Brunch at Josephine's

Tagaytay City is about 2 hours from the heart of Metro Manila. It is the home of Taal Volcano, which is known for 2 things:

1. It's the world's smallest active volcano (small but terrible)

2. It is situated in Taal lake, and has a lake inside it (a lake within a volcano within a lake)

One of the better-known restaurants in the city is Josephine's - a great place for brunch buffets with family and bibingka! Too bad I got too distracted with the rest of the food that I had forgotten to buy bibingka! Check out the buffet!

Filipino rice pastries sans the bibingka.

For a full description and picture of bibingka, check out this Flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/santos/37911195/

Adobo rice and fried rice. Filipinos typically get the sauce of their dish (in this case, Adobo) and add it to white rice while it's in the frying pan.

Here's what I got - I really enjoyed the buttered vegetables and the salted egg with tomatoes!

Pancake House in the Subic Bay Freeport

After a relaxing trip to Club Morocco, a resort a few km's away from the former US military base, we headed back to Manila but stopped for breakfast at Pancake House (the iHop of the Philippines).

A shot of the Club Morocco pool from our veranda.

Regular favorites are the Filipino BangSiLog and the original Pancake House Taco. Oh, and Pancakes, of course!

Bangus (marinated milkfish), Sinangag (fried rice), Itlog (egg) = BangSiLog

Javi mashed his taco to make it a taco salad. See his pancakes waiting for him??

Javs and Me

Opa!! Cyma in Shangri-La

Cyma on Click the City:
http://guides.clickthecity.com/metro/?p=1114

Cyma is a favorite in Boracay - one of the best beach spots in the Philipines.

In late 2006, Cyma opened a branch in Shangri-La Mall, Mandaluyong, and is as much as a favorite of mall-goers as it is of beach-goers.

The food was very rich in flavor - a little too much, for my taste. Then again, you have to consider that I had been on the plane for 21 hours... my palate had gotten used to bland plane food!


Kim ordered the Flaming Cheese, as you can see her working on it.


We also ordered a Spaghetti Bolognese - I split that with Kim, while Mom and Dad split the Osso Bucco.

Me and Dad: