we decided to have a trip to Tagaytay.  It's already late and it was also raining when we got to our destination so we were not able to roam much on our first day.  Instead, we just decided to try out the MAHOGANY MARKET to have dinner.

As the name says, it is a marketplace wherein there are small food stores on the side or what we Filipinos call as "carinderia".  There are several carinderias but I think each of them serves almost the same menu. Here's an image of the place.

When it comes to food, Tagaytay is well known for it's special BULALO, a soup with beef shank including the bone with marrow inside.  So we ordered this as this is a must try!

Served in a soup pot with flame underneath to keep it warm

The first thing I looked for when the waiter placed this on our table is the bone.  I checked it if it has lots of marrow inside as it is the precious part of this dish.

Lots of marrow inside the bone

Just a reminder, if you're blood pressure is high, try to avoid the marrow since it is high in cholesterol as they say.  Instead, you may eat the meat part which is also tender.

With just Php300.00, you can have this special bulalo which has lots of bone marrow and several chunks of beef.  One order could be good enough for 4 persons.

As for the dessert, you can have these bananas for free.  You may get as many as you want I guess because I got 5 pcs. at no extra charge.

If you don't like bananas they also have leche flan on the side which will cost you Php80.00 per order.  Unfortunately, the leche flan is not that delicious as we were expecting.

Overall, if you're tight on the budget and would love to try Tagaytay's Special Bulalo without caring too much on the ambiance, then this is the place you should visit.

Okusina - Greenhills

Sounds Japanese resto, but no it isn't. It is a resto serving barbecues and some Filipino food. Kusina is a Tagalog term for "kitchen" (Spanish: cocina). It is located in V-Mall Garden in Greenhills, San Juan. For a change, we decided to eat here with my buddy who, at that time, just took a break from work. We ordered barbecue meals-- pork bbq and steak bbq. The food was just ordinary, nothing special for the taste, at least for my opinion, but the worse part was they forgot to serve the steak bbq meal, so my buddy decided to just take the food out and just eat it in his office as he's just taking his break. I don't know if their crew, at that time, was just incompetent or what, but the thing is, we were the only customers at that time except for two patrons on the other table, who by the way got their order first even if we arrived and ordered ahead of the m (kilala na kasi ata si la dun).

Their budget meals range 75 to 150 pesos and their specialties (like beef kare-kare, sinigang, adobo) range from 100+ to 200+.